Bird Thread

[Prospero]

Prospero, your Budgie looks like a she...

If I'm correct, you can distinguish a male and female budgie by the colour of that patch above the beak. If it's brown the budgie is female, if it's blue the budgie is mill. On this picture the budgie indeed is female. However a couple of weeks ago the patch was blue, so back then the budgie was male. Weeks before that, the colour was again brown. The colour is continually changing. I don't think that's normal...

Anyway, my sister named the budgie Ernie at a time that he seemed to be male, so ever since we refer to the budgie as a man.

[cwphoto]

If I'm correct, you can distinguish a male and female budgie by the colour of that patch above the beak. If it's brown the budgie is female, if it's blue the budgie is mill. On this picture the budgie indeed is female. However a couple of weeks ago the patch was blue, so back then the budgie was male. Weeks before that, the colour was again brown. The colour is continually changing. I don't think that's normal...

Anyway, my sister named the budgie Ernie at a time that he seemed to be male, so ever since we refer to the budgie as a man.

You are correct. My family bred budgies for a few years and the females have the brown crusty seer. If Ernie's seer is crusty than he's a she!

[Prospero]

But is it normal that the colour is continually changing from blue to brown and crusty? My previous female budgie never changed the colour of her seer.

[cwphoto]

But is it normal that the colour is continually changing from blue to brown and crusty? My previous female budgie never changed the colour of her seer.

It's not uncommon.

[Dawoofo]

Here's a chickadee that was playing Hide-and-Seek with me for a while, but he never would face me.

[Shiloh]

This is a Canada goose and a Greater White-fronted goose. I was trying to get a shot of the White-fronted, because it's rare around here, and the Canada flew in front of me.

[D70FAN]

Here's a chickadee that was playing Hide-and-Seek with me for a while, but he never would face me.

I guess you don't know a "mooning" when you see one...

[D70FAN]

This is a Canada goose and a Greater White-fronted goose. I was trying to get a shot of the White-fronted, because it's rare around here, and the Canada flew in front of me.

A good shot! Down the road you might just want to leave the aperture on the Nikkor 70-300 G, at f/8 for all focal lengths on this lens. If you run out of shutter speed just kick up the ISO a stop.

Not a critique, just a suggestion.

[Spot focus]

Bird hunting grubs in the lawn

[penz]

I was testing my new lens and shot a duck.
E-500 w/Sigma 55-200mm at 55mm f4.0