I was pleased with the shot in one way, but it looks almost artificial with the bird exactly side on and the wing fully raised - both pretty much by chance I promise!
The light was really not good - some of those are ISO12800, but anyway, it’s the first time I’ve seen a serious flock of lapwings down by the Thames (on the site of the Reading Festival, if that means anything to you!)
Question: I have another version of this photo where I used AI to remove the obstructing branches. Would posting that here violate the no AI content sidebar rule?
Despite the other post I made today being well lit, Prospect Park, Reading, UK was distinctly misty today. The top two are just atmospheric and bird free (probably). Below that, an Egyptian Goose on one of its favourite perches - the other is likewise a dead trunk, and a Red Kite. Again saving bandwidth when I couldn’t choose which to post where.
The Song Thrush is in the same yew tree as yesterday’s photos. The Blue Tit and Blackbird are in a Rowan tree (AKA Mountain Ash) (I think!) standing to the side of the yew.
Central Ohio doesn’t have any ocean or Great Lakes coast, but we do have some nice bodies of water for shore birds, gulls, and migrating ducks. We’ve had two eared grebes the past week-ish, unusual for our area. They’re adorable!
This perch in Prospect Park, Reading, UK, is often contested. The magpie one this round, struck a victory pose, flew off and the kite was back again a few minutes later.
I always hope to catch goldfinches feasting on thistledown, quite close, under a late summer sun. No such luck this year. Instead, it seems, goldfinches at the top of tall ash(?) trees, at quite a distance, in an autumn’s grey sky. Oh well.
An HDR picture, taken at the extreme long end of my RF 200-800’s range. These two managed to hold still long enough for all three exposures to land. These two are transitioning into their winter plumage, which also includes their beaks changing from yellow-orange to black, and their feet going from pinkish to a dark brown. I would tell you how this works, except I’m quite certain I don’t know.
First time I’ve seen a raven in Prospect Park, Reading, that I know of. Low grumble of a call, and much bigger than a crow (couple of crows on the same high perch for comparison added below)
This was an interesting experience. I had been wandering a local park and hadn’t found much in the way of subjects to photograph. I wandered under a group of oak trees and these chickadees buzzed around me judging while I struggled to photograph them.
I know they’re rather plain looking, but I think they’re adorable. I’ve been trying to get a decent photo of one for a few weeks and have had little luck. The speciation among sparrows is so cool.
Melanerpes carolinus is not to be confused with the Red-Headed Woodpecker or the Red-Crowned Woodpecker. Nor the Read-Breasted Sapsucker, for that matter. It’s not that bird with the red head and stripey back, it’s the other bird with the red head and stripey back. It’s simple, see?
Taken today, in the Forest of Dean in the UK. Not the greatest photo, but it makes me very happy because the robin came up really close and I got to spend 5 minutes feeding it.
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I’m pretty sure. The males of most hummingbird species are of course incredibly distinctive, but females (and immature males, in many cases) of several species have similar plain brownish coloration with a pattern of dots around the head like this. So I’m declaring it Archilochus alexandri. It may very well be a female ruby throated instead, but those have a much less pronounced collar around the neck like that.
4 years with this flock. I don’t push it with physical contact. But today “filthy phil” decided to patronize the idiot pretending to be a tree. To my utter delight.
My neighbor was feeding the local squirrels and birds and this family of blue jays was happy to eat. I even snapped a few action shots. Location: Midwest USA
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