The birds they mock me

[CooperD]

[Fullook]

Dogsey said:

Lovely photos, it's a Dunnock, I think one of our most underestimated birds, sings such a beautiful song.

Ah, thanks. I thought it was a bit big to be a dunnock, but I reckon you're right.

[Fullook]

I feel like I've not seen any of these for years, now they seem to be everywhere I go - Northern Ireland last weekend, Oxfordshire this one.

Grey Wagtail


Lots of Red Kites in Oxfordshire - the ones below were part of a group of at least 20 which were swooping on a hay field as the farmer was mowing, feasting on the macerated mice and other edible debris that was being left in the mower's wake...

Red Kite

[C n C]

One from a friend's garden just now.

Given it's size, I'm guessing it's a buzzard?

The plant pot just in front of it is either 15 or 18 inches in diameter.


buzzard by conradsphotos, on Flickr

Canon R5 with EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS lens at 200mm
f4 aperture, 1/320 sec, ISO 3200

[Turtle Shed]

Dad and his offspring having lunch. Woodpeckers are in our garden all day long.

[Turtle Shed]

Green Woodpecker in my garden.

I'm not the greatest photographer but I really am blessed with the variety of birds which appear in my garden.

[Derek Smith]

I take images of cars, steam engines, railway engines, lorries and flowers. Lots of flowers. I can't get the hang of birds. But last month, while waiting for the family of squirrels to play on my fence, this collared dove decided to preen itself. I'm a frequent visitor to this thread, but virgin poster. I am pleased with my images, so much so that I refuse to compare them with those on here.






It's a shame I appear to have photographed the only cross-eyed dove I've ever seen.

Panasonic G9, f6.3 @ 1/1600, with 100-300 (200-600 in old money) lens, at 300mm. Hand-held but with the 7.5 stops of stabilisation that I'm so grateful for.

[Smollet]

Warnham NR

[Smollet]

[Smollet]

[Smollet]

[Tony1963]

Bittern this morning at Lakenheath Fen

[Smollet]

Tony1963 said:

Bittern this morning at Lakenheath Fen

Nice

[Composer62]

Some lovely photos over the last few days chaps !

[DibblyDobbler]

Composer62 said:

Some lovely photos over the last few days chaps !

+1 Keep them coming!

[Tony1963]

Smollet said:

Nice

Thank you.

Once the autofocus finds the eye, it tends to hang on to it

[Smollet]

[ktcanuck]

Tony1963 said:

Thank you.

Once the autofocus finds the eye, it tends to hang on to it

Bittern B2?

[Smollet]

ktcanuck said:

Bittern B2?

[Tony1963]

ktcanuck said:

Bittern B2?

You're not the first to say that!

Also, it seems to use the 'area rule' as per the Buccaneer!