Post your best bird shots!

[Steve U]

Gasp!!! Great captures Denise.
Very beautiful shot Arnt, great tones

[ahab1372]

I would think so Denise, that's nature. And I agree with Steve, great captures, and funny titles.

Arnt

[VictorVIR]

[Busted Knuckles]

Another one taken with a lens not typically used for birding, the EF-S 15-85

only bad thing about this lens is that it makes me want to upgrade my telezoom to something better ;-)

Arnt

Very nice,
It must have gotten fixed in the shipping to you. It never took good pictures like that when I had it!!!

Couldn't be the photographer.......

[Busted Knuckles]

I was so taken by Arnt's pic I forgot to ask the bird people. Last night a flock of swallow tail kites were circling over the pond near my house - had to about 80 or so. They were way to far away to get a decent pic, but I didn't think swallow tails "flocked"

Any one know if they do/don't was this a rare occurrence or just I something my sheltered life kept me from seeing before?

[ahab1372]

Very nice,
It must have gotten fixed in the shipping to you. It never took good pictures like that when I had it!!!

Couldn't be the photographer.......

Feel free to send all your other lenses too, so that they get the magic USPS treatment. Then you can come any time and pick them up (but no need to rush, I'll be happy to keep them for you )

Arnt

[nvitalephotography]

I was so taken by Arnt's pic I forgot to ask the bird people. Last night a flock of swallow tail kites were circling over the pond near my house - had to about 80 or so. They were way to far away to get a decent pic, but I didn't think swallow tails "flocked"

Any one know if they do/don't was this a rare occurrence or just I something my sheltered life kept me from seeing before?

They tend to congregate in large groups like that around this time of year. There are apparently roosting sites that you can go find hundreds of them, I have yet to locate one though. It is on my to do list though because they are awesome birds.

[Andy Stringer]

The British weather has kept me indoors most of this year, but yesterday offered some rare sunshine for a trip to a coastal nature reserve. I found this black-headed gull playing in the surf.


Black-Headed Gull by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Snowy Egret wading at Ft. DeSoto Florida

1DMKIV
500mm
ISO 200
f/9.0
1/1250

[conropl]

Snowy Egret wading at Ft. DeSoto Florida

Unique shot... I really like it.

I suppose the 500mm forces you to look for those close up details when you get to close. Most people would go for the head shot, but there is a lot of detail in the legs, feet, and water.