I ain't got no birds in my back yard, but I do got interesting stuff here in Florida: I do not have birds in my back yard but every day I get a visit from a Brown Basilisk. Sony a9...

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

I do not have birds in my back yard but every day I get a visit from a Brown Basilisk.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens at 600 mm. 1/800 sec. f6.3, ISO 800, Tracking-Flexible Spot Large, continuous auto focus, 20 fps. Topaz Photoshop, RAW converted to jpeg.
I was laying on the ground to get this shot.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Wow! Great shot!

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Who needs boids anyway? Lizards are more interesting.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Very handsome basilisk (and image), billnikon. And it appears he/she pretty much knows that's the case.

Somewhere I read that if you look into a basilisk's eyes, you turn to stone. Assuming you used either your Nikon's viewfinder or were in LiveView mode --which thus provided an 'interface' of sorts that allowed you to avoid looking into the critter's eyes so as not yourself turn to stone--, the question then becomes, did your camera become a rock? Either immediately after shooting Mr./Ms. Basi, or a maybe little while afterwards? Sure hope not.

Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

billnikon wrote:

I do not have birds in my back yard but every day I get a visit from a Brown Basilisk.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens at 600 mm. 1/800 sec. f6.3, ISO 800, Tracking-Flexible Spot Large, continuous auto focus, 20 fps. Topaz Photoshop, RAW converted to jpeg.
I was laying on the ground to get this shot.

An interesting critter, bill. I see lots of birds but I've never seen a basilisk, Great capture!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent work.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

billnikon wrote:

I do not have birds in my back yard but every day I get a visit from a Brown Basilisk.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens at 600 mm. 1/800 sec. f6.3, ISO 800, Tracking-Flexible Spot Large, continuous auto focus, 20 fps. Topaz Photoshop, RAW converted to jpeg.
I was laying on the ground to get this shot.

Fantastic image!!!!

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Cany143 wrote:

Very handsome basilisk (and image), billnikon. An... (show quote)

My better half believes that already happened a long long time ago.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Great shot Bill!

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

billnikon wrote:

I do not have birds in my back yard but every day I get a visit from a Brown Basilisk.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens at 600 mm. 1/800 sec. f6.3, ISO 800, Tracking-Flexible Spot Large, continuous auto focus, 20 fps. Topaz Photoshop, RAW converted to jpeg.
I was laying on the ground to get this shot.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

billnikon wrote:

I do not have birds in my back yard but every day I get a visit from a Brown Basilisk.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens at 600 mm. 1/800 sec. f6.3, ISO 800, Tracking-Flexible Spot Large, continuous auto focus, 20 fps. Topaz Photoshop, RAW converted to jpeg.
I was laying on the ground to get this shot.

Beachhawk

I have lived in Central Florida for more than 30 years, but I have never that creature before.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Very nice.

bugz198585 Loc: South Dakota, EX Long Islander NY, Florida,

Great shot

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

Great shot, Bill. Is BB the reason that you have no birds around?