Phil's photos with the keyword: Birds

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and its migration occasionally reaches across the Atlantic to northern Europe. It has been introduced to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; it tends to be found on or close to fresh water. (Wikipedia). Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: Tokina SD 400mm f5.6 (EFL 600mm). Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A group of mute swans on the Leeds-Liverpool canal near Reedley, North-West England. Photographed with an old "film lens", a Tokina 400mm (EFL 600mm) and a Nikon D500 camera. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Software: Nikon Capture NX2

Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Software: Nikon Capture NX2

These pigeons are regular visitors to my locality....I assume they're racing birds and that the colours are to enable their owner to identify them whilst in flight (they also each have a green ring on their leg). Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Software: Nikon Capture NX2

Two male mallards in flight....they were following a female but I couldn't get them all in the frame at the same time as she was too far in front. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Software: Nikon Capture NX2

A couple of early-risers practising their dawn chorus, photographed just after sunrise this morning. No prizes for guessing where the title came from :-) Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Software: Nikon Capture NX2

Male (right) and female (left) mallards taking a break from swimming on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal near the town of Reedley in the North-West of England. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2.

A female Mallard with her chicks on the Leeds-Liverpool canal near Brierfield in North-West England. Photographed with my new Nikon D500 and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 software. The lens used is a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED.

A pair of male Mallard ducks photographed on the Leeds-Liverpool canal near Brierfield in the North-West of England. This is just a snapshot taken with the camera on the "Program AE" setting which has resulted in a high ISO and slight over exposure....the ducks were swimming away from me so I didn't have time to focus and set the correct exposure. The focus is slightly "off" for the main subjects but I liked the way the patterns of the ripples and the reflections of the sky and clouds have turned out so I decided to keep it. Camera: Sony RX100. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A copy of a pre-digital photograph originally taken in 2003 on the banks of the river Ouse in York, England. The birds in the foreground are Greylag geese which have been in York since Roman times (and a few pigeons) all of which are quite used to people in this tourist town. As soon as you produce food you'll be surrounded by them within minutes.

Canada geese photographed at Barrowford reservoir near Colne in Pendle district, North-West England. I had just bought a new Nikkor 200mm f2.8 lens and this is one of the first shots I took with it. The camera I used was my "elderly" Nikon D300s.....an excellent (but, with a combined weight of 2.5kg / 5lbs, very heavy) combination which shows that you don't need lots of megapixels if you use a top-quality lens.....the D300s only has 12.3 megapixels which is quite low by today's standards.

Unidentified ducks, possibly Mallards crossed with some other breed as I haven't seen them in these colours before, photographed by the Leeds-Liverpool canal at Burnley, North-West England. Photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A group of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) flying home at the end of the day before an approaching storm. Photographed near Lake Burwain at Foulridge in Pendle district, North-West England. The camera used was a Nikon D300s fitted with a Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200MM F2.8 IF ED II telephoto lens and the processing was done with Nikon Capture NX2.

A group of swans photographed at Druridge Bay country park, Northumberland, in the North-East of England. The camera used was an Olympus SP55OUZ ("Bridge camera") and the processing was done with Nikon Capture NX2.

A Mute Swan (Cygnus Olor) photographed during rainy weather on the Leeds-Liverpool canal at Brierfield in Pendle district, England. The camera used was a Sony RX100 compact and the processing was done with Nikon Capture NX2.

Mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos), photographed at Wycoller country park in Pendle, Lancashire, UK. The camera used was a Nikon D90 with the Nikkor 16-85mm lens. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight photographed in Brierfield, Pendle, UK using a Nikon D90 camera with a Nikkor 70-300mm lens. Processed using Nikon Capture NX2 and PicMonkey.