The birds they mock me

[rottie102]

central said:

Where were/when these taken rottie?

I think 1 & 8 could be a Great Skua.

Cape Town this weekend

[central]

rottie102 said:

central said:

Where were/when these taken rottie?

I think 1 & 8 could be a Great Skua.

Cape Town this weekend

Better make that South Polar Skua then.

And Kelp Gulls fit the bill in that location.

Edited by central on Tuesday 1st April 00:02

[MonzaEvo]

And a final batch of Hummingbirds from Costa Rica







Rgds
Jonathan

[Lakelord]

[Duck_Pond]

One from a walk in the woods. Goshawk - female I think.

[ExPat2B]

All these pictures are far too nice, time to lower the tone !

[vladcjelli]

Reminds me a little of the poem my grandma would recite around this time of year.

De spring is sprung, de grass is riz
I wonder where de boidies is?
De boid is on de wing, but dat’s absoid,
De wing is on de boid

De grass is riz de trees is green
And in de moitle tree a boid is seen.
A boid is seen and also hoid
And also felt. He dropped a toid.
Dis gets woise

[Tyre Tread]

vladcjelli said:

Reminds me a little of the poem my grandma would recite around this time of year.

De spring is sprung, de grass is riz
I wonder where de boidies is?
De boid is on de wing, but dat’s absoid,
De wing is on de boid

De grass is riz de trees is green
And in de moitle tree a boid is seen.
A boid is seen and also hoid
And also felt. He dropped a toid.
Dis gets woise

I'd heard the first verse but not the second.

A slightly different version I heard was:
Spring is sprung, de grass is riz
I wonder where dem boidies is?
De boid is on de wing dey say,
I tink it is the other way,
De wing is on de boid

[MonzaEvo]

Rgds
Jonathan

[ExPat2B]

[RobbieKB]

Today I was doing some macro photography. I heard a whoosh and felt a breeze on the top of my head and to my surprise it was a white kestrel about 1 metre above me. It then proceeded to land on a branch about 2 feet from my face. I just stared at it, mouth agape, wishing I didn't have all my extension tubes on.

[ExPat2B]

I know that feeling ! Sods law of photography, you will always have *exactly* the wrong lens fitted for any given opportunity.

[LongQ]

Simple solution.

You need a minimum of about 4 bodies with a selection of suitable lenses and take them with you at all times.

No problem.

Good if you can remember to reset the DST values on all of them when the clocks change too.

[ExPat2B]

GreatTit_Weyside by natureiser, on Flickr

Edited, I should have spotted that it liked coconuts.

Edited by ExPat2B on Sunday 13th April 08:59

[jimmy156]

ExPat2B said:

BlueTit_Weyside by natureiser, on Flickr

Thats a lovely shot of a great tit!

[jimmy156]

A handful from me, the blackcap was giving me a serious runaround, couldn't get close to him! Bit rusty at this game, and not up to the standard of some of the excellent shots on here!


IMG_0682 by jimmyb156, on Flickr


IMG_0689 by jimmyb156, on Flickr


IMG_0690 by jimmyb156, on Flickr


IMG_0706 by jimmyb156, on Flickr

[ddarno]

Goldfinch by ddarno, on Flickr

[ExPat2B]

Those are some really nice shots of a sparrow. I know from experience it is hard to avoid blowing all the finer details out of the white/grey feathers.

[jimmy156]

ExPat2B said:

Those are some really nice shots of a sparrow. I know from experience it is hard to avoid blowing all the finer details out of the white/grey feathers.

They were in the shade fortunately, i am blowing the cobwebs off to be honest, its been ages since i have done bird photography! A few more below


Chiffchaff by jimmyb156, on Flickr



Blackcap by jimmyb156, on Flickr



Green Woodpecker by jimmyb156, on Flickr



Chiffchaff by jimmyb156, on Flickr



Chiffchaff by jimmyb156, on Flickr

[ddarno]

Not the best quality image, but not something I've seen before.

Little egret by ddarno, on Flickr