Thread: Show Birds

Originally Posted by BillN

Barrie/Paul

ID check please - Male Reed Bunting - still in winter trim?

Bill,

Male Reed Bunting actually moulting into breeding plumage, fairly well advanced in that process.

Barrie

Barrie/Paul

Is this a Goldeneye - it just looks slightly difference from "the books"
could it be a hybrid?

only got a passing glimpse

too small and hunched up for Goldeneye Bill, plus the colouring is wrong plus the bill is wrong... looks like a Little Grebe to me

Thanks Paul

yep, Little Grebe, found it in Collins and stacks up with all they say - it really is a very good publication

I just love my new Nikon 300mm f4
hand held at ISO 400 - 1/500 sec at f4

so I'll continue to bore you

crop




big crop - but focused on the body with a shallow DOF at f4 - ISO 200 - 1/400th at f4

My first ducklings of the year, seen on a local farm pond this morning. I've not found the species in Collins, so am assuming it's Rubberus duckii


These four were quite adventurous and out on their own


This one kept close to Mother



Barrie

You must have an early edition Barrie, I think we have here a couple of examples of Anas flava

Branta canadensis will sort them out with one dump in the pond

Originally Posted by BillN

Branta canadensis will sort them out with one dump in the pond

Bill, thankfully the pond is far too small for those guys, they won't come anywhere near it, hurray for that.

Barrie

A common silver gull. Not much else about today. Shot with the K-5, and instead of photoshop, I used Pixelmator. Then exported, and processed further in snapseed.


Gull by kyte50, on Flickr