The birds they mock me

[Vintage Racer]

DibblyDobbler said:

These are excellent Glynn - well done

Thanks Mike..........I was trying out the new 'pop-up' hide and it certainly gets me closer to the action!

[DibblyDobbler]

Vintage Racer said:

Thanks Mike..........I was trying out the new 'pop-up' hide and it certainly gets me closer to the action!

[JSS 911]

A few from over the last few weeks

Short-eared Owl by John, on Flickr

Red Kite by John, on Flickr

Little Egret by John, on Flickr

Stonechat by John, on Flickr

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) by John, on Flickr

[nre]

Great shots John

A couple from Wisley today

Robin by Nigel Eite, on Flickr

redwing by Nigel Eite, on Flickr

[Saleen836]

No photo as I didn't have my camera with me, but very happy to have seen a Red Kite circling overhead while I was walking in Longleat Forest yesterday morning!
Have not seen one this far west but will take my camera next time and hopefully will see it again

[isaldiri]

JSS 911 said:

A few from over the last few weeks

Some really nice shots there. Just wondering - about what distance were the short eared owl and red kite shot over? Just wondering at what distances a DSLR type setup can take that kind of quality pictures. cheers

[PaulD86]

Somewhat amateurish compared to much of this thread, but I was fairly pleased with these.

The Treecreeper was a tricky one to photograph as they don't stay still for more than about a nanosecond.

Taken with my 50-500 Sigma lens and non full-frame DSLR - I think my EOS 350D before I upgraded...

[JSS 911]

Well i am using a 7d Mk11 which has a cropped sensor coupled with a 150-600mm lens giving me about 930mm of zoom, the kite i guess was about 50M the pic is about a quarter of the original ,so a big crop,and the owl again 50% crop at a range of 20M. Hope that helps.

isaldiri said:

JSS 911 said:

A few from over the last few weeks

Some really nice shots there. Just wondering - about what distance were the short eared owl and red kite shot over? Just wondering at what distances a DSLR type setup can take that kind of quality pictures. cheers

[isaldiri]

JSS 911 said:

Well i am using a 7d Mk11 which has a cropped sensor coupled with a 150-600mm lens giving me about 930mm of zoom, the kite i guess was about 50M the pic is about a quarter of the original ,so a big crop,and the owl again 50% crop at a range of 20M. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the reply, very useful for a comparison against the pictures I have been trying to take of various peregrine falcons with a sony rx10. cheers.

[DibblyDobbler]

Today's efforts with the Sony RX10iii


Great Tit by Mike Smith, on Flickr


Robin by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Edited by DibblyDobbler on Monday 4th February 18:40

[isaldiri]

That's a great tit?

[DibblyDobbler]

isaldiri said:

That's a great tit?

Yes of course it is - thanks

[JSS 911]

DibblyDobbler said:

isaldiri said:

That's a great tit?

Yes of course it is - thanks

They look like a couple of jailbirds to me

[isaldiri]

Pic from today courtesy of the rx10 mk3....

[DibblyDobbler]

A couple of firsts for me - neither the last word in sharpness but happy to have got the shots anyway


Treecreeper by Mike Smith, on Flickr


Goldcrest by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[Jugulator]

JSS 911 said:

A few from over the last few weeks

Short-eared Owl by John, on Flickr

Red Kite by John, on Flickr

Little Egret by John, on Flickr

Stonechat by John, on Flickr

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) by John, on Flickr

Fantastic pictures, the Short eared owl is stupendously good, my favourite owl. Very well done.;)

[rossub]

A few of these taking advantage of my bird feeder at the moment...

IMG_3189a by Ross Davidson, on Flickr

[Pastor Of Muppets]

rossub said:

A few of these taking advantage of my bird feeder at the moment...

IMG_3189a by Ross Davidson, on Flickr

Nice hen Pheasant, plumage looks immaculate. She will be on a clutch of eggs before long.

I have a decoy Pintail sitting in my back garden, very lifelike, and a Robin often lands on its head, it would make
a very interesting picture but it never sits long enough for me to grab the camera.

Keep them coming Ross.

[DibblyDobbler]

Pastor Of Muppets said:

good name

[rossub]

Pastor Of Muppets said:

Nice hen Pheasant, plumage looks immaculate. She will be on a clutch of eggs before long.

I have a decoy Pintail sitting in my back garden, very lifelike, and a Robin often lands on its head, it would make
a very interesting picture but it never sits long enough for me to grab the camera.

Keep them coming Ross.

There are 6 of the buggers in total, with 1 male. Snow today made it possible to snap her - they’re usually too well camouflaged to get anything acceptable