Grey Fantails are fun to watch as they twist and turn in flight to take insects on the wing. They perch briefly on the outside branches of trees or on fencing wire or posts before swooping on their prey and often taking it with an audible snap of their bill.
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Canon 7D, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/640, f/5.6, ISO 640, focal length 400mm
I particularly like the background, or bokeh, in the above image; it looks almost like a painting.
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Canon 7D, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/500, f/6.3, ISO 2500, focal length 285mm
The fantail above and below is a juvenile as so much brown is showing in its plumage. Taking photographs of small birds in low light is a challenge I particularly enjoy.
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Canon 7D, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/500, f/6.3, ISO 2000, focal length 380mm
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Canon 7D, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 1250 focal length 400mm
Years ago I used to operate a wildlife shelter and saw first hand the damage done to wildlife by barbed wire. My strongest memory is of a female Common Ringtail Possum who had been trapped by barbed wire that had torn her pouch so badly that her twin joeys were exposed. If you ever have the opportunity to remove a length of barbed wire please do so, carefully of course, it’s ingenious but nasty stuff.
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Canon 7D, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/640, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 375mm
I haven’t posted Grey Fantails since watching last year’s fantails gradually fill their nest. The fantails on natural perches are quite possibly the birds that featured in Grey Fantails in an Egg Cup, clicking the link will take you to the nestlings.
Happy birding, Kim
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The BG, eye contact and detail are wonderful in all the images. Wow!
Thank you Dave! We’re so lucky to have such lovely birds to enjoy 🙂
Kim,
Your Grey Fantail images are wonderful!!
Thank you Mia, they are beautiful little birds.
hi kim
it s a nice challenge to get it like you say, but you did it very well, with nice bokeh too, and close enougth to get sharp details, it s a great job, well done kim
see you soon and happy birding ^^
Thanks Eric, I appreciate your comments very much, happy birding to you too!
Hello Kim, The Fantails are so sweet, a real challenge to photograph, I love them, the olive green background looks great. What is the bird sitting on, Gerald and I are both curious….something black, but what is it. Gerald looks at your photos now, you have another fan.
Thanks for mentioning the background you like, it’s so interesting to know preferences. It was sitting on some kind of water meter I think, a strange looking object. Welcome Gerard!
The challenge is won kim!
Congratulations even with low light.
I do not know these birds, with the English name I’ll get.
I discovered a lot of bird in your blog and your photos are always wonderful. I very very enjoy.
Kiss Kim !
Thank you Nath, I’m really glad you’re enjoying the birds and images 🙂
Kim, your Grey Fantail is cute! all of your photos are wonderful. Well done! Have a happy weekend!
Thank you so much Eileen, have a happy week!
When I saw the title of this post I was a tad surprised. Pigeons I thought, that doesn’t sound like Kim. And how right I was. I didn’t know this bird – and am so grateful to be introduced to it. Stunning. Thank you so very much.
Hi EC, I didn’t know about grey fantail pigeons until your comment! I’ve just enjoyed looking at photos of them – thank you 🙂