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Such good stuff, everyone. I like these three in particular.Fart Amplifier posted:
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    I think seabirds, like Pelicans, are some of my favorite birds.
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some more old stuff, was going through my stuff from 2015 this morning White-winged Crossbill by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Great Blue Heron by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Merlin by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr American Crow by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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Jul 21, 2017 22:12
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The phone remote is a nice feature for this kind of shooting. I can sit inside, not scaring them away, and they'll just come right up to the feeder. This is a short video. DSCF3374 by B. B., on Flickr
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 Granlibakkan Male Western Tanager-2511 on Flickr Granlibakkan Female Western Tanager-2525 on FlickrThis one more because it's a badass bird that I've only seen one other time than necessarily a great photo  Paige Meadows Goshawk-2378 on Flickr
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Well, hello there Birding thread. I was shooting with a 7D and 70-300/L about five years ago when I sold my gear. Needed a break but now I'm coming back into the hobby. I wanted something lighter weight and more portable so it wouldn't interfere with the time spent with my kids outdoors. I opted for a G3X this time around for the 600mm f/5.6 equivalency and I hope that it's a reasonable option. Another SLR is likely in my future but at least a few years out. Anyhow, I thought I would share some of my favourite shots from the 7D days in the meantime:  Fighting for Fishy Flesh by Dave, on Flickr Mallard Shake by Dave, on Flickr Crowned Pigeon by Dave, on Flickr Peacock Fan by Dave, on Flickr
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Jul 28, 2017 19:03
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Jul 30, 2017 22:24
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Messy Sparrow DSC_3590.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr DSC_3592.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr
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Jul 31, 2017 00:06
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A couple photos of the hummingbird that visits the feeder outside our kitchen video. 
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Aug 2, 2017 17:03
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Wow. Very nice.
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Aug 7, 2017 20:13
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Unreal!
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Aug 13, 2017 07:54
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^^^^ Yeah that's pretty rad. I went to a local shorebird park that has had an asian rarity hanging out for like a week. of course I missed it by 15 minutes, but got some photos of the regulars while I waited in vain for it to return.  Alameda B&W Plover Crookleg-2738 on Flickr Alameda Preening Curlew-2881 on Flickr Alameda SemiPalm Plover-2868 on Flickr Western Sandpipers on the mudflat-2672 on Flickr Western Sandpipers In flight-2629 on Flickr
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Aug 13, 2017 23:48
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Do Zoo trips count? IMG_0437 by Dave, on Flickr Untitled by Dave, on Flickr
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Aug 14, 2017 19:04
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I went to Kruger National Park in South Africa for vacation. I highly recommend it, the bird and animal life was absolutely amazing, as was the scenery. You also don't necessarily need a monster lens, the hornbills were shot on my 15mm (30mm FF equiv) as that was what I had attached when we came upon them! The rest were all with my 60mm (120mm FF equiv).  Shelley's francolin by King Dugga, on Flickr Kori bustard by King Dugga, on Flickr ostriches by King Dugga, on Flickr juvie bataleur by King Dugga, on Flickr Kori bustard by King Dugga, on Flickr crested francolin by King Dugga, on Flickr crested francolin by King Dugga, on Flickr crested francolin by King Dugga, on Flickr ground hornbills by King Dugga, on Flickr ground hornbill parade by King Dugga, on FlickrThe Ground Hornbills were my favourite. Pretty amazing birds, they live for many decades, and communally raise one chick every few years. On their parade, the one in front would call out "honk, honk honk" and the one behind would reply "hoo hoo, hoo hoo", rhythmically like a marching song.
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I made a thing. Watch it at 4K. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKcZYao3kU0
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Saw lots of interesting birds at the park today; bald eagle, pair of pileated woodpeckers, cooper's hawk, and probably at least 5 different types of warblers, but actually getting a shot of them just wasn't happening today American Redstart by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr American Crow by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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Hawaiian birbs! I only took the Olympus 40-150, but thankfully a few got pretty close. Super stoked to see the rare native Hawaiian Hawk. (The one about to take its tired dove friend for a flight.)  Hang loose brah.  Un-chill mainlander couple loudly arguing at high-end resort puddle: 
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Kenshin posted:I made a thing. Watch it at 4K. You didn't ask for critique but I have some if you want it. If you don't, just ignore me I guess. You say "nearby" to introduce birds repeatedly. I'm not familiar with the area at all, could you give a little introduction? Maybe something about the different parts, you talk about an Eco Centre "nearby" but some idea of the layout of the place would be nice. Do the paths have names? Could you talk about things like the entrance to the area, the direction water flows, if there are obvious landmarks like mudflats or a grassy lawn or something? You talk about animals sunning themselves a couple of time, and for the pair of multi-coloured herons you state they shine "brilliantly". In both cases what I'm looking at when you say "sun" or "brilliant" is not particularly bright. Were the animals actually in direct sunlight in those shots? Could you up the exposure (or gamma, or contrast) for those segments to make it clear that these are birds in direct, bright sunshine? ***  Kimiwan Birdwalk Female RWBB by Martin Brummell, on FlickrHere's a female Red-Winged Black Bird at Kimiwan Birdwalk in northern Alberta. If you ever find yourself near Peace River, it's definitely worth the 10-km drive off of the highway. RWBB adults eat cattail (Typha latifolia) seeds, I watched several pairs do so right in front of me. My boss doesn't like Typha, she says they release too much methane from wetlands and they choke out other plants (e.g. her favourites, Sphagnum mosses). I like to counter with the fact they tend to grow in the remnant ditches on the restored peatlands we work in, where water levels are too high for most other plants anyways, and the RWBB like them and I like RWBB.
