Well following on from ther "just testing a new lens..." post I thought I'd stick one up for all of us who haven't quite got the same level of kit or skill but still like trying to photo birds of the feathered variety.

Below are two of mine from my back garden - one of a Robin nesting in a box in the bushes and another I got of a bluetit emerging from the box.

So what have others managed to get shots of?

Nice t!ts:D

Here are a couple I took on my trusty Canon S1 IS two Summers back:

Fish Eagle:

African Superb Starling:

I did have a picture of a Sparrowhawk on its nest, but I can't find it... :(

I did have a picture of a Sparrowhawk on its nest, but I can't find it... :(

It's probably out looking for food:)

It's probably out looking for food:)

Either that of Jack Daw nicked it.!

Great pics; I love the superb starling (never seen one of those)

Here's a couple I took and was quite pleased with:

I took these with a Nikon D40 with a Sigma 55-200mm telephoto lens.

Hope you like.

What about these 2 birds:rofl::rofl:

Sorry had to be the first to post this

What about these 2 birds:rofl::rofl:

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Sorry had to be the first to post this

no need to be sorry

We managed a few pictures of a couple of strange birds last week but only one of them has surfaced so far... (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, hint, hint...)

Here's a few:

Pukeko

Chaffinch

Family of sparrows (in our garden)

Silvereye/waxeye (in our garden)

Blackbird (in our garden)

Tui (in our garden)

Baby Mynah

Kingfisher

Sparrow

This is Meep - our male duck - orphaned from birth, his better half is currently sat on her nest!

This is Meep - our male duck...

Drake, then? :P The waterfowl near us hatched weeks ago - you wouldn't think the climate would be much different up your way, but obviously it is...???

Why "Meep"? - I thought that was the noise the Roadrunner made, not a duck

when he was younger - and because male ducks don't actually quack - he used to let out a meep sound, so we called him meep, his mate (Orvi) fell out a nest (was on a raised bed with drystone wall fronting) cracked open, and because the rest of the eggs hadn't hatched, the mum rejected her. So we ended up with them!

Here they are last year!

Awww..

These are from our local wildlife sanctuary:

NZ Robin:

Kaka (North Island Parrot)

I've got lots from our recent trip to Florida - but I need to put them into a friendlier size - I don't think I can attach pics that are 1.5-2MB each !!

(edit) - I've put a few up on flickr, so here are some Parrots / Macaws from the park at Sarasota Jungle Falls:

I've also got owls, egrets, Pelicans, Flamingos, a white Peacock, a Black swan, and even a seagull !

Put 'em on Photobucket. It reduces them to 1024x768

I've got something slightly more local on my flickr as well:

Tui

Goldfinch

Some from Aussie wildlife parks:

And Aussie wild birds: