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**tduell** · 09-06-2020, 08:51 PM - **8 Likes**

White-backed Magpie, on 'Pest Control' duties

K-3 II, DA*300 handheld. See exif for shot details.

Cheers,
Terry

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Sterby · 09-07-2020, 01:51 AM - **4 Likes**

Eurasian Nuthatch, after calibrating the lens on the K-1.
Lens is DA* 300/4 + HD DA 1.4X TC in APS-C mode

I can tell, after this shooting birds got a lot less frustrating.

**aslyfox** · 09-07-2020, 04:30 AM - **2 Likes**

Saxon on the move

K 1 II + HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6 ED DC AW

**termy** · 09-07-2020, 07:25 AM - **8 Likes**

DFA 150-450mm
Heavily cropped.
f7.1, shutter 1/640, iso1250.
(The little vertical white lines are raindrops).

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**Canada_Rockies** · 09-07-2020, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by termy

DFA 150-450mm
Heavily cropped.
f7.1, shutter 1/640, iso1250.
(The little vertical white lines are raindrops).

I often wonder how they can fly with that front heavy beak. Nice shot.

**alfa75ts** · 09-07-2020, 01:32 PM - **6 Likes**

Well while waiting for the Spotted Pardalotes to show up at the nest/burrow (they didn't, their behaviour is really different this year compared to the last four), being pestered by Mosquitoes, and with two Brown Goshawks circling overhead This Golden Whistler (F) took shelter in a tree next to me:

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I now know of three Spotted Pardalote nest/burrows, two I've found and one found by others. The two new ones are in the grass covered bank of a drainage ditch, not an easy spot for good shots:

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**WPRESTO** · 09-07-2020, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by Canada_Rockies

I often wonder how they can fly with that front heavy beak. Nice shot.

I used to wonder that about several birds until, in graduate school, I handled the skull of a toucan that still had the beak in place. The beak is, of course, made of keratin, the protein that makes feathers, hair, claws, hooves, fingernails, baleen, the outer horn sheath of bovids, the entire horn of a rhino, porcupine quills, etc. There's a slight difference in the keratin of bird feathers, claws, and beaks compared to mammalian keratin structures, but the difference is trivial. To get back to the toucan and its huge beak. As I found, it is literally as light as a feather.

Arjay Bee · 09-07-2020, 10:10 PM - **9 Likes**

Pied Shag

K3 & HD 55-300

**termy** · 09-08-2020, 03:25 AM - **6 Likes**

A poor, failed attempt, at BIF.
DFA 150-450.
f7.1, 1/1000, iso1250.

**alfa75ts** · 09-08-2020, 04:36 AM

Originally posted by termy

A poor, failed attempt, at BIF.

I often do worse than that!

Ducatigaz · 09-08-2020, 06:27 AM - **17 Likes**

A few more recent pictures. K-5/Sigma 800mm F5.6 APO EX/RRS BH-55/Kirk window mount.

Charlie Victor · 09-08-2020, 09:30 AM - **1 Like**

Another set of awesome pictures, Gary!
Best.

**Canada_Rockies** · 09-08-2020, 10:10 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by termy

A poor, failed attempt, at BIF.
DFA 150-450.
f7.1, 1/1000, iso1250.

What a brave soul you are to post your "not-so-good" photos!

Ducatigaz · 09-08-2020, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by Charlie Victor

Another set of awesome pictures, Gary!
Best.

Thank you.

HoutHans · 09-08-2020, 01:24 PM - **7 Likes**

A fox taken with the M300/4 green star lens.

---------- Post added 09-08-20 at 01:25 PM ----------

A touch of yellow. Definitely not too much. Both images taken at around f/5.6

09-08-2020, 01:24 PM - 7 Likes	#34215
HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,126	A fox taken with the M300/4 green star lens. ---------- Post added 09-08-20 at 01:25 PM ---------- A touch of yellow. Definitely not too much. Both images taken at around f/5.6 Last edited by HoutHans; 09-08-2020 at 01:26 PM. Reason: added aperture information

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