Thread: Birds

Originally Posted by Sparrow

I don't claim to be any kind of photographer but thought it was cool bumping into this fella while out walking the pooch.Attachment 76412

That photo there was at the Kaituna cut @Pointer

Originally Posted by john m

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Thats an impressively strong branch to hold a fatty like that without breaking.

Originally Posted by Dynastar27

did that one end up in the oven

no doubt covered in Tomato source :-)

Ooops - from Page #1 :-(

Originally Posted by Dreamer

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Great shot Zeb
Had one of these magnificent Birds sitting on our Pergola - just 3m from front door last week.
Wife feeds birds her left over bread - (90% sparrows) wax eyes etc - and these Native Falcons get the odd one.
Had one have a go at the Aussie Terrier on our front lawn a few years back too.
If I was to come back in another life as a creature - this is my #1 pick

We have a pair living up in Native beech approx 1500m behind us.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Chaffinch by Ben, on Flickr

Chaffinch by Ben, on Flickr

Kereru by Ben, on Flickr

Top rate Photography - a credit to you
Can I ask what you are using ??

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Great shot Zeb
Had one of these magnificent Birds sitting on our Pergola - just 3m from front door last week.
Wife feeds birds her left over bread - (90% sparrows) wax eyes etc - and these Native Falcons get the odd one.
Had one have a go at the Aussie Terrier on our front lawn a few years back too.
If I was to come back in another life as a creature - this is my #1 pick

We have a pair living up in Native beech approx 1500m behind us.

That would be pretty cool have a pair living that close to you mate.


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Originally Posted by Dreamer

That would be pretty cool have a pair living that close to you mate.


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Yes - when I was 10-16 yrs age - we had a pair in Tekuiti - they nested in a big old dead Rata.
They used to dive bomb me whenever I walked past - could feel the wind from their attack - that is how close they got.

Same locality the 1st confirmed sighting that the Blue Wattled Crow (Kokako) was not extinct after all !!
By "yours truly" when I was 11 years old (1968/9)


not my photo - camera were not invented back then - apart from Box Bronies

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Top rate Photography - a credit to you
Can I ask what you are using ??

Thanks - I use a Nikon D7000 (which is getting on a bit now but still does the job), those photos are with an 18-105mm lens which is usually a bit too short for bird photos but those ones were friendly and let me get close enough.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Thanks - I use a Nikon D7000 (which is getting on a bit now but still does the job), those photos are with an 18-105mm lens which is usually a bit too short for bird photos but those ones were friendly and let me get close enough.

Yes - I would have thought you would of had a bit more zoom than that - great work !!!
Clarity is pefect
Anyone on here using camera adaption (or IPhone - Android) on Spotting scopes ??
thinking it might be my up and coming lazy old man retirement hunting in "very near" future

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Yes - I would have thought you would of had a bit more zoom than that - great work !!!

I have an 80-200mm and a 400mm for things a bit further away but I don't usually take them too far into the hills because of the extra weight and bulk on multiday trips.

Here is a whole album of my bird photos to browse through if you're interested: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjXCA3Hb

Originally Posted by GravelBen

I have an 80-200mm and a 400mm for things a bit further away but I don't usually take them too far into the hills because of the extra weight and bulk on multiday trips.

Here is a whole album of my bird photos to browse through if you're interested: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjXCA3Hb

Impressive !!
All shot with the Nikon ??

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Impressive !!
All shot with the Nikon ??

Yip, most with the D7000 and some with the old D80 I had before it.

We have a resident NZ Falcon at work flying around catching sparrows that are feeding on the feed pad.Bloody impressive to see but too fast for my little pocket camera.

Very cool, always been a bit of a part time twitcher but your talent shows how even the starling is taken for granted!

DSC_9223 by Ben, on Flickr

Bombs away!