I love birds, so I am going to be paying more attention to this thread, and posting in it more frequently as well.
Today was a bird day for me, there was a magpie resting in the Tuckeroo tree at the front of my house. The Tuckeroo produces quite tasty fruits (for birds, not people) at this time of year, and I get visits from all kinds. At first, I was trying to shoot with my Panasonic FZ100.. it just was not up to the task so I switched to the K-5. Anyway, without further ado, here is Mr Magpie, who is still resting in the tree as I type.
The second bird for today is one I photographed a couple of weeks back, when down at the Newcastle (AU) ocean baths. He looked for all the world as if he was daring me to come closer... I did...and he got quite cranky with me
Also, I just wish one did not also have to photograph bird poo at times like this... but oh well, thats life.
Last but not least, a Koel. Also known as a rainbird, it belongs to the cuckoo family and does the same antisocial thing that cuckoos do worldwide, laying its eggs in the nest of some other bird which is then forced to bring it up to fledging. Its a big bird, about 18" from beak to tip of tail and I have seen them even larger. Somewhere I have a photograph of a male, which is even more shy than the female, but not on this computer...
I shot this with the FZ100, and am surprised that this actually worked out (lots of heavy processing though).