The birds they mock me

[K12beano]

GetCarter said:

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)

Well, I'm about 16 miles from HW - as the crow flies - and inside the M25. So, I'm assuming it is a Kite and will have my camera to the ready!!!

[Jader1973]

The Cockies have discovered the apple trees at the bottom of the garden





This one decided to go to next door's dead tree eat his:


And they kept arriving - there were 8 of them at one point

[JSS 911]

A first or me

Bearded Tit (Female) by John, on Flickr

[SWAT78]

Really happy with this Red Kite I captured about an hour before sunset just south of Reading. Infuriating number of bad shots though - I love my 70-200 f2.8 lens, but the autofocus really seems to struggle with birds in flight.

4/52 - Red Kite by Stuart Waton, on Flickr

[blueedge]

Tufted Titmouse (New York)

[toasty]

Love the kite and titmouse!

Here's a few from Sri Lanka

White-throated kingfisher by Jason Cross, on Flickr


Painted stork by Jason Cross, on Flickr


Green bee-eater by Jason Cross, on Flickr


Common kingfisher by Jason Cross, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Wow... awesome work Jason

[toasty]

DibblyDobbler said:

Wow... awesome work Jason

Thanks DD.

[DibblyDobbler]

Back to normality now Got this friendly little guy today with my RX10iii


Robin by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[toasty]

Great shot Mike, sharp enough to shave with.

[DibblyDobbler]

toasty said:

Great shot Mike, sharp enough to shave with.

Cheers. Yes - *in decent light* there's no doubt you can get a sharp shot with the RX10iii. Amazing bit of kit really - it falls apart pretty quickly above iso400 but aside from that it's very impressive (sharp all the way from 24-600 effective even wide open). Closest thing yet to the photographic nirvana of 1 camera + lens to do it all

[JSS 911]

Reed bunting by John, on Flickr

[JSS 911]

A short-eared Owl hunting at the local the marsh .

Short-eared Owl by John, on Flickr

Short-eared Owl by John, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Another couple with the Sony RX10iii - anybody know what the second is? Some kind of Sparrow?


Singing Robin by Mike Smith, on Flickr


UFO - any ideas ? by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[Ed_P]

DibblyDobbler said:

Another couple with the Sony RX10iii - anybody know what the second is? Some kind of Sparrow?


Singing Robin by Mike Smith, on Flickr


UFO - any ideas ? by Mike Smith, on Flickr

It's a Dunnock Mike. They did used to be called Hedge Sparrows though!

[DibblyDobbler]

Ed_P said:

It's a Dunnock Mike. They did used to be called Hedge Sparrows though!

Thanks Ed!

[K12beano]

Nice Dunnock/UFO though!

[DibblyDobbler]

K12beano said:

Nice Dunnock/UFO though!

Ta

By the way - it was shot wide open (f4), 600mm equiv (max focal length) and handheld at 1/30th!

Good bit of kit the RX10iii

Edited by DibblyDobbler on Monday 6th February 17:54

[Yipper]

Great photos. A relative saw a kingfisher on the river in the middle of Bedford over Xmas. Must be very clean there to have urban kingfishers.

[LongQ]

DibblyDobbler said:

Ta

By the way - it was shot wide open (f4), 600mm equiv (max focal length) and handheld at 1/30th!

Good bit of kit the RX10iii

When you think how much it would cost to buy a full 600mm lens and a body to make best use of it the RX10iii starts to look quite inexpensive for that sort of work.

Flikr says 1/80th btw. Obviously that is much less impressive ....

Mind you, a robin at that speed ... hmm. Are you sure it was not a stuffed one? It certainly looks well fed!

Edited by LongQ on Saturday 18th February 22:25