Post your best bird shots!

[BillW]

male Ruby-throated HB

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Common loon and chick

nap time after a rough morning of being fed by Bill W, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Beautiful gorget on that HB !!!

[BillW]

Beautiful gorget on that HB !!!

Thanks Joel....I've been capturing quite a few this season.

[Kayaker72]

Ok...a bit surprised, but this thread hasn't been used since July.....ok...time to remedy that....

I believe this is a Female Harrier (Edit-Red Shouldered Hawk). Taken at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive with Mike (Busted Knuckles)

6S0A0539 by kayaker72, on Flickr

and...brunch:

6S0A0579 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing....Brant

[Joel Eade]

Ok...a bit surprised, but this thread hasn't been used since July.....ok...time to remedy that....

I believe this is a Female Harrier. Taken at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive with Mike (Busted Knuckles)

6S0A0539 by kayaker72, on Flickr

and...brunch:

6S0A0579 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing....Brant

Brant,

I didn't do much at all with my back yard set up this summer and fall.....I do have nice sets of bird images from Alaska and Ecuador. Guess I better get with it and start posting -

I like the images you have here, especially with prey item in it's talons but I think this might be a Red Shouldered Hawk. I don't see the typical white patch at the base of the tail that seems prominent on Harrier's.

Joel

[Kayaker72]

Brant,

I didn't do much at all with my back yard set up this summer and fall.....I do have nice sets of bird images from Alaska and Ecuador. Guess I better get with it and start posting -

Looking forward to it

I like the images you have here, especially with prey item in it's talons but I think this might be a Red Shouldered Hawk. I don't see the typical white patch at the base of the tail that seems prominent on Harrier's.

Joel

Yep, I see it now. I've seen several Red Shouldered Hawks in Florida over the years with different coloring. I think this may be an immature hawk (but, I could easily be wrong), which threw me off.

[Joel Eade]

A selection of images from Ecuador:

































This is a sample of what we saw in Ecuador ..... the diversity of bird life was astounding!

[Kayaker72]

Joel....great set of shots! Looks like you had a great trip. Seeing all those different birds had to be thrilling.

[Always Looking]

Joel,
Fantastic shots. I have to ask were these shot with your 600mm or something else? It looks like you were able to get very close to the birds in most of the shots. Details and colors are amazing.

[Joel Eade]

Thanks for the kind words.

All the images were on the 5D MKIV.

Hummingbirds were shot with Canon 100-400mm version II lens near feeders.

Other birds mostly with 600mm and some with 1.4 TC as well.

I left out several Tanager species (each post is limited to 12 images) but may post another set to include those.