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Little egret in flight:
Wild Birds of Europe
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Jan1977
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And a starling with a little snack:
pcs
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Zwartkop meeuw/mediterranean gull, looks like kokmeeuw/black-headed gull but rarer(and again the confusing name difference in dutch/english like koolmees/great tit vs zwarte mees/coal tit):
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And again zwartkop meeuw/mediterranean gull in juvenile form:
Ecc233
I’m feeling left out!
Time for a European great spotted woodpecker, I think. I particularly like the last one.
pcs
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You'd almost think he's falling asleep!
Ecc233
I’m feeling left out!
And now a couple of BIFs (or should that be BsIF?)
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Ecc233
I’m feeling left out!
Exactly.
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I'm not surprised it's a favourite, Sid. It's a great shot!
Nice catch, Patrick. I see them here on occasion too. Not often, but they're here.
It's always nice to see a less common gull. Like the Common gull (Stormmeeuw)
. No, seriously. It's not that common despite its English name. But that gull you can spot from a mile away.
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It's so nice that with all the sport shooting you do, you still manage to shoot birds, Jan. And post them here!
The little egret is a really nice catch. It's amazing how skittish these birds are.
Nice ones, Ed. I often hear them but rarely manage to shoot them.
One time, many years ago, I had the perfect opportunity. I had a new camera, the 1DIIn. On my way home after one of my first outings with it, a Great spotted woodpecker lands smack, on a tree right in front of me, a few meters away. And sat there for a little while too. And I couldn't shoot it because I had emptied the battery and didn't have a spare yet. It's one of those lost opportunities that stay with you.
First thing I did when I came home was purchase another battery.
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A Wrens new home.
(Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).
(Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).
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I'm not shooting much at the moment, except an occasional shot out of the window. I don't know if I can make it to Waterland again this year. But these guys, House Martins, I can shoot in the city, not far from where I live. I hope you don't mind that I'm posting one from last year.
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Just for fun, a little composite I made back in 2022, showing the erratic flight of a House martin.
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Sweet little birds with amazing lungs! Lovely shot, Mac.
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Yes that's it, I know, seen it multiple times but like I wrote, it looks almost like dozing/falling asleep
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Hi Levina,
I thought you said you didn't like post processing,
{quote "I hate processing! I do."} 
that must of taken ages to produce, super image.
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LOL I did say that, didn't I? And it's true. But this is just playing and having a bit of fun, see? That's totally different!Hi Levina,
I thought you said you didn't like post processing,
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Both this and the composite are great, I haven't seen any house martins here for 4 years, don't think they're coming back!
