Spoonbills

[MJ224]

An early morning bird watch at our local Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)

Quite a dull morning, so I was kinda surprised what the camera and Lightroom achieved.

Also, amazed that these birds were 150 metres away from the hide....

OM1 ii, 300mm + 2x TC, f8, 12800 ISO

(OMD is 2x crop)

[HansE]

Good result. Never seen more than one at the time either.

[MJ224]

Thanks HansE. There were 9 in total this morning. And we have seen 17 in one go, a while ago. They are a species that are moving north with Climate Change. But I bet their feet were tingling this morning with a local temperature of zero degrees...

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Mark

Nothing to worry about here - shows us what good optics you're using
-- and to get pics like these without the birds zipping away is a good result

Phil

[MJ224]

Optics are good, and Lightroom really helps too...

[Isac]

Lovely shots Mark! They are a very unusual looking bird as far as their bill goes. These ones are the Eurasian Spoonbills. A bit different from the Yellow Billed Spoonbills I see here in W.A. They do like to be in pairs and I have a few shots of them performing similar activities. They look a bit strange when flying overhead.

[MJ224]

Thanks Isac. They are a very unusual bird really. And we have only seen them in numbers, the last 10n years or so...