birding
- Little Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) - Kedron Brook, Brisbane, Australia - May 2024
Taken with our new OM-1 MkII and M.Zuiko 100-400mm. I LOVE this camera!
Image description: Three Little Black Cormorants, sitting on rocks in a shallow brook. Two of the birds are holding their wings outstretched
- Torresian Crows (Corvus orro) - Kedron Brook, Brisbane, Australia - May 2024
Image description: Two crows in a tree, partially hidden behind branches
- Torresian crow (Corvus Orro) on my back deck looking for food - Clayfield, Queensland, Australia - May 2024
Image description: Head and upper body shot of a crow, with blurred greenery visible in the background
- Mandarin Preening
Male Mandarin Duck preening itself. The female was obscured by vegetation, which is a shame because they have a subtle beauty to them so different from the flashy male.
Canon R6 + RF800mm, 1/1250s
- New gear acquired
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/11851475
> Just got my hands on an OM-1 MKII and an m.zuiko ED 100-400. No bird will be safe from me ever again!
- Steller's jay showing off its mohawk
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15072915
> Pixelfed post: https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/692562477489803431
- Blosson and Tit
I like the contrast. Reading, UK Horse Chestnut (I guess) and Blue Tit Canon R6 + RF800mm 1/1250s, ISO2500
- Mrs. Finchy and I go way way back.
Mrs. Finchy and I go way way back.
She's not afraid of me! I sit mere feet away, and her and her mate are feeding without a care. Isn't she gorgeous?
- Wodpecker Pecking Wood
Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Prospect Park, Reading, UK Canon R6 +RF 800mm, 1/1250s, F9
- Street Gangs of Malaga
I am currently on holidays in spain and there were a lot of parakeets around, also tons of collared doves who i'd guess outnumber the feral pidgeons there. Pretty cool
Today while cycling i saw a flamboyant hoopoe, which i recognized because i saw it on here. I was hyped. This is my first time somewhat far away from home since i started watching birds and it's amazing to see what's going on here. The birds are going off!
- An exercise in depth of field?
Or "In lieu of an interesting bird photo, a cute one"
Greylag Goslings, River Kennet, Berkshire Canon R6 + RF800mm, F9, 1/1250s, ISO2000
- Baby Goldfinch made it to my feeder
I am going on holiday now for a while, already missing the balcony crew.
*edit: It is a young goldfinch, right?
- Orange-crowned Warbler
Saw this guy on the Oregon coast sometime in the past couple of week
Edit: thanks to showroom7561@lemmy.ca for a more accurate ID than I could pull off
- Flamboyant hoopoes: Rare bird which doesn't live in UK is spotted by excited southern birdwatcherswww.nationalworld.com 'They’re unlike anything else you can see here'
A rare bird has been spotted in Sussex to the delight of excited birdwatchers who love its ‘flamboyant’ look
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/10347481
> Flamboyant hoopoes: Rare bird which doesn't live in UK is spotted by excited southern birdwatchers > > Some eagle-eyed residents have been spotting the ‘flamboyant’ Hoopoe in several spots in Sussex over the past week – including Brighton and Hankham. Polly Mair shared these stunning photos, taken at Hankham, on X. The sighting is particularly exciting for birdwatchers, as Hoopoes aren’t native to the UK.
- An Exercise in Frustration
Ever had one of those days when you spotted something interesting, but it wouldn't sit still, and certainly wasn't going to come out of focus-wrecking cover?
Reading, UK, and I think this is a female Blackcap (which of course doesn't have a black cap, only the male does). The final shot is from significantly later in the walk, so is probably not the same bird - but gives you a sense of what I wanted (still not sharp enough though!).
- A moment can be fleeting
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14128948
> A moment can be fleeting
- A Robin making an April Fool of itself
Contact sheet form as it strikes me as a little more bandwidth friendly.
Ludlow, UK, April 1st, with a Canon R6 + RF800mm
