Post your Bird Portraits (2)

Dawn Patrol - Canada Goose in Walpole MA

Image hosted by forum (1155678) © Jeff USN Photog 72-76 THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.

Spangled Drongo at Charles Darwin National Park, displaying its elegant forked tail.

Photo from Pippan's gallery.
Image hosted by forum (1155685)

RW123 wrote in post #19370796
early morning glow --a beautiful duck--not sure of the species

Hosted photo: posted by RW123 in
./showthread.php?p=193​70796&i=i137028742
forum: Birds

this is a grebe

avondale87 wrote in post #19370457
Masked Lapwing (Spur-winged Plover) - Vanellus Miles

Hosted photo: posted by avondale87 in
./showthread.php?p=193​70457&i=i229329069
forum: Birds

cool, they're funny in some way

ozulrike wrote in post #19370804

steveb108 wrote in post #19370606
Returning to the box with nesting material and, after some housekeeping, getting set to gather more. Prothonotary Warbler.

Hosted photo: posted by steveb108 in
./showthread.php?p=193​70606&i=i70023268
forum: Birds

Hosted photo: posted by steveb108 in
./showthread.php?p=193​70606&i=i151859670
forum: Birds

What a beautiful bird!

It sure is...and a photographic favorite because of it!

morning fog

Bill in Texas wrote in post #19370823

steveb108 wrote in post #19370606
Returning to the box with nesting material and, after some housekeeping, getting set to gather more. Prothonotary Warbler.

Excellent, Steve. You have them nesting and we are getting them along the migration route only briefly as they return north to nest. We don't see them long.

Thank you, Bill! They love the C&O Canal and swampy areas around it. They're one of the few warblers that nest here, using boxes placed in the canal or stumps of trees in marshes...so they're fairly visible for birders/photographers who hike the towpath. Some other warblers that nest here tend to bury themselves deep in forests.

Piet ZA wrote in post #19370808
Wattled plover

kd_reno wrote in post #19370747
Black-bellied Plover stopping over on his way to the tundra. I’ve seen quite a few in various places, but this is the first I’ve photographed.

Beautiful birds. Never realised plovers come in so many forms.
Very nicely composed and presented photos Piet & Ken

mathogre wrote in post #19370604
I love this! They look like a couple of regular blokes, walking and talking along the beach. Wonderful!

Thanks Graham. They are birds with character and characteristic habits

steveb108 wrote in post #19370606
Returning to the box with nesting material and, after some housekeeping, getting set to gather more. Prothonotary Warbler.

Steve these are so captivating with their intense colour.
Certainly a sight to feast ones eyes on.
Very beautiful birds.

Rayk wrote in post #19370642
More Kingfishers part 2....

Magnificent series. Vibrant, detailed and lovely compositions.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19370739
Outstanding photo, Richard! Very appealing shot.
Wow, Richard...what an outstanding capture of this Yellow-tailed black cockatoo! He looks like one big "sun of a gun!"

Many thanks Mike for your kind and encouraging comments.
That cocky is a big bird for sure.

grzegorz9992 wrote in post #19370854
cool, they're funny in some way

Thanks grzegorz. You're right, they are interesting to watch and have peculiarly humorous habits

Thanks Richard
The African wattled lapwing/plover looks similar to your Masked Lapwing (Spur-winged Plover), but without the nasty spur

Archibald wrote in post #19370756
That's a real nice shot of a downy.

Very kind of you, Ed.
Many thanks!

A Wigeon hen.

In the field I'm mostly challenged when it comes to IDing warblers. The Worm-eating Warbler is a rare exception. If you can see the four bold black lines on its head (example in 2nd pic) it's a great giveaway...plus they are not sexable or ageable which takes the usual confounding factors out of the equation.

Peewee, aka Magpie-lark, at Charles Darwin National Park, NT.

Photo from Pippan's gallery.
Image hosted by forum (1155767)