Difficulty list of shooting bird

[jazja]

Do you have a list of birds that are difficult to photograph.
Take a look at my list.
1-bird easiest to photography (very very easy)
2- a bit hard but still very easy (easy)
3- medium
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7. the toughest

Please for comments and your lists.
Of course, all this is relative.
The most important thing about shooting birds is the location, location, location…
And of course, a lot of patience.

My list (incomplete):
1.swan, pigeon and dove, sparrow, Common blackbird,…
2. Eurasian nuthatch, Great Tit, Eurasian blue tit, Common chaffinch, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn swallow, Grey heron, European robin, Long-tailed tit…
3. Eurasian Jay, woodpecker, Common moorhen, Eurasian coot, Common starling, Eurasian blackcap, Great cormorant, Black-headed gull, Ring-necked Pheasant, Common buzzard, European goldfinch, Eurasian magpie …
4. Green woodpecker, grey woodpecker, Common Kingfisher, Grey wagtail, Great egret, Song thrush, Eurasian treecreeper ...
5. European greenfinch, White-throated dipper, Red-backed shrike, Eurasian wren, European bee eater, Citril finch…
6. Black woodpecker, Eurasian eagle-owl, Hawfinch, Penduline tit …
7. Penduline tit, Eurasion golden oriole, Hoopoe, European roller...

 

[ialarmedalien]

Penduline tit is at both 6 and 7... which is it?!

 

[jazja]

6

 

[ialarmedalien]

Good choice. Are you in Europe with that list of birds?

I hadn't considered compiling a list, but that's a great idea. Off the top of my head, I'd say:

1. bird in the hand

2. in the bush

3. French hens

...

10. Passenger pigeon; phoenix.

TBC

 

[BirdShooter7]

Try getting a shot of a Black Rail, they are pretty challenging.

 

[TheBlackGrouse]

Important criterium, how rare is the bird?

With more common birds you always have a second chance.

And some species are difficult because of their habitat and/or behavior. In North-West Europe try the Bittern, Corncrake or Cetti`s Warbler

 

[Stefan BW]

6. Black woodpecker,

It all depends... if you visit a major forest in March, search for the places with large holes in old trees... listen to the two cries, watch the bird's movements, you'll get the shot.

 

[ialarmedalien]

Or their rarity due to human persecution -- e.g. in the UK, try hen harrier chicks.

 

[jazja]

Do you miss some birds form the beginning of the list (easy to shot)???

 

[BirdShooter7]

There always seem to be a few like that. Easy but for whatever reason you haven't gotten them yet. For me one of those birds was the Virginia Rail. For a long time it was the only rail in North America that I hadn't photographed and it seemed like everyone else I talked to had seen/photographed many of them.

 

[Jimusny]

There always seem to be a few like that. Easy but for whatever reason you haven't gotten them yet. For me one of those birds was the Virginia Rail. For a long time it was the only rail in North America that I hadn't photographed and it seemed like everyone else I talked to had seen/photographed many of them.

 

[ialarmedalien]

These are all very easy in the UK:

• Herring gull if you are anywhere near the coast (or near a rubbish dump in a major city)
• Robin - just about any garden!

It's also dependent on what kind of photo you want—sparrow sitting on a branch or using a bird feeder, easy. Sparrow in flight? A little more tricky...

 

[drj3]

Swallows, Cedar Waxwings and bats (not a bird but flying) are challenging when they change direction while feeding.

I find birds like the Goldfinch very difficult in that they fly up/down (like a sign wave) as they fly forward.

I find Hummingbirds flying, not feeding from flowers, but flying between flowers at full speed very difficult. to almost impossible.

 

[Stefan BW]

I find birds like the Goldfinch very difficult in that they fly up/down (like a sign wave) as they fly forward.

Woodpeckers are also surprisingly difficult in flight.

And wrens...

Fortunately I don't see hummingbirds in the Black Forest. One problem less.