The birds they mock me

[Number31]

Number31.

[minky monkey]

More birdies today. I visited a falconry centre just outside Winchester with some friends.











One of my partners in crime..

Edited by minky monkey on Sunday 24th October 22:12

[nobodyknows]

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Love this one

[Number31]

[the_lone_wolf]

Only an enthusiastic amateur but the challenge of photographing birds is something I enjoy

Managed to catch this guy (apparently a Rock Kestrel?) on Chapman's Peak Drive in SA a while ago, took lots of different photos as he swooped around and hovered, this is my favourite as I was shooting just as he looked directly down the lens

D5000 + Cheapy Tamron 70-300mm lens, resized to fit screen

[central]

the_lone_wolf said:

Only an enthusiastic amateur but the challenge of photographing birds is something I enjoy

Managed to catch this guy (apparently a Rock Kestrel?) on Chapman's Peak Drive in SA a while ago, took lots of different photos as he swooped around and hovered, this is my favourite as I was shooting just as he looked directly down the lens

D5000 + Cheapy Tamron 70-300mm lens, resized to fit screen

Good to see a proper wild bird.

[JSS 911]

Taken out in the New Forest this morning,campers and walkers put nuts on the gate posts so you get a variety of wild birds come into feed


3 by sinky 911, on Flickr


4 by sinky 911, on Flickr

[JustinP1]

JSS 911 said:

Taken out in the New Forest this morning,campers and walkers put nuts on the gate posts so you get a variety of wild birds come into feed


3 by sinky 911, on Flickr


4 by sinky 911, on Flickr

Nice! Can I ask what lens you are using?

Funnily enough, in the last couple of weeks we've been visited for the first time by a Nuthatch and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker ourselves on our birdfeeder in suburban Warrington. Been feeding the birds for a good 5 years consistently, so it is a bit of a coup as they each come back a few times a day.

I've got some photos through glass - two sets of double glazing - as I can't get into the conservatory without them scarpering as the birdfeeder is only 6ft from the conservatory. So, the photos are a bit out of focus, and compared to yours they are not worth posting - but I shall persevere until they get tame enough for me to get a bit closer.

[minky monkey]

One of me that my pal grabbed..

[JSS 911]

JustinP1 said:

JSS 911 said:

Taken out in the New Forest this morning,campers and walkers put nuts on the gate posts so you get a variety of wild birds come into feed


3 by sinky 911, on Flickr


4 by sinky 911, on Flickr

Nice! Can I ask what lens you are using?

Funnily enough, in the last couple of weeks we've been visited for the first time by a Nuthatch and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker ourselves on our birdfeeder in suburban Warrington. Been feeding the birds for a good 5 years consistently, so it is a bit of a coup as they each come back a few times a day.

I've got some photos through glass - two sets of double glazing - as I can't get into the conservatory without them scarpering as the birdfeeder is only 6ft from the conservatory. So, the photos are a bit out of focus, and compared to yours they are not worth posting - but I shall persevere until they get tame enough for me to get a bit closer.

Justin, i was using a 70-300 the Nuthatch was shot at 300mm and the Woodpecker was at 240mm .If you have not got a lens long enough you could always try setting the camera on a tripod with a remote trigger

[central]

033 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr


030 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr

[Pesty]

Excellent

[CTjockey]

This little fella seen hanging around the car park of my local airfield yesterday...Only had my standard lens on at the time so had to creep in close....cropped a bit too, so not as sharp as I would have liked, but you have to take the shot when you see it. So I took it...

[RobDickinson]

oooh forgot about this thread, heres some fro the last couple of weeks with my 400/5.6















And with 2.0 tc

[4Lmike]

this is about the best one ive got.

[14-7]

Not really up to scratch for some piccies on here but two from the other day.


Red Robin by 14-7, on Flickr


Red Robin2 by 14-7, on Flickr

[Gad-Westy]

A few from the weekend.


bird take off by G.A.D, on Flickr


Bird bridges by G.A.D, on Flickr


sea bird by G.A.D, on Flickr


sea bird 2 by G.A.D, on Flickr

Edited by Gad-Westy on Monday 6th December 20:40

[Hairy Cornflake]

Hoopoe.jpg by Hairy Cornflake, on Flickr

[Hairy Cornflake]

A bit further away than the lone wolf when I took this pic of him hunting in a sea lagoon.


Kestrel by Hairy Cornflake, on Flickr

[Japveesix]

Hairy Cornflake said:

Hoopoe.jpg by Hairy Cornflake, on Flickr

Where was this taken, if you saw it in the UK i'd be very jealous but I assume this was in Egpyt or somewhere in Europe?

Nice pic anyway