Post your best bird shots!

[nvitalephotography]

Jealous of all the new camera bodies everyone seems to be getting on here.

Heres a few recent ones

Female Anhinga sitting on a nest.



American Bittern


Female Painted Bunting


And a pair of nesting Great Blue Herons (very heavily cropped)

[ahab1372]

Great shots Nick, looks like you don't need another body
JJ, Congrats on the new camera. Only one keeper but a good one. Could it be the settings? There is a whole multi page pdf on the camera's AF.

[Poik]

Great shots, and sweet composition of that heron shot! Have you tried to do any noise reduction on that image?

[Joel Eade]

Jealous of all the new camera bodies everyone seems to be getting on here.

Heres a few recent ones

Female Anhinga sitting on a nest.



American Bittern


Female Painted Bunting


And a pair of nesting Great Blue Herons (very heavily cropped)

Beautiful images, nice variety of species.

[Joel Eade]

Got home from work just a few minutes before sunset and was lucky to get an image of a Northern Flicker at my back yard set up. Also a little test of the 1DX high ISO ability.



1DX + 500mm f/4L Version I IS USM, tripod mounted
Manual mode
ISO 5000
f/4.5
1/500
580 EX II + Better Beamer at 1/64 power

[Joel Eade]

A very cold Cardinal

1DX
500mm
ISO 3200
f/6.3
1/500
Manual mode

[Joel Eade]

Female version of the Northern Cardinal from this morning

[Dave Throgmartin]

I took a couple hour trip to Clinton, Iowa yesterday and came away with some bald eagle shots I'm really happy with. All were taken with the 60D, 70-200 f/4 L USM, and 1.4 X II extender. I'd highly recommend anyone making the trip if it's a reasonable distance for you.

No 1 On The Look Out


2013_01_26_2842_upd8x10 by dthrog00, on Flickr

No 2 In Flight over the Mississippi


2013_01_26_2829_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

No 3 Flying Nearby


2013_01_26_2814_upd_croptight by dthrog00, on Flickr

No 4 Landing


2013_01_26_2730_upd8x10 by dthrog00, on Flickr

No 5 Dozens of Eagles at Lock & Dam #13 (Fulton, IL all others were taken in Clinton, IA)


2013_01_26_2773_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.

Dave

[Andy Stringer]

I'd highly recommend anyone making the trip if it's a reasonable distance for you.

I can see why. Unfortunately, it's not a reasonable distance from me so I'll just have to enjoy your great shots.

[Andy Stringer]

Last weekend was the "Big Garden Birdwatch" in the UK, orgainsed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The idea was for as many people as possible to spend an hour recording the birds that visited their garden, then submit the results so that the RSPB can track changes in bird populations.

I settled down expecting to see just the usual visitors: blackbirds, blue tits, house sparrows and robins, so I was quite surprised when a fieldfare paid a visit. These birds very rarely visit urban gardens. I had never seen one before. I guess the snow-covered countryside had driven it to search elsewhere for food.


Fieldfare by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

This photo represents another 'first' for me: my first shot at 600mm (using my new 2xIII on my old 300mm f/2.8L).