The birds they mock me

[Dogsey]

And a couple more, again from Florida. Why do they call them Little Blue Herons when they're quite obviously purple and grey?


Little Blue Heron by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr


Little Blue Heron 02 by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr

Edited by Dogsey on Monday 10th October 17:57

[Dogsey]

More ...


Bald Eagle and Spanish Moss by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr


Great Blue Heron by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr

[blueedge]

Dogsey said:

And a couple more, again from Florida. Why do they call them Little Blue Herons when they're quite obviously purple and grey?

For added confusion look up juvenile Little Blue Herons...

[Dogsey]

blueedge said:

For added confusion look up juvenile Little Blue Herons...

Right, that's it, I'm renaming them ... Purple and grey unless they're young and white herons they are. Done.

[Dogsey]

More from Florida, first thre are of a captive bird, the fourth is wild.


Bald Eagle 01 by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr


Bald Eagle 02 by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr


Bald Eagle 03 by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr


Juvenile Snowy Egret by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr

[Dogsey]

One more.


Boat-tailed Grackle by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr

[GravelBen]

Quite happy with a series of shots from last weekend.

NZ South Island Robin (1) by Ben, on Flickr

NZ South Island Robin (3) by Ben, on Flickr

NZ South Island Robin (5) by Ben, on Flickr

NZ South Island Robin (8) by Ben, on Flickr

NZ South Island Robin (7) by Ben, on Flickr

ETA: Is it just me or do they look oversharpened in here? I did apply a bit more sharpening than usual but the originals look much smoother than that, maybe something to do with flickr compression?

Edited by GravelBen on Friday 9th December 07:28

[GetCarter]

Great shots Ben... yes they do look over-sharpened, but you have no control over what the bds do to your photos. You can tell how well they are taken.

[GravelBen]

Cheers

The first few do have some noise due to ISO3200 on a D7000, but they still look much cleaner in lightroom than flickr.

I guess I could upload less sharpened versions to flickr to compensate for it, but I don't think I can really be bothered.

PS - the last two above were shot with a Sigma 105 macro I picked up cheap second-hand recently, rather liking it!

Edited by GravelBen on Sunday 11th December 09:46

[WindyCommon]

No photographic merit in this, but it's not every day that you can watch a Buzzard wring the life out of a squirrel in your garden. Not here in Surrey anyway...

[nre]

A few from Wednesday

great spotted woodpecker 5 by Nigel, on Flickr

blue tit 8 by Nigel, on Flickr

wren by Nigel, on Flickr

[Derek Smith]

nre said:

A few from Wednesday

blue tit 8 by Nigel, on Flickr

That is a startingly good photograph. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting.

[nre]

Derek Smith said:

That is a startingly good photograph. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting.

thanks Derek to be fair a lot of the credit goes to John Stanton who built the hides and the sets and has attracted lots of birds, I just had to sit there and take the photos.

Well worth a visit for anyone in the Sussex area. http://www.johnstantonphotography.co.uk/

Edited by nre on Saturday 31st December 15:16

[AndyS2]

Here's a few of mine from a recent trip to Florida where I was lucky enough to borrow a 70-200 F2.8, what a lens!

1-10 by Andy S2, on Flickr

1-6 by Andy S2, on Flickr

1-22 by Andy S2, on Flickr

Edited by AndyS2 on Sunday 1st January 12:07

[Derek Smith]

nre said:

thanks Derek to be fair a lot of the credit goes to John Stanton who built the hides and the sets and has attracted lots of birds, I just had to sit there and take the photos.

Well worth a visit for anyone in the Sussex area. http://www.johnstantonphotography.co.uk/

Edited by nre on Saturday 31st December 15:16

Thanks for the link. It certainly looks, as you say, well worth a visit.

[DibblyDobbler]

Rook by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[ExPat2B]

That is really nice Dibbly ! Still impressed by the shots that come out of that Sony. Looks to be a lot of post in that shot but still noise and dynamic range is excellent especially on a black bird that is a bstard to drag that kind of detail out of.

[LongQ]

ExPat2B said:

That is really nice Dibbly ! Still impressed by the shots that come out of that Sony. Looks to be a lot of post in that shot but still noise and dynamic range is excellent especially on a black bird that is a bstard to drag that kind of detail out of.

True.

I don't think you could crop much more of the post out though. Not without losing the barbed wire and I think that's quite an important part of the image in context.

[K12beano]

Is there anything else with a tail like a Red Kite?

I didn't have camera to hand but a bird of prey just flew over me and I had a fantastic view of the outline. Just so surprised if it is a Red Kite because I'm in south west Hertfordshire!

[GetCarter]

K12beano said:

Is there anything else with a tail like a Red Kite?

I didn't have camera to hand but a bird of prey just flew over me and I had a fantastic view of the outline. Just so surprised if it is a Red Kite because I'm in south west Hertfordshire!

There are loads near High Wycombe... not too far away (for a Kite)