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[amyandmark3]

Bald Eagle

 

[Graham121]

Rainbow Lorikeet unhappy at being spotted in the Grevillia , Vic, Au

 

[amyandmark3]

Great Egret

 

[Graham121]

Onr of the local magpies from this year's brood; about 4 months old when this was taken, Vic, Au.

 

[Cog2020]

Western reef heron

DSC08945 by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[Dennis]

Forest Kingfisher in the morning Sun.

Dennis.

 

[Cog2020]

DSC09476 by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[Cog2020]

Common kingfisher

DSC07954 by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[sidknee]

long tailed tit

 

[Miranda]

Kestrel having a look by Jose Raposo, on Flickr

 

[dpastern]

Jacky Winter. tis a heavy crop, but couldn't get closer to the bird. Still working through my archives, another 2 lifers added to the list, so pretty happy. Makes 7 lifers in the past week.

Dave

 

[Graham121]

Jacky Winter. tis a heavy crop, but couldn't get closer to the bird. Still working through my archives, another 2 lifers added to the list, so pretty happy. Makes 7 lifers in the past week.

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Great job on the Jackie Winter, it is proving to be one of my nemesis birds! Any decent shot of a lifer is a good result; takes the pressure off getting the good shot later.

 

[Graham121]

Talkiing of lifers, I finally got to see some Little Lorikeets last month - again not the greatest of shots but I will take them!

 

[amyandmark3]

Cormorant

 

[K9Kirk]

A great blue heron far away and in the dim light of the golden hour just before sunset. Taken at Circle B Bar Ranch in Lakeland, FL.

255cv-studio26 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[dpastern]

Great job on the Jackie Winter, it is proving to be one of my nemesis birds! Any decent shot of a lifer is a good result; takes the pressure off getting the good shot later.

Thanks! The Eastern Yellow Robin was my nemesis bird for a long time. I now have quite a fair few good shots of One, courtesy of Maila/D'Aguilar National Park. I'm pretty sure the same EYR followed me around on my last trip up there 3 weeks ago. For the non-Aussies, the Jacky Winter is a member of our Robin family. My nemesis now is the Rose Robin. Spotted it on my first attempt at a particular location, got a crappy photo and have never seen it since despite well over a dozen returns to the same location. Frustrating!

Talkiing of lifers, I finally got to see some Little Lorikeets last month - again not the greatest of shots but I will take them!View attachment 196676View attachment 196681

Congrats on the Little Lorikeets. I've seen them once (initially thought they were Swift Parrots), got a terrible photo _ very high up in the tree, poor angle, poor head tilt and harsh sunlight). Yet to see them again. Still haven't seen a Musk Lorikeet, that's another nemesis bird.

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

 

[Trout Bum]

Test shot (male dark-eyed junco) with my new travel/walk-around/daily driver. Quite a step down from my departed R10 in ergonomics and finesse, but closest I can get to my dearly-missed M6II (and yes, I know I can still buy one...)

 

[Pippan]

Adult male Flame Robin, Petroica phoenicea, at Falls Creek in southern Australia, yesterday afternoon.

 

[dpastern]

Wedge-Tailed Eagle (captive bird) . From memory, she's nearly 50 years old and is blind. O'Reilly's resort, Lamington National Park. For the non-Aussies, these are MASSIVE raptors, the same size as the American Bald Eagle.