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ptcanon3ti wrote in post #18741732

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Qs1s​Jj Fighter! -0743 by Paul, on Flickr

10 star!!

sidknee wrote in post #18741744

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Common chaffinch, female

Perfect.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18741795
10 star!!

Thanks Doc!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18741799

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29P6​dv1 500mm PF + 1.4TCiii by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

Robert, I see you’re really enjoying the 500 PF

I counted 17 Grey Herons today all lined up on a channel bank and all waiting for their lunch. It's the most I have ever seen in one place. They were watching a digger on the other side of the bank dredging. On the Somerset levels the reason for the dredging is to widen the channels so the water flows easier and more efficiently as the levels are prone to flooding. The digging brings up eels and frogs and other amphibians that the herons like to eat.

I took this photo at f/16 to get a very deep depth of field hoping that the eyes of the 3 birds in front would all be in focus.

Starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens. To me they are a very beautiful bird

Female Reed Bunting

I saw this scissortail perched on a post on the side of the road on my way back from lunch today. I was able to make a u-turn & go back & shoot from the other side of the road with cars whizzing between him & I.

Plano, TX.
11/1/2018

PCousins wrote in post #18741825
Starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens. To me they are a very beautiful bird

I agree with you - nice pic of one!

PCousins wrote in post #18741825
Starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens. To me they are a very beautiful bird

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Now that is cool! I love how the barbed wire echoes the markings on the starling

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot photographed at the NC zoo free flight aviary (Small and fast these are!)

Couple of wagtails at a distance including one taking off.

P.

PCousins wrote in post #18741825
Starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens. To me they are a very beautiful bird

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Really nice shot. Many of us don't realize just how pretty starlings are until they are seen up close.