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Hog away; I'm jealous! I was hoping to do some bird photography over the Christmas break but the weather in the UK has been none stop wet and grey.
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InternetJunky posted:I feel like I'm hogging this thread, but shooting owls has lit a fire in me to go out and shoot birds whenever I can. Hog away. This are amazing.
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Please keep it up. Your owl shots are mind-blowing. Absolutely fantastic!
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Question - how does the thread feel about shots of birds in captivity? I got some nice shots at a local bird of prey sanctuary earlier in the year but I don't want to claim them as actual birding photos.
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One Swell Foop posted:Question - how does the thread feel about shots of birds in captivity? I got some nice shots at a local bird of prey sanctuary earlier in the year but I don't want to claim them as actual birding photos. Post them. Birds are birds.
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Obviously there a larger question of "Is this sanctuary meeting the needs of their captive birds, and hence should I continue to frequent the place?" but assuming the answer is yes, there's nothing wrong with posting the images. Just be honest about it. I think I might have posted this link before, but it's an interesting discussion of this very issue by Audubon Magazine.
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My sense is that we'd rather have good photos of captive birds than blurry brown cellphone pics of a wild bird. There's the critterquest thread if the main reason for posting is to get an ID.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:My sense is that we'd rather have good photos of captive birds than blurry brown cellphone pics of a wild bird.  See, there I go again. Yesterday I saw 8 owls and took 26 pictures. Today I saw 4 and took 1000. Oh what a difference a bit of sun makes.
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InternetJunky posted:Less owls  Pied Cormorant  New Zealand Dotterel This is getting dangerous, I keep looking at longer lenses now that I've had a couple of goes and the kit telephoto is just not even remotely cutting it.
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Birds! From Australia even. This is my first time posting pics I've taken here so if they're too big/small or otherwise improper please let me know. Wild Cassowary! With Baby! One of the many heartbreakers of this trip, I missed the focus on this shot, and it was the only one not completely black due to operator error. Still, perhaps, my favorite photo of the trip. The rest were all taken in zoos and sanctuaries. These six are from the Port Douglas Bird Sanctuary (where you can have lunch with Lorikeets, as opposed to anywhere else in Port Douglas, where the Lorikeets are at least 3 feet farther away).    Reef Heron landing in a pond then going in for something to eat. I was tempted to crop this picture to show more of the beautiful detail on the bird that you see at 1:1, but it loses some of the action when you do that.    Pied Herons looking pretty. Sadly I discovered in post processing that I shot everything that day at ISO 1000 and on my 5Dc so it's pretty noisy at 1:1. I certainly needed to for the light at some times (I was shooting a 100-300 f4.5-5.6) but the noise just kills me (I hate digital noise). This was the first time I'd been bird photographing with this camera, and it was following a 15 year break in photography in general, so over the course of the six hundred or so shots I took at this bird sanctuary I really felt my skills returning.  Kookaburra! These are the birds I wanted to see the most in Australia, and they did not disappoint. They're like Kingfishers who give no fucks. This one was taken at the Featherdale Wildlife Sanctuary outside of Sydney. Australia in general is just great for birds. It's hard to describe the giddy feeling I got when I saw a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo just chilling on someone's lawn like a white Raven or somesuch. Then later I saw (heard first) four of those mobbing a Gray Goshawk which really made my day.
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Trambopaline posted:
Aquila posted:Birds! From Australia even. This is my first time posting pics I've taken here so if they're too big/small or otherwise improper please let me know. quote:Wild Cassowary! With Baby! One of the many heartbreakers of this trip, I missed the focus on this shot, and it was the only one not completely black due to operator error. Still, perhaps, my favorite photo of the trip. Some nice bird photos. The herons are an interesting shot because it's an angle you never see usually.
