Post your Bird Portraits (2)

Grace and Colour:

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV • Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM | S @413mm • 1/500 • f/6.3 • ISO 400

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fotoi wrote in post #19350055
A Wood duck hen.

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Beautiful hen wood duck shot, fotoi! Great color.

Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19350065
Ladderback Woodpecker...

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Lovely capture, Tom!

4matic wrote in post #19350171
More from my trip home over Christmas last year.

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Wow...what striking, vivid colors this swamphen has, Neal! Terrific shot!

Bianchi wrote in post #19350183

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Terrific shot of this black-bellied whistling duck, Joe!

robamy wrote in post #19350248

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Very nice shot, Rob!

paul katinas wrote in post #19350268
Great Crested Flycatcher
Happy trails.

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Terrific capture, Paul! I really like the way you composed this shot.

jm4ever wrote in post #19350280
This mother eagle was locked on to me.

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She sure is giving you a hard stare. Excellent capture, jm4ever!

LD, or Mike
Often mistaken, but never in doubt.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19350320
Wow...what striking, vivid colors this swamphen has, Neal! Terrific shot!

Thank you very much, Mike as always your comments are highly appreciated.

Neal
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belas wrote in post #19350335
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius). One of the first migratory species to arrive, just in time for the magpie breeding season that they use as host parents

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Clamator glandarius, Κισσόκουκος, Great Spotted Cuckoo] by belas62 on Flickr

A-Number-1 shot, Vassilis!

LD, or Mike
Often mistaken, but never in doubt.

female Superb Fairy Wren

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Capn Jack wrote in post #19350272
Different colors than many birds. Pretty image.

Many thanks Jack. Happy trails.

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Lame-Duck wrote in post #19350320
Beautiful hen wood duck shot, fotoi! Great color.

Lovely capture, Tom!

Wow...what striking, vivid colors this swamphen has, Neal! Terrific shot!

Terrific shot of this black-bellied whistling duck, Joe!

Very nice shot, Rob!

Terrific capture, Paul! I really like the way you composed this shot.

She sure is giving you a hard stare. Excellent capture, jm4ever!

Many thanks for the compliment Mike.

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Lame-Duck wrote in post #19350309
All are terrific shots, Joe! I especially like the photos of the little ones.

Thank you very much Mike. I was lucky enough just to have them cross my path.

Cheers,
JOE

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White-bellied Sea-eagle, Fogg Dam.

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Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.

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