Post your Bird Portraits

A photo taken through my Patio door of a Cooper Hawk, whom is displaying a process of "Anting" they lay on an Ant nest and the Ants remove parasites or so they say...

-AP- wrote in post #18773625

Wow...what an incredible shot, Ken!!

shooz wrote in post #18773634

Northern gannets

Great images, Dave.

Soarman wrote in post #18773645
A photo taken through my Patio door of a Cooper Hawk, whom is displaying a process of "Anting" they lay on an Ant nest and the Ants remove parasites or so they say...

Unbelievable...I've never heard of Anting. That's really interesting.

Melissa6 wrote in post #18773355
Some of you may not like that there is a man-made object in this photo, but it was just for fun.

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Teacup Finch by Melissa McCarthy on Flickr

I think it's kinda cute - and very well executed.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18773671
Unbelievable...I've never heard of Anting. That's really interesting.

Thanks Mike, I hadn't either, till I seen this display, when I found a plausible answer I went outside to see if there were Ants there, and sure enough there was an Ant nest.

Kaka portrait

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Brown goshawk portraits. Baby photo and coming of age.

shooz wrote in post #18773634

Northern gannets

Stunning shots David, especially the third which is a fabulous capture and composition.

Raikyn wrote in post #18773886
Kaka portrait

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kaka by Marc, on Flickr

Cracking shot, lovely looking bird.

-AP- wrote in post #18773625

I can relate to the guy on the branch.

shooz wrote in post #18773634

Northern gannets

Man, I adore your post processing, Dave. The third shot is just sublime.

Will in Tejas wrote in post #18773600
American redstart

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Will, you're my Texas touchstone because you get all of our summer birds during the winter, so I can check in and see how they're doing American Redstarts are extremely difficult to capture clearly, you've done a nice job on this one here. Interesting to see the male in his non-breeding plumage.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18773611
I hear ya Matt. I try to keep up everyday but, it's almost like a job. I'm sure I miss some people and really hate to do that. I'd really rather be out shooting with camera or gun, than sitting behind my computer most of the day. Anyway Matt, thanks for your response, and keep on pushing that shutter button.

Combination of kid + work does me in most days. It's a fight trying to break off some time once a week to go out and shoot, and it's a coin flip if the weather is cooperating on those days. It's hard to participate on a photography forum if I'm not doing any photography. Such is life though, I wouldn't trade it for anything

Since you're a hunter, I can see how it segues over to photography because you must see some amazing stuff while you're sitting out there waiting around for game. My brother in-law is a fowl taxidermist/hunter, I keep asking him for tips on finding the interesting birds.