Do you need a spoon to eat your meal?

You've got one at the end of your bill

We had the chance to welcome a rare visitor last weekend: a spoonbill. These birds are seen just a few times every year in Switzerland. Luckily for me, this one stayed for a while and I was able to get some shots of the feeding.

All shots are with 100-400 and 1.4x TC (Tamron). Most of them are manually focused...

#1 An explanation for the name

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Lovely series, DDA. I adore the opening shot!

Thank you Anke! I'm still processing a few, I took too many shots

That first shot is terrific....from the spoon to the reflection its all excellent.

Thank you Scott!

Love that first shot. Well done.

You got me with that first image...Beautiful!!

Thank you Sindri and Gary. I always appreciate you taking the time to look

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Nice shots DDA. Where were they taken, as I've been looking around for somewhere in CH to see some different birds.

Chris

Those were taken in Geneva. From ZH, you could go to Klingnau where I go regularly.

Thanks DDA, will give that a go on next set of days off

Chris

Excellent series. I never knew they were after fish, always thought it was worms or little things living in the muck. Beautiful shots.

Thank you Mitch!

Chris, tell me if ou manage to get a shot of the kingfisher there. I've been after them for quite some time, always see them flying quite far away, but didn't manage (yet) to get a decent shot. And since I got my TC, they stay much further away