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Some birds

FGruen

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Some birds from a bike tour a few weeks ago...

Carrion crow:
04_Carrion crow_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/800 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 250



05_Carrion crow_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/800 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 250



06_Carrion crow_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/800 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 250



Eurasian coot (young one):
01_Eurasian coot_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/800 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 250


...
 
Thank You very much, Dino.

Next bird from the tour, Northern Lapwing:21_Northern lapwing_p1600.jpg



17_Northern lapwing_p1600.jpg



23_Northern lapwing_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 400



...and a smaller one:
24_Northern lapwing_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 400



Regards
Frank
 
Brilliant captures. We have some kind of Lapwings here by us which are kind of regarded as rare but around here not so rare. ( 97,500 pairs i just read in uk so when you know where they are you will see them easily )

Thanks for posting.

Regards Dino26323
 
Thank You, Dino26323!
Lapwings are not rare where their habitat still exists. Intensive agriculture, too many free-roaming cats and dogs, (...) are not good for ground-nesting birds.

The next bird is a Common Redshank:
15_Common redshank_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 640




14_Common redshank_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 500




16_Common redshank_p1600b2.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 400



Regards
Frank
 
Very nice again. Thanks for posting. Beautiful bird this Common Redshank.

Regards Dino26323
 
Thank You again, Dino26323.

Next is an Eurasian Curlew:
25_Eurasian curlew_p1600.jpg



Their call is very special:26_Eurasian curlew_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 500




this one is attacked by two Black-Tailed Godwits:
27_Black-tailed godwit_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 640




Eurasian Curlew in flight:
30_Eurasian curlew_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 400




Black-Tailed Godwit, proudly presenting it's rings:
33_Black-tailed godwit_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 320



Regards
Frank
 
And here come the last five photos I took during the bike tour, all showing godwits in flight:
37_Black-tailed godwit_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 500



38_Black-tailed godwit_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 250



39_Black-tailed godwit_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.7
  • ISO 400



41_Black-tailed godwit_p1600.jpg
(Looks like my raw developer sometimes kills the exif information.)


42_Black-tailed godwit_p1600.jpg
  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-3 Mark III
  • 450.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/2000 sec
  • Other
  • Manual exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 200



Regards
Frank
 
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