For The Birds !

[fimgirl]

I was sat in a restaurant a few weeks back when this critter joined me.

No idea of species but I guess a young 'un

[jack2964]

Lost his tail and by the looks he isn't happy.

[Ace of Pop]

Wildlife photographer !

Isnt that downloaded from the Net..?.

[fimgirl]

Wildlife photographer !

Isnt that downloaded from the Net..?.

No, uploaded from my desktop.

Why?

[Ace of Pop]

Wildlife photographer !

Isnt that downloaded from the Net..?.

No, uploaded from my desktop.

Why?

Post 810. Very nice, but... Why does it have Copyright c F4F Foto Org. Its for Amateurs here so ive been cautioned, i uploaded from my desk top also.

[fimgirl]

f4foto.org is a domain name I have registered to apply a copyright notice to my images.

[Ace of Pop]

So a Pro, not Amateur. Clear Enough.

[Robby nz]

Male Plaintive Cuckoo on a lotus bud.

[klauskunkel]

some kind of chicken?

[sunshine51]

^^^ Secretary Bird perhaps KK....

[klauskunkel]

^^^ Secretary Bird perhaps KK....

...tasted like chicken...

[sunshine51]

^^^Ahem....meat's too stringy....better left to roam the wild.

[klauskunkel]

tastes like chicken, too

[klauskunkel]

pssst...

[jack2964]

C'mon ma...hurry up!

[Robby nz]

Where are you Mama, were lost.

Walking down the road, Lesser Whistling ducklings.

[klauskunkel]

Poor guy, loos like someone upended a can of paint on him, the color splash caught my eye...

[Robby nz]

A look over the shoulder.

Asian Fairy Bluebird.

[klauskunkel]

[fabianfred]

catching a thermal..

[samuijimmy]

Nice FF! ^

Flock of birds having a rest... as close as I could zoom!

[guzzi850m2]

Admittedly not shot in the wild but in the bird dome in Khao Kheow open Zoo where the birds at least have space and can fly around as they pleases, or hide high up in the trees.

The Sony RX100 M3 is not what you can call a "bird shooter" but this little fellow was quite tame so I stuck my camera right up in his face and full 70mm tele.

Photo not cropped, ISO1000 1/320sec f4.5.

Anybody know the name of this little beautiful bird?

[Goshawk]

^ A White-rumped Shama you got there guzzi. I've been to that bird dome at Khao Kheow too, although it must be 10yrs ago now, but i remember it being pretty darn good . . the largest aviary i've ever been in.

[guzzi850m2]

^ A White-rumped Shama you got there guzzi. I've been to that bird dome at Khao Kheow too, although it must be 10yrs ago now, but i remember it being pretty darn good . . the largest aviary i've ever been in.

Thanks Goshawk, yes it's good for bird photographing but I regret now that I didn't bring my Olympus Stylus1 with up to 300mm tele. Well we go 2-4 times a year because of my 5 year old son, it's funny for him feeding all the animals, so next time no excuses.

Okay now I got the name I can write that into comments on my Flickr photo of it.

[sunshine51]

Admittedly not shot in the wild but in the bird dome in Khao Kheow open Zoo where the birds at least have space and can fly around as they pleases, or hide high up in the trees.

The Sony RX100 M3 is not what you can call a "bird shooter" but this little fellow was quite tame so I stuck my camera right up in his face and full 70mm tele.

Photo not cropped, ISO1000 1/320sec f4.5.

Anybody know the name of this little beautiful bird?

Outta likes G...nice shot!

[sunshine51]

Any idea out there what type of wild doves these are?

Two pairs have just decided to reside in our area this

morning. Hope they stay around. Outer colours are

a mix of different greens while their inner colourings

are bright yellow & orange red. The vocalisations

sound like muted electronic beeps...soft and nice.

Their approach "bubble" is around 15 feet or so

since as I was shifting for a better shot I entered

their safe zone and they flew off. Camera was me

G12 on program....about 30 minutes after I rolled

outta bed.

[samuijimmy]

Not seen those here SS ^ wow you actually posted a picture... first in a while!

Mean while.... looking out to see which way the next rain storm will be coming!

[Goshawk]

Any idea out there what type of wild doves these are?

Pink-necked Green Pigeon . .

[Robby nz]

These flocking birds of yours up the tree are these Jimmy.

Yellow vented Bulbul

[sunshine51]

Any idea out there what type of wild doves these are?

Pink-necked Green Pigeon . .

Thanks GH...it's just finished pouring down rain & I heard the little computer

blip noises they make, grabbed a "proper" camera & headed out the side door

only to see em dash away. They were more co-operative this morning.

One further bit of info...these pidgeons seem to be accompanied by 4

birds which are about the size of the generic Myna only these are all

black with red eyes (males I guess) and the females are a generic

sand brown colour with numerous white spots all over em. They resemble

the Koel's we have heaps of, however are only about 1/6th the size....and

much quieter are their vocalisations which are many seemingly repeated

in random. Again...we have never seen the wild pidgeons before today

whereas the small red eye black & spotted brown critters are rather common.

In the US...as kids we used to call em Starlings....the bane of grain farmers

nation wide.

Thanks for the ID...next I'll try & get the smaller birds that hang around the

pidgeons...along with said pidgeons...mind you...it is difficult to find obiging

models these days...hah!

Edited October 15, 2014 by sunshine51