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[alans220]

In the Hills

• SONY - ILCE-7M4
• Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical
• 65.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/2000 sec
• Spot
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

 

[raythentic]

In the Hills


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Quite a view, awesome!

 

[raythentic]

A hybrid Duck (a hen?) (duck x kingfisher? j/k) sporting Kingfisher colors (even has small patches of blue on its beak).

 

[DrLex]

Fluffy pigeon. Shot through slightly dirty double glazing, so a bit of digital window cleaning was required.

• OM Digital Solutions - OM-5
• LUMIX G VARIO 100-300/F4.0-5.6II
• 214.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/80 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 400

Full-res crop of the head:

• OM Digital Solutions - OM-5
• LUMIX G VARIO 100-300/F4.0-5.6II
• 214.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/80 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 400

 

[raythentic]

Fluffy pigeon. Shot through slightly dirty double glazing, so a bit of digital window cleaning was required.

Allthough most are considered pest's I love Pigeons. According to science they are also one of the smarter species.

 

[DrLex]

Allthough most are considered pest's I love Pigeons. According to science they are also one of the smarter species.

The ones in our neighborhood are generally well-behaved. I like their cooing sounds, it is relaxing. Of course the largest problem is their droppings. Not sure if it's them, but some of the birds here perform dive-bombings on windows and walls.

 

[raythentic]

The ones in our neighborhood are generally well-behaved. I like their cooing sounds, it is relaxing. Of course the largest problem is their droppings. Not sure if it's them, but some of the birds here perform dive-bombings on windows and walls.

Over here the deliberate bombdrops are done by the Jackdaws and Crows. I also like the cooing sounds btw.

 

[raythentic]

Forgot to mention for the corvid family also to drop other kind of bombs over here. In some area's over here they throw (little) rocks and pebbles, on cars but also on roofs, glass fronts and basically on whatever they can drop it on.

Article from 2013, in Dutch: https://www.boswachtersblog.nl/zuid-holland/2013/04/30/kraaien-en-stenen/

Same article translated to English via Google: https://www-boswachtersblog-nl.tran..._sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp

 

[nzmacro]

A hybrid Duck (a hen?) (duck x kingfisher? j/k) sporting Kingfisher colors (even has small patches of blue on its beak).

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Very unusual like a cross between a mallard and a shell duck. Neat though.

Danny.

 

[Poldersnapper]

I hope I've got this one right - Common Sandpiper or 'Oeverloper' as we call them here
Today was the first time I've seen one. Tiny thing, no bigger than a starling.
Location is a small nature reserve near Haastrecht NL called de Hoge Boezem.
Fujifilm X-T3 and zoomlens at 150mm.

André