Post your Bird Portraits (2)

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19456173
You most certainly made a great capture of the common snipe, Cog!

sogs wrote in post #19456058
This is a terrific shot!

Miranda1 wrote in post #19456122
Cool shot, really nice!

Thank you, guys! I was lucky to have him. He landed for a few secs, just enough time to press the button.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19456173
These are both outstanding captures. kirk! I especially love the reddish egret. They are simply beautiful birds, and I really enjoy your photos of them.

Terrific hen mallard shot, fotoi! Great color.

You most certainly made a great capture of the common snipe, Cog!

Ahhh, gorgeous capture, Tom! Beautifully composed.

Lovely capture, SYS!

Awesome shot of this gorgeous bird, Paul!

Many thanks Mike.

ed57gmc wrote in post #19456043
you sure it isn't one of those plastic pigeon scarers?

When they are new they do look good!

House Finch

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19456173
These are both outstanding captures. kirk! I especially love the reddish egret. They are simply beautiful birds, and I really enjoy your photos of them.

Terrific hen mallard shot, fotoi! Great color.

You most certainly made a great capture of the common snipe, Cog!

Ahhh, gorgeous capture, Tom! Beautifully composed.

Lovely capture, SYS!

Awesome shot of this gorgeous bird, Paul!

Thank you very much, Mike.

Wood duck

Not the greatest shot since it was about 70 ft. up, 35 m away and a little high on the whites but I still like it.

Time on Tiritiri
I just spent a few days as a volunteer on the open scientific sanctuary of Tiritiri Matangi, in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. It has been a trail blazer in an alliance between the NZ Govt Dept. of Conservation, Academic institutions, and the community (including the indigenous Maori) to return a farmed island back to its original native bush state, and to make it a home to breed and study endangered species of both flora and fauna. The island's population of wildlife included the native Takahe, a native dweller of tussock lands of which there are barely birds 360 left; Tuatara a reptile that dates barck 250 million years and precedes the dinosaurs and a lot of other endangered and threatened species.

A lot of these birds live in deep bush, and are coloured to blend into it, so they are hard to isolate and get a decent image of. Here are a couple of images of the Korimako or Bell Bird. They are very small, move erratically and continuously and stick to deep cover generally.

All images hand-held, available light

Interloper: the eternal love triangle inaction, as two males (left) vie for the female on the right. The middle one was successful as the two went off together

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These are really nice! I love those little guys.

Tronhard wrote in post #19456338
Time on Tiritiri
I just spent a few days as a volunteer on the open scientific sanctuary of Tiritiri Matangi, in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. It has been a trail blazer in an alliance between the NZ Govt Dept. of Conservation, Academic institutions, and the community (including the indigenous Maori) to return a farmed island back to its original native bush state, and to make it a home to breed and study endangered species of both flora and fauna. The island's population of wildlife included the native Takahe, a native dweller of tussock lands of which there are barely birds 360 left; Tuatara a reptile that dates barck 250 million years and precedes the dinosaurs and a lot of other endangered and threatened species.

A lot of these birds live in deep bush, and are coloured to blend into it, so they are hard to isolate and get a decent image of. Here are a couple of images of the Korimako or Bell Bird. They are very small, move erratically and continuously and stick to deep cover generally.

All images hand-held, available light

Interloper: the eternal love triangle inaction, as two males (left) vie for the female on the right. The middle one was successful as the two went off together

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A male Korimako gives me the look as he briefly decides if I am a threat

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A Korimako waits its turn to access a water point

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SYS wrote in post #19456305
House Finch

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Really nice colours in this shot.

Northern Flicker

Miranda1 wrote in post #19456379
Really nice colours in this shot.

Thank you ~~

I think this is referred to as a Manky Mallard. Only one I've seen, I think.

ndcisiv wrote in post #19456366
These are really nice! I love those little guys.

Thanks JP!!

R6 II