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12/20/2009 12:19:43 AM · #51 |
I bet I'd get in trouble for calling this one wild, although it totally IS:
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12/20/2009 12:21:09 AM · #52 |
It looks like this thread has become a post your birds side challenge. I see nothing wrong with that. It's nice to be seeing everyone's personal choice bird shots.
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12/20/2009 08:04:47 AM · #53 |
This would probably be DMNCd, but it is the ultimate in wild bird. This bird was captured in the great dismal swamp during bird banding.
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12/20/2009 10:11:28 AM · #54 |
This guy shows why shooting birds in the wild can be frustrating:  I mean, look at all those nasty twigs and stuff in the way! ;-) |
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12/20/2009 10:37:27 AM · #55 |
Hey, at least if it was a challenge this time of year there wouldn't be a ton of the dreaded hummingbird shots (probably my proudest DP moment)-
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12/20/2009 01:01:32 PM · #56 |
taken up in glacier park a few summers ago. i was laying on my stomach about 3 feet away from this little guy. very cool experience, usually they are gone in a second |
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12/20/2009 01:10:13 PM · #57 |
took this at coniwingo dam in md last weekend
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12/20/2009 01:42:24 PM · #58 |
 
Testing out the 2X these are 300MMF2.8 with a Canon 2X making it 600MMF5.6 shot looking out my front door at my feeders in the yard.
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12/20/2009 01:49:48 PM · #59 |
Since everyone else is 'cheating'; here's another wild bird on a feeder. This one shot through my kitchen window with the EF 70-200 2.8 IS. This lil bugger stole all the food for the small birds 3 years in a row. After robbing it he sat and pecked on my metal eavestrough the rest of the evening (argh!!) :)
Flaggspett
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12/20/2009 02:00:33 PM · #60 |
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12/20/2009 02:36:54 PM · #61 |
Taken a while ago....I just looked out my back door and saw him walking around.
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12/20/2009 03:16:10 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by MattO:
Testing out the 2X these are 300MMF2.8 with a Canon 2X making it 600MMF5.6 shot looking out my front door at my feeders in the yard.
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well thats pretty good for you to see my feeder from your place!!!!!lol |
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12/20/2009 08:32:55 PM · #63 |
| So................. We gonna do this bird gig or what??? I just a 200-400 tamron lens and I'm dying to try it out... |
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12/20/2009 09:04:51 PM · #64 |
The nice thing about birds in Banff National Park is that they expect treats so they often get reeeeeally close. This was at 195 mm only because I had to stand on a picnic table to get eye level with him.
Birds aside from chickadees are a little scarce but this is a challenge I'd like to see done at some point perhaps with extended dates for submissions like we did for the Halloween challenge.
eta: I KNOW there will be zoo and reserve shots. Just make me believe that you took it in the wild and I'll be ok with it.
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12/20/2009 09:23:44 PM · #65 |
I really got lucky for this one. It was right outside work but I guess his hunger was stronger than his fear of civilization.
I'd like to try and catch something like this again.
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12/20/2009 09:37:19 PM · #66 |
Originally posted by kawesttex:
I really got lucky for this one. It was right outside work but I guess his hunger was stronger than his fear of civilization.
I'd like to try and catch something like this again.
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Great capture, and you can be sure that hawk wasn't leaving his supper in a hurry! He's all set to fight for it. |
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12/20/2009 09:55:53 PM · #67 |
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12/20/2009 10:26:07 PM · #68 |
Took this last weekend
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12/20/2009 10:41:11 PM · #69 |
Took this last winter during an ice storm.
and this... 
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12/20/2009 11:34:55 PM · #70 |
 
Except for my pet parrots, all the bird shots in my portfolio are of wild birds. There are a lot of wading birds and hawks in this area, but not many eagles. It's pretty easy for me to get shots of them sitting around, but not so easy to capture on "on the fly" like this.
A lot of my bird shots are done from the driver's seat of my work truck, including both of these. Some of the roads that I work on are low traffic roads, so I can just slow down or stop in the road and shoot whatever is near the road. The locals don't even stop and ask me what I am doing any more.
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12/20/2009 11:40:51 PM · #71 |
how about a wet bird challenge?
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12/20/2009 11:47:25 PM · #72 |
Bahahahaaaa,  vawendy made a funny! They'd freeze in this weather! Unless of course you made it a Birdsicle challenge :-)
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12/21/2009 12:05:23 AM · #73 |
Yes! Challenge Details: Photograph a wild bird in a natural environment -- no birds on leashes, perched on gloves, no zoos, no bird feeders -- just wild and natural.
This weeks topic!
Look out birds......
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12/21/2009 12:05:34 AM · #74 |
Well looks like the members will get their chance. This week's members challenge is Portrait of a wild bird.
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12/21/2009 12:07:21 AM · #75 |
| Yikes, I'm going to have to go out into the cold!!! |
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