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Canada goose

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Lame-Duck wrote in post #19445688
Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Wonderful profile, Mike
Love the light just skimming across his head
Beautiful textures & detail

avondale87 wrote in post #19445746
Blackbird

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Great portrait
Nice job on this difficult exposure
Lovely detail and color

Endangered 'Florida Scrub Jay at local state park. R5 and RF100-500mm

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nardes wrote in post #19446318
Scaly-breasted Lorikeets having a splash in the bird bath, taken in our back garden this (dull) morning.

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Nice captures! Beautiful colors.

steveb108 wrote in post #19446279
Wattled Crane, Botswana (only about 14,000 still around)

Great shot! Definitely different.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19446326
Dennis, your backyard birdbath serves as a great setting for these beautiful Scaly-breasted Lorikeets. There is definitely plenty of gorgeous color in these two images!

paul katinas wrote in post #19446323
Wonderful capture of a very soggy Lorikeet Dennis.

Thank you Paul and Mike, I appreciate your comments.

It is quite comical watching them take off from the bird bath, their feathers laden with water. They struggle to gain altitude and seem to only just avoid crash landing on the ground.

Cheers

Dennis

sogs wrote in post #19446388
Nice captures! Beautiful colors.
>snip

Thank you sogs, it was a dull, overcast morning but their bright colours still sparkled.

Cheers

Dennis

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Mannyromano123 wrote in post #19446353
Coots Gone Wild II
Second time this year I've seen coots in a fishing frenzy.

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Interesting shots. Were they finding dead fish or actually catching them. They're primarily vegetarian, but will take small prey such as insects or tadpoles, and sometimes carrion. I've seen them with small crawfish, but never never with anything larger.

Some Woodies.

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Wood Duck

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Wood Ducks

A giraffe is spotted at Singapore wildlife reserve.

Purple heron

kd_reno wrote in post #19446401
Interesting shots. Were they finding dead fish or actually catching them. They're primarily vegetarian, but will take small prey such as insects or tadpoles, and sometimes carrion. I've seen them with small crawfish, but never never with anything larger.

Hi Ken, were these fish alive or dead? Who knows? According to Wikipedia "Coots are omnivorous, eating mainly plant material, but also small animals, fish and eggs."

What I've seen and captured are coots taking whole fish apart and dragging them into their dens. I've also seen them, and other waterfowl ignore dead fish, or fishermen's bait, floating on the surface. Are they scavengers or hunters? Like all birds, maybe a bit of both.

PS: My domestic hens love birdseed, veggies and fruits, but I've seen them swallow large, live lizards whole as well!

Backlit shot of an osprey drying off in the bright morning light.

I call this one "#6."