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One Swell Foop posted:Question - how does the thread feel about shots of birds in captivity? I got some nice shots at a local bird of prey sanctuary earlier in the year but I don't want to claim them as actual birding photos. You could always make the edgy depressing captive animal picture  Was I born for this? by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr
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OK, I finally sorted out my duplicate photos after a partial disk failure, and found my photos. The sanctuary was the NIWRA on Vancouver Island. Only a few of the photos came out well, mainly due to me being in a rush and lots of chicken wire. These Peregrine falcons were both falconer raised and can't be released.  20050519_NIWRA_0009 by Chris in Vancouver, on Flickr  20050519_NIWRA_0001 by Chris in Vancouver, on Flickr This moment of philosophical reflection allows you to see the baffles in its nostrils that allow it to breathe during stoops.  20050519_NIWRA_0004 by Chris in Vancouver, on Flickr Did someone say edgy captive animal pictures?  20050519_NIWRA_0023 by Chris in Vancouver, on Flickr You can see that this guy was badly injured before he was rescued, and will never fly again. He copes with his incarceration by wrecking poo poo with his tiny hammer.  20050519_NIWRA_0073 by Chris in Vancouver, on Flickr More recently, I went to see the snowy owls that are wintering locally but didn't get any good shots, but there were a few short-eared owls hanging around. Nowhere near as nice as the great greys above though.  short_eared_owl_bb_2 by Chris in Vancouver, on Flickr  short_eared_owl_bb_flight by Chris in Vancouver, on Flickr
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Emus used to be native to Tasmania, but the Tasmanian subspecies was wiped out 150 years ago. That means this one is livestock, I guess. Wednesday East Coast Drive 2 by Execudork, on Flickr Silver Gull  Wednesday Evening at Mt William 21 by Execudork, on Flickr Australian Pelican  Wednesday Evening at Mt William 22 by Execudork, on Flickr Pied Oystercatcher  Wednesday Evening at Mt William 25 by Execudork, on Flickr Wedge-tailed Eagle, I think.  Wednesday Evening at Mt William 27 by Execudork, on Flickr
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You guys made me want to try and find some owls, was able to find a few short eared owls. Unfortunately there was a number of dogs out at the same time so didn't get the photos I really wanted but got a few.
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I was surprised to see Trambopaline's quail in a tree. Every time I've seen them in the wild here it's on the ground inside brush, but that's in California, not New Zealand. It feels weird to be on the exporting end of introduced species. Breaking the streak of Aussie/NZ birds or awesome owls with southern California waterfowl:  Coot Glamour by Icybacon, on Flickr I went after Orange County's first Yellow-crowned Night Heron since 1977. It was sleeping on a log 500ft across the water, but I was really excited to see it photo or not as I love herons. The place also has regular Reddish Egrets, which are also a supposedly out of range bird, and I hoped my luck would hold out to finally get a good shot of one. I'm walking along, minding my own business, when suddenly, Eurasian Wigeon!   Shunning the Eurotrash by Icybacon, on Flickr (Super rare but regular in California, just one bird for every 5,000 or so American Wigeons. The last time I saw one, my dad dragged me along as a small child to see one a quarter mile away as a pink dot in a scope.) I figured that filled my rare bird quota for the  Reddish Egret by Icybacon, on Flickr On the rest of my loop around to hopefully catch the Night Heron at sunset, I caught a Western & Clark's Grebe fighting (they look the same!), lots of very calm Snowy Egrets, and a Green Heron that was a paranoid jerk as usual but still let me get a pretty close shot.  Snowy Egret Sits for Portrait by Icybacon, on Flickr  Golden Hour Green Heron by Icybacon, on Flickr I walked right next to the Yellow-crowned Night Heron's earlier log, and it was not to be found.  Then I heard the sound of an angry rooster in an apple press, and looked up to see it flying by, calling the whole way to the waterline right next to a nearby path.  Yellow-crowned Night Heron by Icybacon, on Flickr Best heron day ever. 
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InternetJunky posted:Pretty much, although I'd be happy seeing blurry brown cellphone pics at this point if it meant I wasn't posting more owl pics again. I have been literally speechless by your recent photos. Jealous would be far too weak of a word. Finding the Northern Hawk Owl and Great Gray Owl is awesome in of itself, but your photos have been incredible. I feel like I should post the exact opposite thing for some reason. Perhaps a series of Gull photos explaining what separates a Herring, Western and Glaucus-Winged Gull or something.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:I feel like I should post the exact opposite thing for some reason. Perhaps a series of Gull photos explaining what separates a Herring, Western and Glaucus-Winged Gull or something. Seconding the awe at the owl shots - not just the species, but the great action shots (with prey! holy shitballs!). I'd love to see a breakdown of the distinctions between the various Pacific Northwest gulls; they confused they hell out of me when I lived in Victoria and went down to the shore.
