April Photo Challenge - Entries

[iceman]

Hi all.

Post your April entries here. Comments go in the comments thread please.

Subject: Birds

1 entry per person. Normal photo posting guidelines apply.

[Muddy Diver]

Might as well be first up. No artistry with this one but I just loved the shot!

Congrats Houghy (I presume) Great shot last month:thumbsup:

[Volans]

I think the "over the shoulder" look makes this one ;)

Interesting thing about this bird...it is the only member of the cuckoo family that builds its own nest and rears its own young in that nest! They are terrible flyers and after I took this image, the bird flew off from high in the tree, glided across the road and had to pull up VERY sharply to avoid totalling the neighbour's bird bath.

[ving]

going to have to rehash an old fave of mine entitled either "frolicking finches" or "lunch"... i havent decided yet. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ving68/th_logan.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ving68/logan.jpg)

enjoy! :D

[Starcrazzy]

I call this one...WHO'S WATCHING WHO??

[RAJAH235]

Anyone like 'Pigeon Pie'? Darn things keep breaking my TV antenna!
Called it.....'Not Much Room Left Here'!...:D L.

[Sonia]

I call this one "Who's behind me?"

[33South]

Ive always liked this one, shame I missed the end of the tail feathers.

[Octane]

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[asimov]

Taken just recently at the Glenforest Animal Park just out of Port Lincoln South Australia.

[joe_smith]

Hi I'm new here :)
I thought i'll get into the action as well :thumbsup:

I call this one "Better on the rock, Than my car"

[beren]

:)

[venus]

The Starlings!

Here's a pic I captured while in one of Australia's oldest parks, Maitland Park.
Above the 'Richard Alexander Young Memorial Drinking Fountain' the starlings flew.

[spacezebra]

Hi all

Looking through photo's of our trip to the UK I came across a few that I thought worthy of the April comp, no heads missing in these ones!! phew!

I would have loved to have included both the male and female ducks - but I had to choose.

She looks pretty cheeky!

Hever Castle, Kent - 16 September 2005 3.40pm

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[iceman]

"Out of the blue"

Taken last weekend at the Entrance, Central Coast.

350D, 75-300 f/5.6 @ 300mm, 1/500s, ISO 100

RAW processed in RawShooter Essentials and final touchup for web in Photoshop.

[h0ughy]

OK here is my entry, Mr Pelican, does your beak hold more than your belly can???:P

Pentax *istDS 18-125mm lens:D :)

[astro_south]

An interested onlooker while I was fishing in the Maroochy River....needless to say we were both disappointed with my angling prowess.

[xstream]

This is what wandered through our camp site while at Mount Buffalo observing, in January.

[danielsun]

I've got too many bird shots too choose from but managed to snap this one this morning.

[The Unbeliever]

Nice photo of White Swans & Geese
:thumbsup:
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[Astroman]

This seagull was walking proud after stealing some food off its mates. Taken today 23-4-06/

[jackenau]

Tried for a duck, then the pelicans, but came back to the Rosellas. The Grandkids had a ball at this place.

Ken M

[Norm T]

Snapped a shot of this fellow eating my apricots.

[Dennis]

Hello

Here is a photo of a rainbow Lorikeet cooling off in our back garden.

Pentax *istDS DSLR with Sigma 55-200mm f4-5.6 lens.
1/350 sec at f8, 200mm, 800 ASA.
Manual focus. RAW capture, finished in Corel PhotoPaint 12.
Photo taken on 20th April 2006.

Cheers

Dennis

[TidaLpHasE]

:)A shot of a crow, pretty boring i know, but i like the effect of the silhouette.

[Jonathan]

Here's an emu in the Flinders Ranges National Park, taken last weekend. These guys were everywhere, including the roads.

[acropolite]

Here's a Kookaburra at home enjoying the view from the deck.