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Ostrich-by-the-sea, with two of three chicks visible, although it's easy to overlook them.

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Thanks very much Albert.

"The tail of adult males can extend up to 27 cm or more but is rarely seen in Singapore." (Amur Paradise Flycatcher – Singapore Birds Project) Long tail or no, you still got a fabulous series Luis. You have such wonderful birding in Singapore. Thank you for sharing your wonderful captures.

Wonderful shots. APFC is indeed a lovely sight in full plumage. All white with a ribbon like tail

Thanks for the comments Des and Kumar! Looking forward for the full plumage sight in future and will definitely share it here! Cheers!

[DrawsACircle]

Hopefully on page 2000
K-70, DA*300.

Morning has broken,

[normhead]

Another K-3 and Tamron 300 2.8 with Pentax 1.4 TC post. I often shoot for hours with this combo.

Taking note of current feeder birds, with my camera. I didn't manage an Evening Grosbeak shot but there is a flock of about 20 using the feeders. So far they only come when I'm not in the blind.

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DFA 150-450

The cat makes me smile.

[str8talk83]

Amur paradise flycatcher, a subspecies of Asian paradise flycatcher, winter migrant to South East Asia. Too bad that haven't got a chance to see it in long tail during the mating season.

Beautiful bird! That first shot is really top notch

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Nice shots Steve.

Shy Albatross off Bruny Island Tasmania. These magnificent mollymawks breed only on three islands around Tasmania, so they are very vulnerable. (Interesting images and stories here: www.wwf.org.au/what-we-do/species/shy-albatross) They have a distinctive black notch under the wing. K-3 + DA 55-300 PLM at 300mm.

A young Shy taking off.






The launch might be ungainly, but they are a picture of grace in flight.

Nice action shots of a very interesting bird.

[Des]

Nice action shots of a very interesting bird.

Thanks Daniel.

DA*300

These are both excellent Mohammed, but the bee shot particularly stands out. Don't see 300mm+ plus lenses used for macro-type shots like this very often - the minimum focus distance makes it difficult. Well done.

[Pentaxians]

Beautiful bird! That first shot is really top notch

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Nice action shots of a very interesting bird.

Thanks Daniel!

[alfa75ts]

Not a Pardalote this time.

Why did the snake cross the road? Because I didn't try to stop it.

The eastern brown snake is considered to be the second-most venomous terrestrial snake in the world. This one was a bit over 2 feet long (700-800mm).




Well, actually it did stop as I approached. I moved around in front of it for a different shot but after it realised I wasn't going to attack it, it continued on it's merry way.
Straight towards me! Time to go.





That's the second I've seen in a week (or it might be the same one), first time I got within a snake length before I noticed it (when it started leaving).

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The eastern brown snake is considered to be the second-most venomous terrestrial snake in the world. This one was a bit over 2 feet long (700-800mm).

When I first glanced at the text I thought 700-800mm was the lens you used, and thought maybe your were imprudent not to use something longer.

[jacamar]

Separation from dangerous wildlife and protection from trespassing disputes are two unappreciated benefits of telephoto lenses!


These were much more benign - taken recently in Algonquin Park.

Canada Jay (nicely hiding the coloured plastic rings on its legs!)



Red-breasted Nuthatch






K-3, DA*300m, plus 1.4x DA TC for the Jay

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Cape Sparrow, Namibia. Panasonic GX8 + Pana-Leica 100-400mm

[Ducatigaz]

A few recent shots taken with my K-3ii/FA*600mm F4 ED [IF]

[Canada_Rockies]

That last photo is top notch, Gary!

[redpit]

A snake-eagle in flight. I love these birds.