I didn't only get a lion...

BigAl

...on my recent trip, I also got some birdies:


Brownhooded Kingfisher (who doesn't catch fish)





A Crested Francolin




A Natal Francolin (this one was begging, so had to zoom back to 50mm to get him in the frame - so much for the Bigma being soft at its extremes :wink)




A Mocking Chat




Mrs Mocking Chat




A Crimsonbreasted Shrike (IQ not too good, but he's too pretty to leave out!)




A Crested Barbet




and a Cape White-eye (sorry his head is a bit soft, but he was in a hurry)




Hope you aren't too bored

Skippy

BigAl wrote:

...on my recent trip, I also got some birdies:

Brownhooded Kingfisher (who doesn't catch fish)
A Crested Francolin
A Natal Francolin (this one was begging, so had to zoom back to 50mm to get him in the frame - so much for the Bigma being soft at its extremes )
A Mocking Chat
Mrs Mocking Chat
A Crimsonbreasted Shrike (IQ not too good, but he's too pretty to leave out!)
A Crested Barbet
and a Cape White-eye (sorry his head is a bit soft, but he was in a hurry)
Hope you aren't too bored

Well! now your just plain showing off aint ya
ya lucky buggar!
What a great assortment of birds, and how lucky were you
Love that Crimson breasted Shrike, what a brilliant Red he is.
All unique, all beautiful, thank you for sharing .... Skippy
.

Ric Grupe

Since I've never seen a one of these birds, I find your post quite interesting.

One of the perks from viewing a "world photography forum ".:D

JDollDesigns

pretty birds!!!! Nice shots!!!

BigAl

Skippy wrote:

Well! now your just plain showing off aint ya
ya lucky buggar!
What a great assortment of birds, and how lucky were you
Love that Crimson breasted Shrike, what a brilliant Red he is.
All unique, all beautiful, thank you for sharing .... Skippy
.

Thanks Skippy! Hey, you have some pretty unique birdies down in Oz too (methinks you should take pics of some ).

Harryb

Good captures of an interesting assortment of subjects in some very challenging lighting.

Maestro

Very nice Al. I really like the kingfisher and that crested barbet. Your Chats look like they belong to the grackle family, but a lot prettier.

Tessa HD

wonderful,
They're all so crisp! glad I looked!

Tessa

jorj7

Nice collection of birds. I don't get to see these birds, so it's a real
treat.

BigAl

Ric Grupe wrote:

Since I've never seen a one of these birds, I find your post quite interesting.

One of the perks from viewing a "world photography forum ".:D

Thanks Ric. The "world photography forum" does make our viewing much more interesting - I too enjoy seeing things from your end of the world that I wouldn't otherwise!

bfjr

always a treat to see birds from around the globe and

when they are well done like these all the better

dbaker1221

good captures Al...interesting assortment.

Bigma rocks!!! Have been using mine to shoot baseball of late. works great for shooting over the outfield wall.

BigAl

JDollDesigns wrote:

pretty birds!!!! Nice shots!!!

Thanks for your comments!

BigAl

Harryb wrote:

Good captures of an interesting assortment of subjects in some very challenging lighting.

Thanks Harry! You're right, some of those were in really horrible light - it was lunch time, but I couldn't just leave them and drink beer

BigAl

Maestro wrote:

Very nice Al. I really like the kingfisher and that crested barbet. Your Chats look like they belong to the grackle family, but a lot prettier.

Thanks very much! I'm not familiar with grackles, but our chats are quite (??) closely related to thrushes and robins. I'll check out my Birds of North America shortly to see what I can learn.

BigAl

Tessa HD wrote:

They're all so crisp! glad I looked!

Tessa

Thank you Tessa, that is a very kind comment :ivar

Maestro

BigAl wrote:

Thanks very much! I'm not familiar with grackles, but our chats are quite (??) closely related to thrushes and robins. I'll check out my Birds of North America shortly to see what I can learn.

If they are related to thrushes then I don't think they are in the grackle family, but that is what first came to my mind. Now that you mention thrushes and robins though, they do look more like that.

BigAl

jorj7 wrote:

Nice collection of birds. I don't get to see these birds, so it's a real
treat.

Thanks George!

BigAl

bfjr wrote:

always a treat to see birds from around the globe and

when they are well done like these all the better

Thanks Ben!

BigAl

dbaker1221 wrote:

good captures Al...interesting assortment.

Bigma rocks!!! Have been using mine to shoot baseball of late. works great for shooting over the outfield wall.

Thanks Dave. Bigma does rock. I recently had a run-in with someone on another forum who keeps running it down :pissed

BigAl

Maestro wrote:

If they are related to thrushes then I don't think they are in the grackle family, but that is what first came to my mind. Now that you mention thrushes and robins though, they do look more like that.

Had a look at grackles, and I'm reasonably certain that they are not from the same family. The bill shape is very different.

jwear

kingfisher the chat would be fun to shoot --we have the bishop here but you have some great birds

BigAl

jwear wrote:

kingfisher the chat would be fun to shoot --we have the bishop here but you have some great birds

Thanks Jeff!

raptorcaptor

These are good shots Al! Nothing boring about them at all!

BigAl

raptorcaptor wrote:

These are good shots Al! Nothing boring about them at all!

Thanks Glenn!