Jill Morgan Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Since birds has been my main subject for the past while, I figured it would make a the June challenge. As usual, three entries per person and all entries must be on Alamy. Challenge ends June 30th midnight EST in Canada. Harris Hawk Harris Hawk midair Bald Eagle Baltimore Oriole Pair Fighting Over Welch's Grape Jelly And then they kissed and make up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Love that action shot, Jill. Congratulations on your win. I'll get to it with my birds. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) Congratulations, Jill. Here are some of my feathered friends... My lucky Mallard duck (he's actually licensed a few times). Hope he's still around. I guess he could be in this crowd somewhere Mr. and Mrs. (?) Sandhill Cranes going for an afternoon stroll Edited June 8 by John Mitchell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin L Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Congrats Jill Three from me.... Ta 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecile Marion Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Congratulations, Jill! My three… Red Crested Pochard, Geneva Double-crested Cormorant, North Florida Brown Pelican feeding frenzy, Central Florida 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 I have very few birds but I will play. It is always fun no matter what 1) A rock pigeon in a dilapidated building 2) Being stared down by a pelican in the Florida Keys 3) A large blue rooster sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Congrats Jill ! The biggest challenge was to choose 3 images out of my 4,600 bird portfolio! Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) coming in to land on a termite mound, Northern Territory, Australia A pair of Metallic Starlings or Shining Starlings (Aplonis metallica), feeding on the fruit of Ptychosperma elegans in front of their nest. Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia Male Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) mating display on a perch, with open wheel shaped wings, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, Australia 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) Capped Heron in the Pantanal Rear view of a Male Peacock Cocoi Heron in the Pantanal Paulette Edited June 9 by NYCat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Very few birds in my online portfolio. so I may have used all of these before. Seagulls flying in front of the Statue of Liberty. Birds on a wire. Jackdaws or Starlings with street light. Hungry Herring Gull in Haarlem Holland. wim 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Diamond Firetail Finch, Emblema guttata Male Satin Bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, standing beside his bower with yellow and blue objects in his beak as he dispays for a nearby female Blue Faced Honeyeater, Entomyzon cyanotis, hanging upsidedown and eating nectar from jacaranda flowers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Nice subject. Lots of lovely images so far. Mine not so good but entering for enterings sake. Kestrel hovering looking for food Isle of Wight Hampshire Captive Scarlet Macaw preening foot Zoo, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Robin Redbreast singing in tree Allan 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsMadsen Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Cool. I like this challenge! 😁 European roller in flight Black-crowned night heron: And finally Bearded vulture aka Lammergeier: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ore Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 t Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk landing on a glove trimmed with chicken meat. A very tame partially leucistic White-Throated Magpie-Jay eyes diners at a Playa Santo Domingo restaurant on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. A captive Orange-chinned parokeet ( Brotogetis jugularis) on a fence in Jinotega, Nicaragua. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 My three.. Eurasian sparrowhawk .Friend, but not in my garden... Male and female puffing Common blackbird, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony ALS Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Joining in but certain I haven't got a hope against some great images here already and more to come I'm sure. Good luck all and well done Jill. 1. Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus or Blue Indian Peacock 2. Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus parrots 3. Adult male Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater brood parasitic icterid bird on the branch of a Beschorneria Albiflora San Francisco California USA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Difficult to compete with all of these exotic bird shots ! However 1) Blackbird resting on Owl statue 2) Real heron standing next to metal heron 3) Fledgling eagle owl next to a waterfall in France 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) My inner-city life has not put me in touch with colourful flying songbirds. Pigeons and gulls. That's about it. Above: Larry the Birdman in Washington Square Park, NYC. "Mom, you ate my lunch!" Surrounded Edited June 11 by Ed Rooney 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Robertson Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I'm absolutely loving the bird images. 3 from me... A male Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) Twenty Eight Parrot (Barnardius zonarius subspecies semitorquatus) A juvenile Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) coming in to land next to a row of Bridled Terns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 4 hours ago, Sally Robertson said: I'm absolutely loving the bird images I totally agree! So many wonderful bird photos, including yours! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Robertson Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 14 hours ago, Michael Ventura said: I totally agree! So many wonderful bird photos, including yours! Thank you kindly Michael 🙏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Can't really compete as I don't take many bird photos but here's my mediocre three: Male house sparrow, Passer domesticus, approaching a bird feeder in my garden Parent coot, Fulica atra, watching over 3 chicks in a tidal inlet at Pagham Harbour, UK Black headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, in winter plumage, hovering to spot fish in the tidal estuary of the River Tavy, Devon, UK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) Edited June 14 by spacecadet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Congrats Jill on your win - here are my three ! Kumar 1. Oriental Darter, or Indian Snake Bird; Tadoba National Park, India 2. Gannets, Grassholm Island, Wales 3. Meyer's Parrot, feeding on the flowers of the Sausage Tree, Botswana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Some of the locals in Texas Common Grackle Female Black-chinned hummingbird Male Northern Cardinal 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 My mixed offerings: Archival: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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