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ExecuDork posted:You didn't ask for critique but I have some if you want it. If you don't, just ignore me I guess. This particular video was something of an experiment to see if I could make anything cohesive out of ~2 hours of shooting I did one morning at a resort while I was there for a wedding. Unfortunately this means I didn't take any establishing footage of the area I was in, which is where I'd have liked to put exactly that sort of introduction! Those are good notes though, and I'll keep in mind how valuable it'll be to talk about the local environment and the ecological niche(s) of that environment in the future. Now that I think I have a bit better handle on the filming bits and I'm starting to get better at using Premier with color grading and sound editing, the next one I make (hopefully in the next few weeks, I'll see how my schedule goes) should have those bits. And yeah, you're right about the wording about the green herons. They did seem a bit more bright and colorful in person and I might have been able to bring that out better with some more color grading. ExecuDork posted:Nice (thread) title shot at 3:26  that was on purpose, I had about 2 full minutes of that flamingo preening itself and I couldn't resist the temptation to put that bit in and not say a word about it happening This thread is one of the reasons I've kept doing bird photography and has been a major driver behind me getting better at it, now I hope you all don't mind as I do a similar development of my videography skills. 
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Aug 24, 2017 23:01
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I had a rare visitor to our irrigation pond: a great egret! Egret Landing by Ron Lee, on Flickr Egret Spear Fishing by Ron Lee, on Flickr Egret Flying Pose by Ron Lee, on Flickr
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Aug 25, 2017 01:35
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Aug 25, 2017 09:49
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What's that first bird? He's so fancy!
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Aug 25, 2017 14:40
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Couple of old penguin shots:  And a Grey Jay that is almost a clone of Neckbeard's earlier post 
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InternetJunky posted:Couple of old penguin shots: This is loving dope.
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What he said.
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Had a leucistic magpie across the street from my place when I got home from work today, first time I've had one around in a couple years Leucistic Black-billed Magpie by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Leucistic Black-billed Magpie by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Leucistic Black-billed Magpie by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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Wow, what a great find (and great pictures)! I keep seeing one show up in my facebook feed every so often -- now I'm really curious if we have two in our city or if he just gets around.
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Thanks, I'm no longer in Millwoods, back downtown, saw this one on 108 ave between 115 and 116st
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Where in Antarctica were these taken, and why were you there? I'm jealous. Here's a juvenile black-throated sparrow in Joshua Tree National Park. 
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Birding in Arizona. Grace's Warbler  American Goldfinch  MacGillivray's Warbler  Steller's Jay (These Jays are a wonderful shade of dark blue. I'm hoping to see some closer ones.) DorianGravy fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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Sep 10, 2017 06:02
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Pretty sure that one in your first pic is a Grace's Warbler but I could be wrong (easily).
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VelociBacon posted:Pretty sure that one in your first pic is a Grace's Warbler but I could be wrong (easily). Thanks. I couldn't figure it out at first because I was trying to narrow down my search using a small "Arizona Birds" folding pocket guide, which I now realize is far from complete.
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That's really not an American Goldfinch. I don't have the ID but it's not a goldfinch. Hmm... Wilson's Warbler! That's it.
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Oh yeah, you're right. Identifying birds can be tough. More Arizona birds!  Great Blue Heron.  Lewis's Woodpecker and bug.  Lewis's Woodpeckers.
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I've never seen those woodpeckers before!  The first photo is so lively. And yeah, IDs are hard. I mostly know what isn't a goldfinch because my neighborhood is jam packed with them. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
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Got out for a little hike in the park near my house. Wildcat Canyon BRCE-3229 on Flickr Wildcat Canyon BLPH-3384 on Flickr Wildcat Canyon HUVI-3224 on Flickr Wildcat Canyon CORA-3205 on Flickr Wildcat Canyon RTHA-3322 on Flickr Wildcat Canyon SOSP-3395 on Flickr Wildcat Canyon WAVI-3369 on Flickr Wildcat Canyon CATO-3351 on Flickr
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