Post your best bird shots!

Great pics on this page!

I'm not much of a birder these days, but found a swan at a local garden quite close. I captured this at just 200mm without that much cropping.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/467/1...40dc4125_c.jpg2015_07_09_11750_LR_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

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Originally Posted by M_Six

^^^^^Nice one, Bill.

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+1 ... beautiful

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Originally Posted by Always Looking

Bill that is fantastic.

I just checked and it appears that you were able to capture that photo with a 70-200 and a 1.4? I would have thought a 600m with a 1.4. I have not seen a loon in thirty years, but I do seem to remember they were very skittish.

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Agreed...wonderful intimate image, awesome!

Some really wonderful work here in this thread recently....I have not made any travels but I remain amused with the backyard birds most of the time.

Female Downy Woodpecker
7DII
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4
1/800

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....18339331-5.jpg

i havent made it to my favorite birding spot in a couple of months but i was able to go last friday. i think the woodpeckers were having a party cause they were everywhere . it was a good chance for me to try out my new 5DIII and compare it to my 7DII. here are a few of the party goers.
7DII
400f5.6+1.4II
f8
1/500
iso 3200
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/313/1...746c708c_b.jpgred bellied woodpecker juvenile by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

5DIII
400f5.6+1.4II
f8
1/500
iso 3200
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/380/1...22f8be10_b.jpgdowny woodpecker juvenile by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

5DIII
400f5.6+1.4II
f8
1/200
iso 1600
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/338/1...267dc384_b.jpgyellow-bellied sapsucker by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

Nice series of WP's .... my favorite genre of birds!

Mourning Dove

7D II
500mm
Tripod + Gimbal
ISO 1600
f/9.0
1/200

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....39440211-5.jpg

Trying to get a bit more into birding with the new lens...

Here is one of a Spotted Sandpiper:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/353/1...6ea4629a_c.jpgSpotted Sandpiper_007 by Stephen, on Flickr

And another of the Spotted Sandpiper Chick:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/300/1...2cb54d21_c.jpgSpotted Sandpiper_012 by Stephen, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

Stephen

i would have preferred to be in front of the bird for this pic but i was fishing and just happened to have the camera close by.

Osprey with northern pike
5DIII + 400 f5.6L
f 5.6
1/3200
iso 320
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/441/1...b27d3576_c.jpgOsprey with northern pike by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

I haven't done much bird photography, but would like to get a little more into it and a little better at it. Got some photos of this owl attacking my dog and sister and me on a hike recently. 95% of the shots I took were throwaways, but a couple of the ones I got were pretty decent:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/...f6e54946_c.jpgAttack owl by Eric Olsson, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/367/1...bc339744_c.jpgAttack owl by Eric Olsson, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/384/1...3facde92_c.jpgAttack owl by Eric Olsson, on Flickr

I think my biggest issue was getting the bird in focus. My first few shots were pretty bad until I got the camera into AI Servo mode, but even then not every shot was nice and crisp.