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ExecuDork posted:Seconding the awe at the owl shots - not just the species, but the great action shots (with prey! holy shitballs!). I'll third that I guess. You guys get some amazing shots. I feel like I really shouldn't be posting such naff photos in this thread... so I'm trying to make it a bit more interesting this time around with a more uniquely New Zealand bird, even if the shot itself is a bit average.  It's a Tui
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Change of pace from owls -- Hoary Redpoll:  Common Redpoll:  Okay, maybe one owl too (I still have so many to post  ) Dread Head posted:You guys made me want to try and find some owls, was able to find a few short eared owls. Unfortunately there was a number of dogs out at the same time so didn't get the photos I really wanted but got a few. Trambopaline posted:I'll third that I guess. You guys get some amazing shots. I feel like I really shouldn't be posting such naff photos in this thread... so I'm trying to make it a bit more interesting this time around with a more uniquely New Zealand bird, even if the shot itself is a bit average. BeastOfExmoor posted:I have been literally speechless by your recent photos. Jealous would be far too weak of a word. Finding the Northern Hawk Owl and Great Gray Owl is awesome in of itself, but your photos have been incredible. Alpenglow posted:Best heron day ever.
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InternetJunky posted:
You are mistaken, I am on Vancouver Island. There were 4 owls at this location and I am guessing they will be there for some time so I am hoping to go back.
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Dread Head posted:You are mistaken, I am on Vancouver Island. There were 4 owls at this location and I am guessing they will be there for some time so I am hoping to go back. Speaking of which, here's some more from Ridiculously Photogenic Owl:  
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Love the look on it's face. So bummed out today, I have the day off, was going to go down to Gold Bar Park and look for the bald eagle there, but it's completely overcast today, yesterday was absolutely perfect but I was stuck at work...
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InternetJunky posted:Common Redpoll: Never apologize for all the owl shots, they're fantastic. There's an owl living somewhere in the golf course behind my house but I've never been able to see it, just hear it. Hopefully I'll get some decent submissions to this thread in the next couple of months. They're starting up eagle awareness weekends at the local state park again and allowing tours of nesting sites and such.
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Luckily there's a cool new owl hanging around the office hunting pigeons and arguing with ravens. Hopefully I'll get some action shots at some point DSC_5727.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr  DSC_5733.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr  DSC_5716.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr
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Whoever gets the first shot of an owl taking a dump wins.
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Oh hey, some lazy duck shots from the local zoo. DSC00616 by Kelly_Davis, on Flickr  DSC00609 by Kelly_Davis, on Flickr
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HookShot posted:Whoever gets the first shot of an owl taking a dump wins.
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InternetJunky posted:Is this a heavy crop already or do you have room to get closer? You've got him on a great perch and I'd love to see closer if possible. Oh yeah, that was uncropped. Here's a crop with it filling the frame.  Link for more pixels. Edit: In other news, I found a sacred kingfisher 
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I also want to see the pooping owl!ExecuDork posted:I love Kingfishers. There's only one species in Canada, I'm jealous of all of you who live places with so many different ones. The Kookaburras here in Tassie are avoiding me, laughing as they hide behind trunks and foliage. Have a picnic. Kookaburras are incredibly good at knowing when you've got food, and they'll get close to you when you do. Once me and my husband went on a picnic and there was a kookaburra around. We bought some bread, a roast chicken and some veggies and made chicken sangas. As soon as my husband finished making his, a kookaburra swooped down and literally stole the sandwich out of my husband's hands. Then at the farm even though the Kookaburra was usually too afraid of us to be fed, if he knew we had food, he would still hang around. He'd just fly away if we tried to toss him any for a while. edit:  Birdie by hookshot88, on Flickr  Birdie by hookshot88, on Flickr HookShot fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Jan 5, 2013 |
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