Wildlife Photography: Some Birds

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Have I told you that I am also a wildlife photographer?

Wildlife Photography: Birds - Johann Piber

Wildlife Photography: Birds

Haha, nono, don't believe me because I'm too impatient to be a wildlife photographer and all wildlife photos I take are nice surprises when a bird or another animal is kind enough to pose for me, but most of them are faster gone than I can decide whether I should take a photo or not ... I can you hear laughing Zac / @papilloncharity 🤣

So let's begin...

In March 2022 I have been on a short trip to Grado in Italy where I have photographed a sunrise that didn't really happen. On my way back home I saw a few birds in the distance and these are the only somewhat usable photos I could take: to the left you can see a Grey Heron and the bird to the right is a beautiful Great Egret.

Wildlife Photography: Birds - Grey Heron - Johann Piber

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Wildlife Photography: Birds - Great Egret - Johann Piber

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▶️ Grey Heron - Wikipedia
▶️ Great Egret - Wikipedia

It was a rainy day in the beginning of April 2022 when I decided to take a short walk in a little nature reserve nearby home. I have never been there before and was happy to see quite a few birds, although most of them have seen me first and escaped before I really saw them 😂
But I could take photos of a Blue Tit, a Cormorant and a Great Crested Grebe.

Eurasian Blue Tit

Wildlife Photography: Birds - Blue Tit - Johann Piber

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▶️ Eurasian Blue Tit - Wikipedia

Cormorant

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▶️ Cormorant - Wikipedia

Bird of the Sky

Bird of the sky,
How does it feel to dart and fly,
How does it feel to soar all day
"Over the hills and far away"?

To live in a tree,
To build a house as fine as can be,
To build it safe, and warm, and high,
And call it home - bird of the sky?

To perch and sing,
Up there where the leaves are quivering,
Singing and winging and building high,
How does it feel - bird of the sky?

^{by Annette Wynne}

Great Crested Grebe

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Good thing about being there in the rain was that I have had the completely area for me alone, and this was a wonderful surprise that I enjoyed a lot.

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▶️ Great Crested Grebe - Wikipedia

At the end of April 2022, I have visited the Šunikov vodni gaj / Šunik water grove in Slovenia and noticed a little bird at the Lepena river: a White-throated Dipper. I know I have already posted about this little diver, but I have taken some more photos of it which I don't want to just archive and forget.

Wildlife Photography: Birds - White-throated Dipper - Johann Piber

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▶️ White-throated Dipper - Wikipedia

And at the end of this post I have one more photo of the Cormorant I have already shown above. He was quite a bit further away, but I like this image somehow ... a lonesome Cormorant sitting on a dead tree, waiting ...

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Thank you so much for scrolling down till here - I hope you enjoyed my photos a little bit or maybe almost as much as I have enjoyed taking them 😊

Information

All photos were taken with the Canon EOS R and one of these lenses: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:4 L IS USM, Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 L STM, SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM, Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6,3 DG OS HSM C.
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