Post your best bird shots!

[Kayaker72]

Bill...jamsus...great shots.....

[Dave Throgmartin]

Great pics on this page!

I'm not much of a birder these days, but found a swan at a local garden quite close. I captured this at just 200mm without that much cropping.

2015_07_09_11750_LR_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Joel Eade]

Some really wonderful work here in this thread recently....I have not made any travels but I remain amused with the backyard birds most of the time.

Female Downy Woodpecker
7DII
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4
1/800

[sedwards]

i havent made it to my favorite birding spot in a couple of months but i was able to go last friday. i think the woodpeckers were having a party cause they were everywhere . it was a good chance for me to try out my new 5DIII and compare it to my 7DII. here are a few of the party goers.
7DII
400f5.6+1.4II
f8
1/500
iso 3200
red bellied woodpecker juvenile by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

5DIII
400f5.6+1.4II
f8
1/500
iso 3200
downy woodpecker juvenile by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

5DIII
400f5.6+1.4II
f8
1/200
iso 1600
yellow-bellied sapsucker by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Mourning Dove

7D II
500mm
Tripod + Gimbal
ISO 1600
f/9.0
1/200

[Joel Eade]

Nice series of WP's .... my favorite genre of birds!

[NFLD Stephen]

Trying to get a bit more into birding with the new lens...

Here is one of a Spotted Sandpiper:

Spotted Sandpiper_007 by Stephen, on Flickr

And another of the Spotted Sandpiper Chick:

Spotted Sandpiper_012 by Stephen, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

Stephen

[sedwards]

i would have preferred to be in front of the bird for this pic but i was fishing and just happened to have the camera close by.

Osprey with northern pike
5DIII + 400 f5.6L
f 5.6
1/3200
iso 320
Osprey with northern pike by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

[Poik]

I haven't done much bird photography, but would like to get a little more into it and a little better at it. Got some photos of this owl attacking my dog and sister and me on a hike recently. 95% of the shots I took were throwaways, but a couple of the ones I got were pretty decent:

Attack owl by Eric Olsson, on Flickr

Attack owl by Eric Olsson, on Flickr

Attack owl by Eric Olsson, on Flickr

I think my biggest issue was getting the bird in focus. My first few shots were pretty bad until I got the camera into AI Servo mode, but even then not every shot was nice and crisp.

[Joel Eade]

A series of duck images from a city park.....all with the 7DII + 300mm f/2.8L + 1.4 TCII handheld.

It was 95 degrees and very humid as well as somewhat overcast...not ideal conditions. I was trying some extremes .... some very high ISO and some slow shutter speeds and high f-stops. All were hand held. The light wasn't providing much contrast but still got a few keepers.

ISO 1250 1/3200 @ f/4


ISO 3200 1/100 @ f/18


ISO 3200 1/40 @ f/18


ISO 3200 1/4000 @ f/4


ISO 3200 1/4000 @ f/4


ISO 3200 1/4000 @ f/4