Kookaburra.

[stapo49]

 

[Jeff15]

Very nice shot.....

 

[NS: Nikon Shooter]

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… just can't resist these guys!

 

[Space Face]

Plenty of detail on that fella.

 

[K9Kirk]

Awesome looking little birds, I especially like their call.

 

[Space Face]

Awesome looking little birds, I especially like their call.

I'll have to check on that. Can't say I'm familiar.

 

[Space Face]

Jeeezzzo. Just had a look on the Tube. I wouldn't want them outside my bedroom window at 6am

 

[stapo49]

Very nice shot.....

Thanks Jeff

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… just can't resist these guys!

They are bigger and slower than the wrens and bee eaters so way easier to capture. This guy was just perched on a branch looking at me without a care in the world

Awesome looking little birds, I especially like their call.

Thanks Kirk. He wasn't laughing at me this time

Jeeezzzo. Just had a look on the Tube. I wouldn't want them outside my bedroom window at 6am

They certainly make a racket. Apparently the "laugh" is a territorial thing.

 

[NS: Nikon Shooter]

They are bigger and slower than the wrens and bee eaters so way easier to capture. This guy was just perched on a branch looking at me without a care in the world

Our Kingfishers are always flying low, very fast and mostly i
n a straight line … like bright blue far away bullets.

 

[terri]

Browns and some blues: what a beautiful bird! He looks like he just decided to pose for you, Stapo. Very nice shot!

 

[K9Kirk]

Thanks Jeff

They are bigger and slower than the wrens and bee eaters so way easier to capture. This guy was just perched on a branch looking at me without a care in the world

Thanks Kirk. He wasn't laughing at me this time

They certainly make a racket. Apparently the "laugh" is a territorial thing.

Maybe you'll get lucky next time. Do you guys have pelicans? I just put up some shots of some from around here. If you have any pelican pics put them up.

 

[stapo49]

Browns and some blues: what a beautiful bird! He looks like he just decided to pose for you, Stapo. Very nice shot!

Thanks very much. I was walking down the path that winds through a bushland area and he was perched there on a tree limb. He wasn't worried about me at all.

Maybe you'll get lucky next time. Do you guys have pelicans? I just put up some shots of some from around here. If you have any pelican pics put them up.

You mean these things?

 

[Lez325]

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Nice looking bird- I had a little play in Photoshop I hope you don't mind it screamed out to be edited

I adjusted exposure by 15% cropped and a slight sharpen to bring out the detail in the feathers and eye

Les

 

[stapo49]

Nice looking bird- I had a little play in Photoshop I hope you don't mind it screamed out to be edited

I adjusted exposure by 15% cropped and a slight sharpen to bring out the detail in the feathers and eye

Les

I like the more muted background exposure in mine but other than that nice job. The crop really works.

 

[jeffashman]

Nicely done shot! Is it sitting in an old gum tree? You have some fascinating critters Down Under.