Thread: Post your birdlife shots

Originally Posted by amatol

I made a habit of dragging road kill off the road for that reason.

you would be stopping every 500m


another image from Val's point and Shoot lumix FZ200 out the car window,
100% crop at full zoom



thats a nuisance, the actual name of the bird species is pinged by the swear filter, will rename file on server & retry

need to get to scanning my 35mm prints & slides - haven't got anywhere near as good photos since I went digital

Old gear - Olympus OM10 SLR with lenses from 28-200 zoom, to 500mm mirror lense, to Kowa TSN-4 spotter scope with camera adapter giving me a 1200mm f15.6 telephoto

New gear - Pentax K-X dSLR with 18-55mm, 75-300mm macro, & the Kowa listed above

too many birds, not enough time

This young wedgy turned up at one of the quarries I work at recently. Mum and dad fly around and keep an eye on him/her. What gets us is that he/she like sitting on top of the drilling rig mast while we drill. The noise and vibration is incredable. Anyway he/she likes donuts, ham sandwiches, some fruits, bread and chases things we throw along the ground. Will try and get some good shots with a proper camera one day. This is with a mobile through the window of the rig. Eating said donut.

Sounds similar to the pet one we had when we were kids

Was a fantastic pet,she used to chase the cricket ball and bring it back to us.
She was on a long chain and running line with leathers(jessies),i think we called them,for many years.
Had a wonderful personality,happy to be with you like a dog.

Those were the days before you had to have permits,etc for keeping native wildlife.Cant remember where she came from,but had been in captivity from a very young age.

Anyway,back to bird pics

STK20130616N_326 by DMdigital, on Flickr

This little fellow was very co operative.. let me get quite close.

Wish I had noticed the leaf in front of his head

A Bee Catcher catching a Bee


and a Seagull catching a fish

D7100, Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Cheers