Post your best bird shots!

[Iguide]

Hi Nate:


A superior capture of nature in progress.





Godspeed


Wayne

[JJphoto]

Finally got some BIF


7D ,500mm 4.0+1.4TCII


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[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

<span class="messageBody"]Every Year from December to mid February the California Brown Pelicans in La Jolla change into their breeding plumage colors, resulting in a bright red pouch and deep black feathers on the their necks. This event attracts wildlife photographers world/nationwide to the cliffs of La Jolla to photograph this nature wonder.

I woke up at 3<span class="text_exposed_show"]:30 and left the house at 4:30 to make it La Jolla before sunrise, when I got there it seemed like a disappoinment morning as the birds never came into view. You would see them flying in and around the area but they only hung out over the cliff. After about 4 hours my patience began to wear off, as I was about to leave, this guy came out of nowhere and landed about 40 yards from me. He started to spreen himself and give me a few poses, after about 30 minutes he got bored and decided to yawn then he took off out to open ocean.

200 miles round trip 5 hours of driving round trip and 4 hours of waiting for this shot...TOTALLY WORTH IT!

This is the classic head throw aka yawning, and it's often unpredictable because pelicans never really tell you when they yawn

Check out the larger version here <span>http://photo.net/photodb/photo<wbr /><span class="word_break"]?photo_id=12479432&amp;size=lg


<span class="messageBody"]<span class="text_exposed_show"]Thanks for viewing and commenting.


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[JJphoto]

Nice shot, Nate!


I went there earlier this year and was hoping to get some shots like this, no luck.

[dsiegel5151]

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Canon 40D, 300mm, f7.1, 1/250s, iso 100


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Canon 40d, 300mm, f7.1, 1/400s, iso 100


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Canon 40d, 300mm, f7.1, 1/800s, iso 100


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Canon 40d, 300mm, f4, 1/1600, iso 100

[Joel Eade]

Love the perched Bald Eagle .... you must have been close! This is a shot (taken from my car window today) of a Red Tailed Hawk


1DMKIII


300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC II Hand Held


Manual mode


ISO 400


f/5.6


1/1600





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[dsiegel5151]

Joel, the eagles are thick where I am at this year (outside of St. Louis). I counted four flying today and seven perched. I was tracking the one pictured and he flew right over my head and landed in the woods nearby. That picture is about a 75% crop, so I wasn

[JJphoto]

nice hawk in flight, Joel!, looks pretty sharp.

This is a shot (taken from my car window today)

I usually leave the camera in the trunk when I'm driving, so I would miss this kind of shots[]





Today was a GBH day, here are some of the shots


7D, 500mm+1.4X TC, f6.3, 1/2000, ISO 1000





f6.3,1/2000,ISO 2000





f6.3,1/2000,ISO 800





thanks for viewing!