Winged Wednesday 10/18/2023

[Eric Gofreed]

"Headshots" part 2: My contributions to today's Winged Wednesday are 5 more portraits. For next week's Winged Wednesday I'm considering trying to use the entire box of Crayola, Sandhill Crane series, Raptors series, Bald Eagle series, or perhaps another headshots part 3. What would my fellow photographers like?

Tufted Puffin

Scarlet Macaw

Grey-breasted Mountain-tanager

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Crested Caracara

 

[Trent Watts]

Everyone is stunningly beautiful Eric. So many hours searching, photographing and processing. All worth it to show these beauties. My favourite is the Tufted Puffin but just by a feather. I would love to see more of your head shots Eric, even though I don't have any to add.

 

[Trent Watts]

My contribution for today are three birds I photographed in the last week.

An American Tree Sparrow

A Ruffed Grouse

An American Robin

 

[Eric Gofreed]

My contribution for today are three birds I photographed in the last week.

An American Tree Sparrow
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A Ruffed Grouse
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An American Robin
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Great bird photos as expected, Trent. I haven't photographed the Tree sparrow or the Ruffed Grouse. envy envy

 

[Douglas Sherman]

My contribution for today are three birds I photographed in the last week.

An American Tree Sparrow
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A Ruffed Grouse
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An American Robin
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Spectacular images, Trent.

 

[Trent Watts]

Spectacular images, Trent.

Thanks Douglas. I appreciate your comment.

 

[AlanLichty]

Incredible closeups so far but I guess someone has to break the chain. Mine is an unusual shot in that I don't consider my drone to be a birding camera at all. By chance this GBH was lurking along the banks of Salmon Creek when I was flying around looking for fall leaves so I decided to see if I could grab a shot using a 166mm telephoto lens. I didn't want to fly any closer since these birds spook easily but did get a quick portrait.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Incredible closeups so far but I guess someone has to break the chain. Mine is an unusual shot in that I don't consider my drone to be a birding camera at all. By chance this GBH was lurking along the banks of Salmon Creek when I was flying around looking for fall leaves so I decided to see if I could grab a shot using a 166mm telephoto lens. I didn't want to fly any closer since these birds spook easily but did get a quick portrait.

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Closeups are what I do, but I love birds in landscapes too

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Another set of incredible images, Eric. Here is my only image of a bird from my Canada trip.

 

[Trent Watts]

Nice shot Douglas. I have only ever seen one Clark's Nutcracker before. I assume that is your bird as the bill is quite large for a Canada Jay. Thanks for showing us your bird.

 

[Trent Watts]

Incredible closeups so far but I guess someone has to break the chain. Mine is an unusual shot in that I don't consider my drone to be a birding camera at all. By chance this GBH was lurking along the banks of Salmon Creek when I was flying around looking for fall leaves so I decided to see if I could grab a shot using a 166mm telephoto lens. I didn't want to fly any closer since these birds spook easily but did get a quick portrait.

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That is so cool Alan that you got this with your drone.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Another set of incredible images, Eric. Here is my only image of a bird from my Canada trip.

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That's a great shot, Doug. Birds must have been a low priority. That's a Clark's Nutcracker.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

That's a great shot, Doug. Birds must have been a low priority. That's a Clark's Nutcracker.

Thanks, Eric. I have known this bird for over fifty years as a result of traveling to the western National Parks but have never photographed one. These birds were so habituated to people that they would look for food on the tables and under the tables while the people were still there.

I could not take my large lens because of baggage restrictions, so I used my 70-300 mm lens with moderate results.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Thanks, Eric. I have known this bird for over fifty years as a result of traveling to the western National Parks but have never photographed one. These birds were so habituated to people that they would look for food on the tables and under the tables while the people were still there.

I could not take my large lens because of baggage restrictions, so I used my 70-300 mm lens with moderate results.

I assumed you knew the species. Great shot. especially compared to mine. Regrettably, I haven't photographed this species since 2013