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Welcome to /c/birding, a community for people who like birds, birdwatching and birding in general! Feel free to post your birding photos or just photos of birds you found in general, but please follow the rules as outlined below.
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This should go without saying, but please be nice to one another. No petty insults, no bigotry, no harassment, hate speech,nothing of that sort! Depending on the severity, you'll either only get your comment removed and a warning or your comment will be removed and you will be banned from /c/birding.
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This is a community for posting content of birds, nothing else. Please keep the posts related to birding or birds in general.
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When posting photos or videos that you did not take, please always credit the original photographer! Link to the original post on social media as well, if there is one.
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Absolutely no AI-generated content is allowed! I know it has become quite difficult to tell whether or not something is AI-generated or not, but please make sure that whatever you post is not AI-generated. If it is, your post will be removed. If you continously post AI-generated content, you'll be banned from /c/birding (but it's obviously okay if you post AI-generated stuff once or twice without knowing you did so).
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Please provide rough information location, if possible. This is a more loosely-enforced rule, especially because it is sometimes not possible to provide a location. But if you post a photo you took yourself, please provide a rough location and date of the sighting.
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Prospect Park, Reading, UK
Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm, ISO4000, 1/1250s
Distinctly better quality than my previous post of this breed, because the sun was actually shining! I also found it interesting to see the orange tinge to the crest, which I understand to indicate the male bird - though for a moment I was wondering if I'd actually seen a Firecrest instead.
And then there's this one, where the photo quality is poor, but the interpreted expression amuses me no end:
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It's not often that one shows in my own hometown, and definitely not in such a nicely visible spot. What a beauty!
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Buller District, West Coast, Aotearoa/New Zealand - February 2025
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A female Osprey sits on an egg in a nest high above the salt marsh below.
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Was able to get the binoculars hooked up to my phone before it took off. Nice natural lighting, and I'm getting better at balancing the phones focus and the binoculars. Didn't have to doctor this one much, just a tweak of added sharpness and a little warmer on the lighting. Really happy with this one!
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This lone Grackle has been coming around about everyday for a month. I thought that they always traveled in herds.
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New duck
Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) Olympus OM-1, Panasonic 100-300 II 258mm, f/7.1, 1/400s, ISO 200 …
#bird #BirdPhotography #birds #darktable #duckling #MuscovyDuck #photo #photography #UrbanWildlife @birding https://zaktakespictures.com/new-duck/
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Takeoff
Red shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Olympus OM-1, Panasonic 100-300 II
300mm (and cropped a little), f/5.6, 1/1250s, ISO 2500
#bird #BirdPhotography #darktable #hawk #photo #photography #RedShoulderedHawk #UrbanWildlife @birding
https://zaktakespictures.com/takeoff/
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Taken from my couch, I guess the bird feeder is not just for seed eaters.
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Conflict
Willets (Tringa semipalmata) Olympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II
300mm, f/7.1, 1/1250s, ISO 640
#bird #BirdPhotography #birds #photography #shorebirds #willet #darktable @birding
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Andy the Anhinga
The staff at Silver Springs State Park in Florida call this anhinga (Anhinga anginga) Andy. He perched at their boat dock and showed little concern for my presence.
Olympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II
171mm, f/4.7, 1/400s, ISO 3200
#anhinga #bird #BirdPhotography #birds #darktable #photo @birding
https://zaktakespictures.com/andy-the-anhinga/
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Wanted to get the male cardinal that was standing there, but he moved to the far side of the feeder. This little sparrow took his place though. The photo came out very nicely though and I liked its round shape, so here it is!
Pennsylvania, US
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Blue Tit looking cute as they often do, Prospect Park, Reading, UK
Canon R5 MkII RF200-800mm
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