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 Lesser black-backed gull by Eero Vuorinen, on FlickrI have had problems lately with all my bird photos looking like poo poo somehow, today I tried shooting for about an hour in the morning before work and wow does morning light look better than midday sun 
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Sorbus posted:
I love the birds in late spring but I don't love having to get up so early to get the good light...  Landfill Loop Song Sparrow-9007 on Flickr Landfill Loop flying goose in yellow-9099 on Flickr Landfill Loop goose in yellow-9044 on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:
Love how the yellow makes these pop  Red-Winged Blackbird by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Red-Winged Blackbird by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Common Grackle by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Common Grackle by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Common Grackle by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Pileated Woodpecker by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Pileated Woodpecker by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Pileated Woodpecker by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Yellow-Rumped Warbler by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Yellow-Rumped Warbler by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Yellow-Rumped Warbler by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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neckbeard posted:Love how the yellow makes these pop My god this is the coolest loving bird I've ever seen. It has flame decals!
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They are insanely common in the midwest. Well they're common all over NA but you can't throw a rock without hitting one in Illinois. If you're ever out there find a local prairie preserve and you'll see dozens.
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my favorite thing to do when driving through Ohio and Indiana is to count the red-wingers perched on all the farming fences it's a LOT
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 Reed Warbler by Aves Lux, on Flickr  Whitethroat by Aves Lux, on Flickr Some summer visitors
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my cat is norris posted:my favorite thing to do when driving through Ohio and Indiana is to count the red-wingers perched on all the farming fences im surprised that doesn't put you to sleep like counting sheep they're loving everywhere up here in the Greater Toronto Area. Usually one or two of them get pretty ornery and attack people and draw a couple news articles every year
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xzzy posted:They are insanely common in the midwest. Well they're common all over NA but you can't throw a rock without hitting one in Illinois. If you're ever out there find a local prairie preserve and you'll see dozens. You'll hear them first though. They are noisy dudes.
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Slotducks posted:im surprised that doesn't put you to sleep like counting sheep I'm over in Edmonton and they're all over the place, and in suburban neighbourhoods because developers love to build man-made ponds. I'm always looking for Yellow-headed Blackbirds, but the Red-winged outnumber them by like 100:1 around here
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neckbeard posted:
this owns jarlywarly posted:
this also owns Last couple of pages have been incredible everyone, really great stuff!
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I need to retake these as I forgot to stop down, first time using the bellows, but I'm pretty stoked I nailed the eye focus at wide open.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:this rules. Thank you 
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Cockatoos and Corvids 😎 incredible
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Australian Magpies are not corvids  and also thank you!
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Megabound posted:Australian Magpies are not corvids They are Artamids, most closely related to the Butcherbirds
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Megabound posted:Australian Magpies are not corvids Dammit, now I'm gonna have to follow the Birds Aren't Real movement.
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I got to witness a Red-tailed Hawk deploying countermeasures against a couple mobbing Grackles this morning
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wth! Thats so nice! Your whole flickr was great.  DSCF3927 by a a, on FlickrJust got a 70-300mm for my Fuji XT3 and did my first birb hunting. I really enjoyed being outside and quite by the lake. This run really showed I need practice though.
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Cropped to hell because the moment I tried to get closer he assumed I wanted to eat him, but here's a little Black-Backed(?) Wagtail out on the lawn of a fancy apartment block. I've checked this place a few times recently and it there's usually a couple of these or some Starlings out looking for worms in the grass. (It's almost definitely a 'haku-sekirei' as it's know here but the specifics are apparently a little difficult to pin down https://kantorilode.weebly.com/white-and-black-backed-wagtails.html)
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Slotducks posted:I got to witness a Red-tailed Hawk deploying countermeasures against a couple mobbing Grackles this morning This guy needs to learn that trick...  Wildcat Red-tail Raven-9579 on Flickrjarlywarly posted:
nice. I saw these on my phone before and just now on my computer these remind me I really need to be checking this thread on bigger than a 5" screen.
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Having a home office that has busy trees outside the window is bad for my productivity. Now the goldfinches have learned there are free peanuts on my porch.  IMG_3517-Edit.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr  IMG_3526-Edit.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr Very scrufffy great tit demolishing one of said peanuts.  IMG_3543-Edit.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr Helen Highwater fucked around with this message at 19:01 on May 17, 2023 |
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That's a Great Tit Great Tit by Aves Lux, on Flickr  Blue Tit by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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I flew all the way over to the PNW to take pictures of birds I have at home Butt of Mallard by Jason DuPertuis, on Flickr Mallard by Jason DuPertuis, on Flickr Robin by Jason DuPertuis, on Flickr Robin by Jason DuPertuis, on Flickr Buncha Gulls by Jason DuPertuis, on Flickr
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There was definitely a WTF moment when I saw this bird in the distance in the regional park today. Kingsley the macaw no logo-9826 on Flickr Kingsley the macaw no logo-9867 on Flickr Kingsley the macaw no logo-9885 on Flickr Kingsley the macaw no logo-9888 on Flickr
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I'm not sure to post here or the gear thread, but I got the itch after a decade to get back into birding, and I'm looking into a budget camera setup to get going again. When I last took bird pics, it was a 60D and a Canon 100-400, and that setup did just fine for what I shot. I always wanted a 7D back in the day, and these days a body on ebay is super reasonable. How dumb is it to buy a 14 year old DSLR? (or I guess looking at prices, a 7D mk2 isn't too expensive either).
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DSLR prices are low and getting lower because new Canon R series mirrorless cameras have basically magic eye tracking AF which makes things a lot easier. A 7Dmk2 is a great point to jump back in if you don't want that tracking AF.
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My progression through the canon camera bodies during the last 12+ years has been T2i -> 60D -> 7D2 -> R6. It's really about your budget but the 7d2 is going to feel pretty solid after the 60D (assuming you don't need the flip-out screen for something). Add a used first gen Tamron 150-600 and you might be under 1k for a great wildlife combo. Or do you still have the 100-400?jarlywarly posted:DSLR prices are low and getting lower because new Canon R series mirrorless cameras have basically magic eye tracking AF which makes things a lot easier. A 7Dmk2 is a great point to jump back in if you don't want that tracking AF. Also the high ISO performance. Whoops I'm at 12800ISO? No problem.
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Shooting high iso or with old sensors is the rage right now because of AI noise reduction.
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