This is a sex thread!

MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
edited April 17, 2007 in Wildlife
When I got home Friday evening after work, a storm was rolling in and the birds were apparently very agitated, excited. I'm not sure. I grabbed my camera hoping to catch one of the many swallows that are now in the area perching or at least flying by so I could get a BIF. No such luck. However, the killdeer were up to something. The coloring is a bit odd (a lot of green), but I had to up the ISO and mess with the levels since it was getting rather dark with the oncoming storm.

No big deal here. Just a nice shot head-on.
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But another one arrives....
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They both start calling in that typical killdeer screech.
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Then they get closer.
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The male must have whispered some sweet-nothings in the ear of the female because in a split second, this happened. :jawdrop

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The male's dismount leaves a lot to be desired. :rofl

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Heck, I think these two bluejays were being a bit amorous as well. Look at the way they are looking at each other.

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I even saw my first hummingbirds of the year yesterday. It was a pair of black-chinned hummingbirds. They wouldn't let me take a picture of them both, but I was able to get one to perch. That is for another thread though. :ivar
Stephen
www.capture-the-pixel.com

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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    OMG>>>>>>>>bird pornrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    Good series Maestro! thumb.gif like the pov!
    Glenn

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    Very good series clap.gif
    Harry
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    Nice catch Maestro, but don't you go posting this all over the internet, bird sex doesn't pay much rolleyes1.gifrofl
    Marina
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2007
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Good series Maestro! thumb.gif like the pov!

    Thanks Glenn. I was actually lying on the ground prostrate when I shot most of these. :D
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    Nice catch Maestro, but don't you go posting this all over the internet, bird sex doesn't pay much rolleyes1.gifrofl

    That is too bad. I need to finance a 500mm prime. mwink.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2007
    Harryb wrote:
    Very good series clap.gif

    Thanks Harry. It was an unexpected capture there at the end. eek7.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • ShasocShasoc Registered Users Posts: 691 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2007
    Very nice shots, Maestro. I like the angle you took the kildeer pictures from since it nicely separates the subject from the background.thumb.gif
    Socrate
    Socrate
    "Natura artis magistra"
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