Post your best bird shots!

[Dave Throgmartin]

One more, she is hopping, in mid-air, and just getting ready to fly.


2013_03_05_3310_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.

Dave

[ahab1372]

That's a great capture. I like it when the picture captures the motion of an animal.

One could also joke:
The bird clearly has vision problems, missed the perch, but doesn't know and thus forgets to fall down ...


Arnt

[M_Six]

My first stab at BIF. Love this 400mm f5.6.

[ddt0725]

Great shots, Mark! I always wondered if it would have been better if I would have gone with the 400mm rather than the 100-400mm. Great shots like this has more to do with the skills of the photographer IMO and you did very well here!!

[Joel Eade]

Agreed...I like the first one best. The 400/5.6 lens is well known to be a great BIF lens....it's sharp, focuses fast and light enough to handle easily. Well done!

[M_Six]

Thanks, folks. I'm pretty happy with the lens. I just wish we could have more than one day of sunshine so I could use it more often. This constant gray overcast is depressing. So far March has been the worst month of the winter.

[Rocco]

Thought all of you birders might enjoy this article.

http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/09/...o-other-birds/

[DavidEccleston]

Bella modelling some Chickadees.


Chickadee by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Chickadee by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

And a woodpecker


Woodpecker by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

[M_Six]

The buffer on the 6D can be frustrating for BIF shots, but it certainly does take decent images. These are nearly 100% crops.

I was out at the local reservoir today and saw this guy coming over the treetops. I was psyched when I looked through the lens and saw it was a bald eagle. First one I've ever seen in the wild.







Then a youngster joined in.

[saslls]

What incredible shots and for your first sighting of a bald eagle! Well done!!