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This thread is intended for good takes that do not fit
the typical bird guide catalogue type of shots. Many
pictures would be doomed under these criteria… a
shame… lots are either funny, interesting, even plain
strange or all of the above.

You think you got a cool bird take that does not obey,
— or conforms to — the "standard bird guide's rules"?
Then this thread is for you and your bird shot(s).

This thread is thought for Mother Nature's fans,
both of the contemplative and the creative kinds.

Please, feel free to join in this communal thread! :)
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This Muscovy girl, for example, is a darn pretty picture.
But the crop and possibly the WB in the shadowy areas,
etc will attract critiques elsewhere…


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@gramps

A question, if I may…

I posted some takes of a new bird at the marsh, a
juvenile Black-necked Grèbe. Why does it eat small
and soft floating feathers from other birds?
 
Kodiak Qc said:
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@gramps

A question, if I may…

I posted some takes of a new bird at the marsh, a
juvenile Black-necked Grèbe. Why does it eat small
and soft floating feathers from other birds?
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All young Grebes eat feathers Daniel, they are fed them by their parents ... the only explanation I have found...
The purpose(s) of feather eating is unproven but evidence suggests that the behaviour has these benefits for the birds.
  1. Some of the ingested feathers form a plug in the pylorus, between the stomach and small intestine, which acts as a strainer to keep fish bones in the stomach long enough to be completely digested.
  2. Most swallowed feathers end up in the stomach lumen, mixed with food. They eventually (along with any indigestible matter) form pellets that are ejected through the mouth. The continuous passage of these pellets through the upper digestive system minimizes the build-up of a variety of parasites that are very common there and plague grebes.
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No idea if that is correct but I suspect the truth is in there somewhere. :)
 
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This girl was so happy to test its new feathers!

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wezza13 said:
Most of your shots will be in here from now on, ay?
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It's another approach so I don't know…
but where will yours be? :whistle:
 
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This is a good example of great unorthodox shot!
I was shooting that bird since a while when it made
a sharp turn that took it too close to the lens but I
went on shooting… a bad habit! :D

I would have binned that take until it was taken by a
publisher in Belgium and France. Almost feeling sorry
to say that he likes it very much and he would like to
see more of those "different looking" shots!

I really get a buzz of these too close up shots and I
will have a ball filling that order! :cool:


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Thanks Mike! :)

Maybe the flying away bird could be tighter in the frame.

The Black-headed Gull is a very cool candidate for this
thread, may I suggest…


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Thanks Mike! :)

Maybe the flying away bird could be tighter in the frame.

Tthe Black-headed Gull is a very cool candidate for this
thread, may I suggest…


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Thanks, the bird flying away was also a long way away:D so wouldn't stand much more cropping.
 
mikew said:
Thanks, the bird flying away was also a long way away:D so wouldn't stand much more cropping.
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Yeah… I got some of those too! :D
 
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I was assigned to take a shot that would represent
the efforts of a man and his organization devoted to
the rescue of exotic animals — so they may later be
released in their natural habitat if possible… rarely.

Rarely because any given habitat requires a set of
skills that were not learned and practiced by the cen-
tre's protégés. So they are protected and kept for —
in the case of this Emu — the production of eggs to
be reinserted in proper environment.

This picture made the front page of the magazine that
ordered it.


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… a joyful early morning moment…


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Bobsyeruncle said:
Isn't this the same as the "what birds have you seen today?" thread?
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Not so, Robert, as that one is a successful birder thread.
This one is proposing a place for the other pictures that
are not defined by bird guide kind of rules. :cool:
 
mikew said:
I did think "Post your almost bird shots" may have been a better title
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I don't agree, Mike, as the pictures posted here should be
accomplished but not obeying to birding's rule.

  • The Emu in #18 is not an almost take I think, nor is say the
  • swan #21.
  • Had (Tringa) Dave controlled the highlights in his post, it would
    be the perfect example of bird shot for this thread.
As in the OP…
This thread is intended for good takes that do not fit
the typical bird guide catalogue type of shots. Many
pictures would be doomed under these criteria… a
shame… lots are either funny, interesting, even plain
strange or all of the above.

You think you got a cool bird take that does not obey,
— or conforms to — the "standard bird guide's rules"?
Then this thread is for you and your bird shot(s).

This thread is thought for Mother Nature's fans,
both of the contemplative and the creative kinds.

Please, feel free to join in this communal thread! :cool:​
 
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mikew said:
I did think "Post your almost bird shots" may have been a better title
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A while ago,maybe 3 or 4 yearsago, there was such a thread. I did try and sear h for it but no luck , IIRC it was started by u8myufo???
 
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Definitely, the focus is on the eye…


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Pitter said:
In the spirit of things...
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This is a darn cool shot, Pitter… :confused:

Very threatening if one is an insect,
must be surprising if one is photographer
and sees that for the first time on his screen! :jawdrop:
 
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Cool details in the under wing, Mike!

What was your SS?
 
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