Post your Bird Portraits (2)

Skylark

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com …9685/in/datetak​en-public/

Skylark

Dunnock

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com …8776/in/datetak​en-public/

Dunnock

Linnet

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com …9081/in/datetak​en-public/

Linnet

avondale87 wrote in post #19369602
Another beautiful photo of your owls Tom.
That would be so nice to watch

Hi Richard...Thanks for the comments. Maybe we could arrange to trade homes for a week or so. You photograph my owls, and I'll get a chance to photograph your Superb Fairy Wrens.

Tom

jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19369596
ruby-crowned kinglet

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com​/gp/jimmy_racoon/5qsrv​4 ruby-crowned by James Stewart, on Flickr

Wow, Jimmy, you got him really lit up! Nice job.

House finch

HOSTED PHOTO
please log in to view hosted photos in full size.

Hoping for the arrival of some Orioles soon.

HOSTED PHOTO
please log in to view hosted photos in full size.

Pippan wrote in post #19369447
Pied Butcherbird, south of Darwin. These birds have the most melodious and enchanting calls in all of the bird world. Their name, however, hints at their gruesome feeding behaviour. They are primarily carnivorous, often impaling their prey on sharp branches for later consumption.

Gallery photo (hosted):
posted by Pippan originally in forum: Birds

Nicely captured, Pipan! Butcherbirds have always fascinated me. Our butcherbirds (Northern Shrikes) appear to be much smaller than yours.

fotoi wrote in post #19369457
Drake Mallards

Hosted photo: posted by fotoi in
./showthread.php?p=193​69457&i=i194501386
forum: Birds

Very nice, colorful drake mallard shot, fotoi!

Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19369484
Great Horned Owl family waking up...

Hosted photo: posted by Tom in Arizona in
./showthread.php?p=193​69484&i=i174951614
forum: Birds

Superb capture of the great horned-owl family, Tom!

shooz wrote in post #19369492

Carolina Wren, wishing he was back in Carolina !

Great shot, nice setting, Dave!

steveb108 wrote in post #19369570
An especially handsome FOS Black-and-white Warbler.

Hosted photo: posted by steveb108 in
./showthread.php?p=193​69570&i=i113593986
forum: Birds

Wow, what a terrific shot of this beauty, Steve!

nardes wrote in post #19369595
We visited the Lamington National Park in SE Qld where we saw these beautiful Crimson Rosella's near the O'Reilly's campgrounds , a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia. They are commonly found in, but not restricted to, mountain forests and gardens.

Cheers

Dennis

Gallery photo (hosted):
posted by nardes originally in forum: Birds

Gallery photo (hosted):
posted by nardes originally in forum: Birds

These birds are so gorgeous, Dennis! You really photographed them beautifully!

jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19369596
ruby-crowned kinglet

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com​/gp/jimmy_racoon/5qsrv​4 ruby-crowned by James Stewart, on Flickr

Wow...the seldom seen ruby crown (at least for me). Outstanding close-up capture, Jimmy!

johnfosteruk wrote in post #19369604
Male Stonechat

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com …8881/in/datetak​en-public/
Stonechat] by john Foster on Flickr

Lovely capture, John! Really beautiful!

johnfosteruk wrote in post #19369611
Linnet

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com …9081/in/datetak​en-public/
Linnet] by john Foster on Flickr

Very pretty linnet shot, John! The yellow flowers certainly add tremendously to the attractiveness of this photo.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19369693
>snip
These birds are so gorgeous, Dennis! You really photographed them beautifully!
>snip

Thanks Mike, they do pose rather nicely as they are used to human interaction around the camp site and resort grounds.

Cheers

Dennis

A male Satin Bower Bird collecting sticks to maintain his bower in the Lamington National Park.

The male builds and decorates a bower to attract females. This consists of two parallel walls of sticks, built on the ground, and is used as a courtship arena during the breeding season. The male decorates it with bright blue coloured objects that it collects; blue clothes pegs, drinking straws and bottle tops are among the favourite stolen items, while bright blue parrot feathers, flowers and brown snail shells, make up the majority of decorations away from human habitation. The bower owner meticulously maintains it throughout the year. Both mature and immature males build bowers and display to prospective females.

On the arrival of a female, the male Satin Bowerbird leaps into a ritualised display of exaggerated movements, such as strutting and bowing, with wings outstretched and quivering, and accompanied by a variety of mechanical-sounding calls, such as buzzing and rattling interspersed with mimicry. One of the bower decorations is usually carried in the male's bill. If impressed, the female moves into the bower avenue for mating and then leaves to perform the nesting duties on her own, while the male readies himself for courting more prospective females.

The bower is more like a bachelors pad as the female builds a nest of sticks in a tree or bush, up to 30 m – 35 m above the ground.

Cheers

Dennis

HOSTED PHOTO
please log in to view hosted photos in full size.
Photo from nardes's gallery.

HOSTED PHOTO
please log in to view hosted photos in full size.
Photo from nardes's gallery.

Virginia Rail
Happy trails

HOSTED PHOTO
please log in to view hosted photos in full size.

HOSTED PHOTO
please log in to view hosted photos in full size.

steveb108 wrote in post #19369639
Wow, Jimmy, you got him really lit up! Nice job.

Thank you, Steve!
(Caught the sun breaking through the forest canopy.)

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19369693
Wow...the seldom seen ruby crown (at least for me). Outstanding close-up capture, Jimmy!

Many thanks, Mike!