JohnP's Birds..

[JohnP]

They are tricky birds to capture when flying, they are so agile.

[Clicker]

I’m  hoping to catch some of these fabulous raptors in the wild at one of the feeding stations ... I’d be pleased if I had taken these John ... SO difficult ... in the days of film there would be a lot of wasted photos  for me ! 

[CMunzel]

Beautiful birds. Well captured. 

[Monkey]

Beautiful creatures and a pleasure to watch 

[Kobione]

Beautiful birds John, well done in catching them they do move fast!

[sjr]

Excellent capture of BIF. I was blown away by there speed when we went to a feeding station.

[Hatter]

Well-captured, John.

 

[Denis]

Terrific shots, I would have been proud to have got one half as good John!

[Rybear]

brilliant shots       i've been to gigrin farm and came away with over 700 pics ...................11 were in focus..........4 were keepers.... they are so hard to photograph but its such a spectacle ....its worth going without the camera

[JohnP]

Redkites.

Shots taken at Gigrin Farm near Rhayader, I met Phil there 5/9/2012 and we spent an hour or so in one of the hides.

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/2000s f/5.6 at 220.0mm iso200

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/2000s f/5.6 at 220.0mm iso200

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/1600s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso200

[JohnP]

Dipper.

Shots taken in Colby Woodlands Garden, Amroth, Pembrokeshire.

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/500s f/11.0 at 260.0mm iso3200 

[JohnP]

A few Mallards...

 

[JohnP]

Mr & Mrs Puffin.

Taken on the island of Skomer, West Wales.

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/250s f/11.0 at 170.0mm iso200

[Clicker]

I’ve never seen these in the flesh so to speak John ... ... they look proper cute don’t they ? That lens makes it look as if they were close enough to be chatting to you at the time !

 

[JohnP]

You can get real close to them Polly, as you can see from the settings I wasn't on full zoom.

[Clicker]

Yes I noticed that ...  they seem fairly tame ..       they do look quite  exotic don't they ...although they do remind me a bit of little penguins just because of the black and white .... and Toucans a bit , withe those big beaks. Odd little things...

[JohnP]

Polly... you ought to hear the noise they make... turn your sound up!

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/puffin/

[Clicker]

Flippin' Eck John ... sounds more like a herd of cows !!!... I would never have imagined that in a million years ...thanks for that ..? 

Yer learn  summat  new every day on here don't ya ?

[Ryewolf]

8 hours ago, Clicker said:

I’ve never seen these in the flesh

I saw lots a few years back when me, Chrissy and Geodar went to the Farne Islands, we did a boat trip and you get an hour on the island. I always thought they would be quite big but they're actually quite small, the nest in burrows underground.