Post your best bird shots!

[Minerve101]

A couple from a nature walk today. I was trying out my idea of an "ultralight" combo: the EF-S 55-250 STM on an RP.



Duck pair by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr


Ducks in a row by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr

Beautiful birds. Technically sort-of-OK.

[Kayaker72]

A few from Celery Field Audobon Center in Sarasota Florida.

537A0408 by kayaker72, on Flickr

537A0055 by kayaker72, on Flickr

537A9991 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...Brant

[Kayaker72]

A few more I liked from the snow we had last week:0M3A3303 by kayaker72, on Flickr0M3A3392 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

An afternoon a week ago, I checked my feeder at sunset and there was zero activity, which is really odd. Something in the tree to the left of my feeder caught my eye.

20250108-0M3A7307 by kayaker72, on Flickr


A close encounter with a Cooper's Hawk that was surveying my feeder. After a few hundred images, it flew:

0M3A7575 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

A bird I had not seen before about a month ago. It is finally getting comfortable enough that I can get a few photos

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

537A7406 by kayaker72, on Flickr

537A7364 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Jayson]

Great photos everyone! Congrats on the Sapsucker Brant...hopefully he poses for you more!

[Jayson]

So I got a new toy for Christmas and the one day it was nice enough to shoot things, I had my dog (who barks at everything) in the passenger seat. This Red Tail sat confused along the side of the road while they had a brief conversation. I left after a coupe photos as to not disturb its hunting.

[neuroanatomist]

Couple of shots from inside the Osher Rainforest exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.

"Golden-crowned manakin"

EOS R8, RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM @ 240mm, 1/250 s, f/6.3, ISO 2000

"Red-crested turaco"

EOS R8, RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM @ 168mm, 1/250 s, f/6.3, ISO 6400

For a 10x zoom, I'm quite pleased with the quality of the RF 24-240mm lens.

[Jonathan Huyer]

For a 10x zoom, I'm quite pleased with the quality of the RF 24-240mm lens.

I have to agree! I didn't even know about this lens. It seems like it would be a really good all-purpose lens for travel when you don't want to schlep around lots of gear.

[Kayaker72]

So I got a new toy for Christmas and the one day it was nice enough to shoot things, I had my dog (who barks at everything) in the passenger seat. This Red Tail sat confused along the side of the road while they had a brief conversation. I left after a coupe photos as to not disturb its hunting.

I missed this...

What's the new toy? 200-800?