Post your Bird Portraits

mikeivan wrote in post #19180458
LUCKY CHANCE
Yesterday, I noticed some activity in my front yard. Looking through the glass window in my front door, I saw this (taken with my iPhone):

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I took several photos with my birding rig, through the oval pane (about 4" wide) in the center of the window. This is the best image, very slightly cropped:

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A Cooper's Hawk, probably a female, was devouring a White-winged Dove, less than 30' from my front door! She looked right at me, several times, and flew away with the left overs, after about 5 minutes posing. An experience I won't forget. Thanks for looking.

First rate capture, Mike! I really like this shot.

sidknee wrote in post #19180460

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starling

Beautiful capture, Sid! starlings are such neat looking birds.

belas wrote in post #19180703
A cute Little owl (Athene noctua)

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Super nice shot, Vassilis!

avondale87 wrote in post #19180715
male Superb Fairy Wren

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A-Number-1 shot, Richard! I absolutely love the birds pose in this shot.

avondale87 wrote in post #19180717
this female Superb Fairy Wren had been bathing in the creek and flew up onto a man fern to dry out

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She should know better than to try to bath before a photo shoot, Richard!

Canonised wrote in post #19180762
An old friend I see regularly who seem to want to pose all the time.

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Very nicely photographed, Harry!

fotoi wrote in post #19180766
A Wood duck.

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Beautiful drake wood duck portrait, fotoi! Great color!

SYS wrote in post #19180787
Spotted Towhee

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Excellent close-up shot of this spotted towhee, SYS!

Itsed65 wrote in post #19181008
Wiping the Duck off

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Tack sharp, with beautiful lighting, Ed!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19181085
Super nice shot, Vassilis!

A-Number-1 shot, Richard! I absolutely love the birds pose in this shot.

She should know better than to try to bath before a photo shoot, Richard!

Very nicely photographed, Harry!

Beautiful drake wood duck portrait, fotoi! Great color!

Excellent close-up shot of this spotted towhee, SYS!

Tack sharp, with beautiful lighting, Ed!

Thank you Mike.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19181076
Beautiful capture, Sid! starlings are such neat looking birds.

Thanks very much Mike!

Apricane wrote in post #19180968
Good catch - I'm really loving the mood of that shot!
What''s the bird? edit: nvm: just saw the name of the flickr link

Thank you.

peek a boo.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19181085
Super nice shot, Vassilis!

A-Number-1 shot, Richard! I absolutely love the birds pose in this shot.

She should know better than to try to bath before a photo shoot, Richard!

Very nicely photographed, Harry!

Beautiful drake wood duck portrait, fotoi! Great color!

Excellent close-up shot of this spotted towhee, SYS!

Tack sharp, with beautiful lighting, Ed!

Thanks, Mike ~~

Female Northern Cardinal on a cold day.

Green-tailed towhee

Female northern cardinal in our rare snowfall, they say this one set records for accumulation.

Melissa6 wrote in post #19180934
An uncommon bird in these parts. This was only my second time seeing one up close.

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American Coot] by Melissa McCarthy on Flickr

Very nice photo!! Great light. Coots are fairly common in Florida. I have seen flocks of hundreds at a time. But a great shot of for me a common bird is really cool!!!

Dark-eyed Junco

A Wood duck hen.