Post your Bird Portraits

shooz wrote in post #18730003

Absolutely gorgeus capture!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18729870
Great shots Joe, but the cardinals are totally out of sight.

Thanks Mike

llamedos wrote in post #18729981
Nice shots, Cardinals would make a nice xmas card etc.

Thanks llamedos

clipper_from_oz wrote in post #18730040
red browed finch

Outstanding light = outstanding feather detail, that 400 2.8 is a great help along with the 5DsR
Nice job

Also would like to mention that there are so many great wildlife Togs here in this thread. Excellent work to one and all ..

I think most of the guys have left for warmer weather

Snowy Egret

This is the closest I have ever been to a Snowy, 50'. Uncropped, handheld out the SUV window, light gray overcast. He was concentrating on the hunt.

Will in Tejas wrote in post #18730268
I think most of the guys have left for warmer weather

Nice shot Bill. I’ve taken all my feeders down but one. It’s 50 degrees here with a steady rain and there’s still one late migrant hanging around.

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Female Northern Cardinal...

Tom in Arizona wrote in post #18730362
Female Northern Cardinal...

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I do like the bird, Tom, but that's a very nice piece of wood. Is it a dead vine or root of some sort?

Trik wrote in post #18730387
I do like the bird, Tom, but that's a very nice piece of wood. Is it a dead vine or root of some sort?

Hi Trik...

The perch is a cholla cactus "skeleton". When the chollas die, their arms lose all the outer covering and spines which leaves behind these so-called "skeletons".
Tom

Finally found a Red-Headed Woodpecker. The deep red was really hard to work with in post.

shooz wrote in post #18730003

Super nice, David.