[Theme] Show Birds

[Nasos Kosmas]

Nice shots John 
Lucky to see a kestrel by the nest, it was impressive,  we even heard the chicks squizing for food
Z6 200-500 plus 1.4e

[Nasos Kosmas]

Two shots from the same Krestel in the nest, the second is 11.400 iso
I know is not a kind of special but is my first

[Nasos Kosmas]

Woodchat shrike is a new comer
Z6 200-500 tc 20e III first one no crop

[Nasos Kosmas]

Kestrel in the city (limits) or shot it in the back

[Tom Hook]

Woodchat shrike is a new comer
Z6 200-500 tc 20e III first one no crop

Nice shots of the Shrike, it reminds me the species we have here, most particularly that hooked bill. Do yours hang their prey on such things as barbed wire and thorns to then eat? Literally a killer bird!

[Nasos Kosmas]

Yes Tom it’s the same bird, Lanius Senator and has exactly this strange behavior
The first time I show such a bird about three weeks ago, it had a strange behavior,  normally standing on a wire and from time to time goes down to some bushes stays some seconds and come back to about the same place 
It stayed for a while on the wire up until I had time to reach and see the red head and the big eye and then I realized thats a new bird for me
I am at the beginning of this learning curve

[golunvolo]

Up close and personal. What a treat

[beryllium10]

Nasos, I really like the little kestrel.  Beautiful bird. 
Our local ospreys came back early this year.  I wasn't expecting them until Tuesday, but both were back at their nest on Saturday morning.  Winter storms are hard on the unattended nest, and there's always a lot of repair work to be done when they return.  Sticks come from the woods across the bay - they never pick up and re-use the old ones scattered on the ground below - and they bring grass, moss and water-weed for carpeting.  Weeks of enjoyment watching them ahead. 
Rain squalls, cold winds and hail on Saturday to welcome them back, but a few nice pictures from the intervening sun-breaks.  All cropped, the first very heavily.  All taken with a D850 and the miraculous 500 mm PF.
Cheers,  John

[elsid]

Excellent images of ospreys.
A Clamator glandarius taking off.

[Luc]

Where's the bird? Coal Tit on the grey house at the right

Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 24-70mm f4 S

Z6_DSC9051 by Luc de Schepper, on Flickr

[Nasos Kosmas]

Thank you Paco and John
Excellent shot of Ospreys lucky to have them in your area and you are right 500 pf is miraculous, I am searching for a copy, I believe now with the 800pf it will be easier to find
Elias very good use of the new Z9
Luc the photo is very cute and the little bird also

[Kim Pilegaard]

Here is a photo of one of the rarest bird species of the World; the Northern Bald Ibis with just 150 breeding pairs in Marocco and Spain. This is from a cliff near Cadiz in Spain. The breeding colony is the result of a successful re-introduction about 15 years ago.



Thanks to Birna for help with editing the photo for upload.

[Nasos Kosmas]

Very nice Kim!
I really enjoy this photo of the rare birds..
End of January after a snow storm-yes it happened in a part of Greece and Athens also - thirty birds like these was “escaped” from a local park and spread across the area
Many local birders spot them as I read on fb, I don’t know if some of them found as it’s not easy to survive there born and raised in the this park

[beryllium10]

Extraordinary birds Kim! 
Luc - how does he (or she) choose which house to nest in?  Elias - fine little bird.
Nasos - good luck with your search for a 500 PF.  For years I used the 300 mm f/4 with TC-14II (hence 420 mm f/5.6) very happily.  The 300 mm f/4 is a superb lens and there is hardly any loss of image quality with the TC.  They're going very cheap nowadays.
Cheers, John

[Nasos Kosmas]

Nasos - good luck with your search for a 500 PF.  For years I used the 300 mm f/4 with TC-14II (hence 420 mm f/5.6) very happily.  The 300 mm f/4 is a superb lens and there is hardly any loss of image quality with the TC.  They're going very cheap nowadays.
Cheers, John

John thank you for your suggestion, thanks to Elias I’ve got one and enjoy with all kinds of Nikon tcs
Combined with my z50 and 20 tc III is a powerful and light compo I call it “my 600 PF”