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Casu Marzu posted:I dunno if this is better served in this or the gear thread, but I have just over $1000 to work with and I want a dedicated wildlife lens. I am selling my 100-400 in the sell thread. Where are you if in the states, you could borrow it short term to see if you like it.
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neckbeard posted:Not sure is this is a Swainson's or a Broad-winged Hawk, the plumage is throwing me off
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InternetJunky posted:Pretty good timing on this post. I just spent the day with the guy who wrote the book on raptors (literally: http://www.amazon.ca/Field-Guide-Hawks-North-America/dp/0395670675/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1372553543&sr=8-5&keywords=william+clark+bird) looking for Harlan/Red-tail hybrids in Alberta. Looks like you found one! Do you remember where it was? He's going to try and band some Monday morning. If you're interested you can probably join us. http://goo.gl/maps/UAZLi East of 127st on top of the lampposts on the north side of 142ave There was a hawk hanging around the area last summer too, just never had my camera with me when I've seen it before I got a nice blurry pic of it's tail as it took off neckbeard fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Jun 30, 2013 |
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InternetJunky posted:This is what happens when you take a picture across a highway on a very hot day The rufous hummingbirds are migrating through my area now. They really don't like having people around but I finally managed to get close to one.  Raptors  
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Moon Potato posted:The rufous hummingbirds are migrating through my area now. They really don't like having people around but I finally managed to get close to one. Well done, this is great.
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Finally got a favorite bird in flight shot! Egret Landing by Icybacon, on Flickr  Won't Be Cute Much Longer by Icybacon, on Flickr Raikyn posted:Some swallows
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I went to catch some hawks yesterday. It's a little bit worrisome when their very mean looking beak is a few inches from lots of soft and squishy parts of your body. Thankfully I still have both my eyes this morning. My ugly mug  Great job on the harrier. They are not an easy bird to photograph! Alpenglow posted:
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There's some really great photography in here. The barn swallow shots are what I was trying to get (and failed), the egret is beautiful, and I stared at the hawk close-up for a good five minutes. I can't get enough of this stuff! Have a Crissal Thrasher  El Paso County by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr And Cave or Cliff Swallows having a grand old time getting mud for their nests  (If anyone can help me ID these, I'd appreciate it. The species seem so similar that I'm having trouble, and eBird is less helpful than usual because it looks like they're both in my area!) El Paso County by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr  El Paso County by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Scaled Quail pretending to be regal-looking  El Paso County by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr
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torgeaux posted:I am selling my 100-400 in the sell thread. Where are you if in the states, you could borrow it short term to see if you like it. That's really tempting. I'm in WI.
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Casu Marzu posted:That's really tempting. I'm in WI. I'm in DC. PM me if you want. I'm flexible on price if you want to buy, too.
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Raikyn posted:Fantail Great shot, they are real bastards to try and catch still.
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Raikyn posted:Fantail BeanTaco posted:Great shot, they are real bastards to try and catch still. I'm stuck in Resolute Bay, waiting for weather to clear at my fieldwork site at Alexandra Fjord. To nobody's surprise, even summer weather in the High Arctic is generally poor. But even though Resolute is pretty barren and desolate, there are a few Snow Buntings around.  Arctic 2013 Junkyard Exploration 4 by Execudork, on Flickr  Arctic 2013 Junkyard Exploration 5 by Execudork, on Flickr  Arctic 2013 Junkyard Exploration 6 by Execudork, on Flickr This guy seems to have established his territory in the airport / government facilities junkyard. Little birds are evil, I think he was trying to lure me into slicing myself on rusty metal - but I'm wise to your ways, little birdie!
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A boat would be a total waste of time - the pack ice is still land-fast (much like me, at the moment). The nearest belugas might be among the bays on the north shore of Somerset Island (about 50km away), but I think those bays are still ice-filled, too. Bears could be around, but my gun is with my boss at Alexandra Fjord, and there are lots of people who'd be pretty angry at my chunky remains were I to go out for bear regardless. I'm in the rather frustrating situation of waking up in the morning, having what I think will be my last shower for weeks, then discovering the weather means no flight today, maybe flight tomorrow. That was yesterday and today, tomorrow will be either "fly" or "maybe fly in a bit" or "sorry, no fly today". That "maybe" means more uncertainty, more waiting around where I can be found if the situation improves, and a severe lack of wildlife.
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I just spent a couple days out with a Sigma 120-300 and am loving it so far. Female peregrine falcon  Great egret  Common raven  Osprey  Barn swallow skimming the duckweed for bugs (I missed focus by a hair on this, but I love the pose) 
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Moon Potato posted:I just spent a couple days out with a Sigma 120-300 and am loving it so far. Is this the new sport model, and have you tried it with TC's yet (and which ones)?
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Is this the new sport model, and have you tried it with TC's yet (and which ones)? I got a 1.4X teleconverter with it but haven't tried it out yet. When the weather clears, I'll try it out on the kites and harriers.
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Moon Potato posted:It's the pre-sport OS model. The only thing they changed optically with the recent upgrade was new coatings, which doesn't seem worth the extra $1100 to me. I just got the same lens. I've shot some tests with my canon 2x tele and they're fine, especially at f/8. Great, sharp lens, fast focus, but loving heavy.
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torgeaux posted:I just got the same lens. I've shot some tests with my canon 2x tele and they're fine, especially at f/8. Great, sharp lens, fast focus, but loving heavy.
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Another day of raptor banding... Kestrel fledgling  Merlin  Red-tailed Hawk 
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The most dangerous prey.  P7071085.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  P7071081.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  P7071084.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr
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Had a crack at some juvenile bald eagles on the lake, but the sun was in the wrong position and all I could get were some silhouettes. Did manage to get this crazy guy over the 4th, though.
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Cru Jones posted:Had a crack at some juvenile bald eagles on the lake, but the sun was in the wrong position and all I could get were some silhouettes. Did manage to get this crazy guy over the 4th, though. Loons own man, nice shot.   These are pretty boring, but they are pretty extreme crops from the 100-400L I bought from torgeaux. I am very impressed with this lens.
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Sat outside for 30 minutes without seeing much of anything worthwhile to shoot, but Mr. Robin swung by to pose for me at the end to cheer me up.  P7081212.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  P7081222.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  P7081217.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr
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BeastOfExmoor posted:
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Goldfinches of Mount Lassen National Park Edit: Western Tanagers of Mount Lassen   
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Very nice. Those guys are not easy to photograph.
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Moon Potato posted:Very nice. Those guys are not easy to photograph. I got really lucky for that shot. I was shooting that finch as it flew around in some brush beside the trail I was on and then it just flew out and landed on a branch about 10 feet from me in clear sight, so I was able to get that uncropped shot with a 400mm lens.
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Graniteman posted:Goldfinches of Mount Lassen National Park Nice western tanagers! I saw the first photo and I thought you were getting a pic of some rainforest manakin or something. e: goldfinches would be half the size with a much smaller pointier bill. and no red unless you had a funny pine grosbeak or crossbill or something. BetterLekNextTime fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Jul 10, 2013 |
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Nice western tanagers! I saw the first photo and I thought you were getting a pic of some rainforest manakin or something. Haha. I sat there for a long time going, "Man, those sure look a lot more like Western Tanagers than Goldfinches, but maybe they're babies or one of those non Lawrences or Lesser Goldfinches I'm not used to seeing..." edit: Western Tanagers are way prettier and, in my experience, harder to photograph than Goldfinches. For every one I've actually seen this year I've probably heard 25 of them. BeastOfExmoor fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Jul 10, 2013 |
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Sadly that's all I have to contribute to this thread right now. I had a vulture at my dad's bird feeder today like 20 feet away but only had my iPhone. Holy crap those things are cool looking close up.
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Anyone that can identify these birds? I am new to this sort of stuff, so have little to no knowledge, but am slowly going to learn. Screech by Paul-Frank Photography, on Flickr  He's hungry by Paul-Frank Photography, on Flickr  Flyover by Paul-Frank Photography, on Flickr
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