Sitting up in a tree in Prospect Park, Reading, UK, calling away. Overcast day, so not as sharp as I'd like.
Reading, UK. Canon R6 + 800mm, 1/1000s, ISO12800 (AKA overcast and slightly misty as befits Halloween).
First time seeing a pair together (and not often seen at all) - though its possible both of these are females, none of my photos show the distinctive orange in the crest of the male.
Across the pond you might call them one of the Kinglet family, but to be precise, Regulus Regulus.
Mandarin Duck, Reading, UK One of a group of at least a Baker's Dozen of them on a small pond., so I guess some will be off before the Spring. Canon R6 + 800mm, 1/1000s, ISO 5000, F9
Today's shots near the Yew tree got me this Redwing flying off - though I started pressing the shutter when I thought it was still.
Reading, UK, Canon R6 + 800mm, 1/1000s
Reading, UK Canon R6 + 800mm, F9, 1/800s, ISO16000 An overcast autumn day is not the time for fast speeds and low ISOs, alas.
I'm reasonably sure this is a song thrush, but if someone wants to tell me its a mistle thrush go for it!
This is a very popular yew tree with birds and squirrels, but alas, no good places to sit with a clear view of the current feeding sites.
Reading, UK Canon R6 + 800mm. Grey day, so only 1/800s, ISO4000
It always amuses me that once there were the Wren and Redbreast. Then there were Jenny Wren and Robin Redbreast (who famously got married). But then we ended with the commonest names being Wren and Robin. Tom Tit, and Maggie Pie are more of the same types of naming.
Oh, and a bonus
It's autumn, the light is not great, and so the sharpness suffers, but this still amused me.
Robin, Reading, UK Canon R6 + 800mm,1/1000s, ISO3200, F9
For all its flying away from me, I was quite pleased with this. I saw what might be a jay land in uncut grass where I could barely see it. But I could also see a runner coming along the path and knowing the local Jays, it would fly off in ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... click!
Reading, UK Canon R6 + 800mm
Reading, UK, Canon R6 + 800mm
It didn't seem at all sure of itself!
Just to go over the rules again...
But do you Goldfinches listen? No you don't!
Absolutely delighted to see the parents and brood of pretty much adults on a town park pond. I'd not seen any of them for a while, and feared for their safety.
Reading, UK
Canon R6 + 311mm (yay, zoom), f7.1, 1/1250s, ISO1250
Reading, UK
What can I say? It creeps round trees, I rarely see it, and just look at those claws!
Canon R6 + RF800mm, ISO10000 (c.f. creeps round trees!), 1/1250s, F9
Yes, the first one is a sad statement, rather than technically great art.
I like the way you've shown the context in one photo, the bird in the other. Is that just digital zoom or two photos and an optical zoom?
I'm deeply sorry - I just left it to your imaginations :)
Perhaps a proper Kite photo to compensate, possibly even the same bird.
Oh, very well done - and if that level of camera shake is all you have to worry about, you're a far better photographer than I! Just a bit of a shame the file downloaded so slowly I didn't get to the end before other things called, but that's not on you.
Indeed, this sort of thing (also taken today, but somehow doesn't appeal as much to me)
Those are the tools to play with (might also be called Gamma Adjustment), but I think in this particular case, because of those lovely areas where the sun is shining through, having the rest of the body dark (and the sky bright) works really rather well.
Fun, and nice to see a classic LBJ (Little Brown Job - you know, that species of bird you're always seeing but can never name) in a different light.
Wow, did everything just align for you, or was there some method you could share to getting such a great shot? To get the light suggests only one good direction to be pointing in, to get the detail they must have been quite close, and to get the kite to be turning to show its "catch" off and the crow likewise to get the light on its feathers so well ... I'm very jealous.
Looking at Wikipedia entries, Google's ID by appearance seems good (but might also be a Painted Stork). However, Yellow-Billed Storks are African, and Milky Storks South-East Asia, so given the OPs location, the latter seems more likely.
I find the Cornell Lab's Merlin Photo ID very good, but it would be too much time & effort to download the SE Asia pack for one photo :)
Ah, I meant which country was it taken in - I'm from the UK, and I don't recognise the bird: most like one of our moorhens I supoose.
Oh, and in case you just want a classic shot of this clown of a male bird: