MOTIF: Apr. 9 - 15: "NESTING BIRDS"

[Romy Ocon]

This week's motif is "NESTING BIRDS" - please post your photos here of wild birds captured while in or near their nest.

(We'd like to stress that nesting birds are extremely sensitive, hence utmost care and least distubance should be observed in photographing them. Always keep your distance. )


Thanks again to Carmela (perubukid) for suggesting this week's motif.

Posting is voluntary, and if your bird pic doesn't fit the week's motif, you can post these as usual in the Bird Photos section. Only mods can open new motif threads, but all members can post and even guests can view the posts. Multiple posts are allowed too.

Let's post shooting info and standardize our presentation (see format of my first post) so viewers will know how the photo was taken:

Common name (scientific name)

Place and date of capture

Shooting detail.


Romy

[Romy Ocon]

I'd like to open this week's motif with a rare capture of a nesting Balicassiao.

Balicassiao (Dicrurus balicassius, endemic)
Subic rainforest, March 14, 2006, 20D + Sigmonster, 475B/3421 support, EXIF intact:





An environmental view of the nest.

[mantarey]

Barn Swallows.

Quezon City, March 25, 2008.




40D+EF400 5.6, f6.3,1/250,ISO200,Gimbal Support, 430EX Speedlite

[Ding Carpio]

Some shots taken last year at Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat of Black-crowned Night Herons. Light was low so shots were shaky. Gotta go back there. Waterbirds by the thousands.

[Lydia Robledo]

OLIVE BACKED SUNBIRD



Canon 20D + 300mm, AP 100 ISO, backlighted, hand held
Tiaong, Quezon - March 2008

[Reyno Rosete]

Fantastic and well captured images in all... BIG...BIG...Congrats Romy, Rey, Din, & Te Lyds !!!

[Farmer Nestor]

Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis
San Juan, Batangas
March 17, 2008
400D + EF100-400 L IS USM Velbon/3421 1/30s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso200

[Reyno Rosete]

This shot I took last year of a Cattle Egret and her chick.

1DMKII + 100-400 @ 400mm; F7.1; 1/3200s; ISO200; RAW

[Reyno Rosete]

Very nicely captured Nestor !!!

[Farmer Nestor]

Your's is much better Reyno ;D ;D

[Bob Kaufman]

Excellent shots, everyone!

Reyno, yours is a very vivid capture of both parent and chick.


My nest.
Anna's Hummingbird
Placerita Canyon, 3/17/07
30D, 500mm+1.4X, 1/250, f5.6, ISO-320, tripod, gimbal head

[Bobby Kintanar]

Wow! Those are all really good captures, but Reyno's work shines! :-)

[Chris Lavina]

Nice pics everyone!

Here's a large bubba.

Ardea Alba


Newcastle, Australia
30D+400L5.6 400ISO wide open 1/400th Handheld

[Romy Ocon]

All excellent motif shots!

Thanks Nestor for the photo of the OBS nest, it's my first time to see one.

TeLyds, is that a Golden-bellied Flyeater?

[Lydia Robledo]

Apr 10, 2008 13:13:21 GMT Romy Ocon said:

All excellent motif shots!

Thanks Nestor for the photo of the OBS nest, it's my first time to see one.

TeLyds, is that a Golden-bellied Flyeater?

Whoops! Sorry, I forgot to caption. That, I think is an Olive backed sunbird. The beak made me conclude that it is not the
GBF. Well, I can be wrong. Anyone?

[Carmela Balcazar]

Apr 10, 2008 16:49:05 GMT Lydia Robledo said:

Apr 10, 2008 13:13:21 GMT Romy Ocon said:

Whoops! Sorry, I forgot to caption. That, I think is an Olive backed sunbird. The beak made me conclude that it is not the
GBF. Well, I can be wrong. Anyone?

It's an OBS. The eggs have hatched as I can hear the chicks as of this morning.

Lovely pictures everyone! ;D

[Ed Matuod]

Bald Eagle
Just got this one.... mid-day today (cloudy and gloomy)@ Fish Creek Provincial Park
30D+100-400L IS, max f.l., f7.1, 1/1000 sec., on monopod

[Lydia Robledo]

Nice shot Ed. I like it with the nest emphasized but with the fierce looking guard. telyd

[jcruze057]

the pictures are so crisp and colorful, truly amazing