[rod_grant]

ibis are common in the neighborhood..

Our Aussie Ibis are never as neat and clean looking as those. Beautiful birds and well captured.

[OrchidJulie]

Our Aussie Ibis are never as neat and clean looking as those. Beautiful birds and well captured.

Thanks very much, Rod. I've never seen a "scruffy" ibis, although it wouldn't surprise me if there were some. Our local birds always seem clean and tidy as they prance about hunting bugs and whatnot in lawns and fields. We occasionally see the odd egret or heron in the neighborhood, too.

[ehrwien]

European Green Woodpecker, Juvenile

[Mbaez]

European Green Woodpecker, Juvenile

Didn't know about them before. The green feathers look so strange to me. Beautiful nonetheless.

[rod_grant]

European Green Woodpecker, Juvenile

Pretty camouflaged little fellow. (except for the red beret he is wearing)

[rjbrett]

Our Aussie Ibis are never as neat and clean looking as those

Australian White Ibis, often disparagingly known as "bin chickens" here as they have very successfully adapted to city life by foraging in rubbish bins and litter left out in public, Pentax K5 & SMC DA 55-300mm f4-5.6;

[Mbaez]

Australian White Ibis, often disparagingly known as "bin chickens" here as they have very successfully adapted to city life by foraging in rubbish bins and litter left out in public, Pentax K5 & SMC DA 55-300mm f4-5.6;

I find all birds pretty even if they look strange.

[rjbrett]

We also get the Straw Necked Ibis here in Brisbane, I don't remember ever seeing them when I lived down south in Canberra and Snowy Mountains. Pentax K5 & SMC DA 55-300mm f4-5.6;







I think I previously posted these on Picture of the Week several years ago. Technically they weren't in my yard, but a small park half a block away.

[Mbaez]

We also get the Straw Necked Ibis here in Brisbane, I don't remember ever seeing them when I lived down south in Canberra and Snowy Mountains. Pentax K5 & SMC DA 55-300mm f4-5.6;







I think I previously posted these on Picture of the Week several years ago. Technically they weren't in my yard, but a small park half a block away.

Birds always amaze me. Good shots!

[rod_grant]

Australian White Ibis,

See what I mean? scruffy looking compared to the ones about which I commented.

Straw Necked Ibis

The white Ibis in the last pic look a bit better.

[OrchidJulie]

See what I mean? scruffy looking compared to the ones about which I commented.

The white Ibis in the last pic look a bit better.

The juvenile white ibis here have parti-colored plumage, with brownish bits here and there, not nearly as elegant as the pure white adult plumage. So they might appear scruffy for a few months.

[Arjay Bee]

This month a couple of species of kingfishers have included our backyard in their range. The blue winged Kookaburra is almost twice the size of the juvenile sacred kingfisher.









K3 DA55-300HD

[normhead]

Sitting on the deck... having a root beer float and taking hummer images.
K-3 Tarmon 300 2.8 and F 1.7x AF adapter (510mm)

ƒ5.6 - ISO 1000 -1/1250







The set up


K-1 and the same set up.

[Thagomizer]

A couple of honeyeaters. KP + DA 55-300 PLM

Yellow-faced Honeyeater


Lewin's Honeyeater

I love how you get the fine feather structures. Very nice! The 55-300 PLM is still on my list!

[Des]

Sitting on the deck... having a root beer float and taking hummer images.

That sounds like a very good day Norm! Great shots.

I love how you get the fine feather structures. Very nice! The 55-300 PLM is still on my list!

Thank Bruce. Three tips: proximity, proximity, proximity! (Plus a bit of finishing in Nik Color Efex Pro - the Detail Extractor filter is very good.)