I took a few pictures.. will post it sometime after 6:00 PM.. Its a DSLR (Lumix FZ300) but I am clueless about photography so I use the auto mode!
Very cute. Very different from our Robins here.
flippin eck - and all those at crosby beach?nice photos mateis the osprey one taken somewhere were they feed them? the fish is cut in half that's why i'm asking - ospreys are one of my favourite birdsand we do get black swans at crosby - not so much the rainbow lorikeets though
Yep! There were so many. I was too slow to click...
Who would have thought liverblokes no draws idea would not be his worst idea of the weekend
We don't have places to feed them locally. I was on a boat and spotted it heading toward its nest, we have a lot of nesting pairs that nest in the navigation beacons on Moreton bay. Grabbed the camera and took a snap, unfortunately it only had a 24-70 on at the time so I was a bit(lot) FL limited. Maybe the fish had been discarded by a fisherman or he ate half of it before taking it home to the family.
use A mode (aperture priority) for birds that aren't moving and S mode (shutter speed priority) for moving birdsin A mode you enter an f-stop for the available light - the brighter the light the larger the f-stop you can choosein S mode enter a shutter speed something like 2000 or more (depends on the capabilities of your camera) and it'll freeze birds in flight or that are moving quicklyand make sure to select 'burst mode' for continuous shooting and see how you get onplay around with these settings (you have nothing to lose) and upload them if you take one you're happy with - remember that you can take tons of shots and only have a handful of good ones (this is normal even with the professionals)
Are they early morning Chakan? The sun light is hitting everything at lovely angles.
Ah ok, sort of the same thing, low sun angles.Boss though mate.
Out and about walking again, not just about the birds this time. I'll put a few in the photography thread as well. Was a very mixed bag, which is always great when that happens.Just one point I absolutely love the pick of Hawk in this series, it's one of my favorites so far and I only managed to get like 6 shots before he/she flew off....
sound those mate - cracking birds too
Your photos Chakan, always such a pleasure to see. I love woodpeckers, they look just like our ones as well.
Crosby Nick never fails.
Great pics again Chakan. Where do you live, one of the Carolinas? Are you by the coast? Loads of wildlife around you!
The Heron was back on the pond by me yesterday, eying up the moorhens building their nest Magnificent creature though.
Herons are so hard faced as well. When I got the train from Wallasey Village I would get to watch one fishing from some pond on a regular basis, bold as brass.
Unexpectedly working from home today which is nice. I have just filled all the feeders up there are some ravenous birds out there, heard a really unusual call so I got really excited. It ended up being a Great Tit! I just hadn't heard the call he was making before. I would love to understand all this bird call stuff.
bill oddie used to say - if you hear a bird song and you don't know what it is then it's most probably a great titthose guys can come up with all sortsbut on that subject - here's some advice:just learn one call at a timerecord calls on your phone and then try and guess themdon't get downhearted if you're wrong because even the experts can argue over certain short contact callsthe rspb website has audio of birdsthe best is xeno-canto though - it's full of uploaded calls from its users (it can look daunting but you'll soon get used to it)here's a link to great tit (Parus major) calls/songhttps://xeno-canto.org/species/Parus-major
We are exceptionally lucky that we have lots of song thrushes here and at this time of year it's beautiful listening to them singing their stuff.What a range of calls they have that they put together into a full on song. I managed to record one on my phone one morning it was full throttle until a cock pheasant ruined it 😂
I don't half miss thrushes. In our old place which had loads of trees we would get constant song from thrushes and blackbirds, but I have to go to the park for that now sadly.
I love them and we have no issues with slugs and snails in the garden which is a bonus. If I find any amongst the plants I throw them onto the lawn and within minutes they're eaten ☺️You really need to pay Anglesey a visit Jill as we have pretty much a full of range of species from sea birds, waders, raptors, passerines, woodland birds etc 👍
It sounds like heaven. Once spring arrives I'm packing my bag and we'll meet for that pint somewhere.
Loving the photos on here, thanks to those sharing. New neighbours bringing three cats with them and health issues limiting what I can do means I'm not seeing many birds at all here (magpies and pigeons basically), so I'm enjoying the pics.
We are exceptionally lucky that we have lots of song thrushes here and at this time of year it's beautiful listening to them singing their stuff.What a range of calls they have that they put together into a full on song. I managed to record one on my phone one morning it was full throttle until a cock pheasant ruined it ??
glad you're enjoying everyone's photos - we're all bird lovers in here here's 2 links to recordings i did on my phone of a lone song thrush and also a trio of singers (think of the 3 tenors) with a song thrush, a blackbird and a dunnock all trying to outdo each otherhttps://on.soundcloud.com/NPb5Ghttps://on.soundcloud.com/zjGFE
Fantastic photos as ever Chakan, I would love to see the flight ones please. Those Hawk ones especially are amazing you can see every detail.