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Have a frogmouth, the squarest of birds:
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Syndromic Impostor posted:
I dig the color on this one. Very cool! Clayton Bigsby posted:That first Grosbeak is a real stunner. You picked some great light to shoot in for sure, though. HookShot posted:I hope everyone likes way too many pictures of puffins!!! Never stop posting pictures of puffins. nsppp. Holistic Detective posted:Found some ducklings the other day: Very cute! I like the location -- definitely a lot cooler than green/brown water surrounding the typical duckling shot. Lediur posted:Have a frogmouth, the squarest of birds: He's adorably fierce-looking. So, I spent the summer working at a camp for children with special needs. We were luckily situated right on a lake, and took pontoon boat rides each week. Pontoon boat rides are loving magical -- even the most challenging behaviors disappear once kids get on the boat. It's this amazing placation machine. Anyway, I took my camera out once or twice on the pontoon boat, and I also took a kayak ride with my camera on one of my evenings off and brought the camera. Unfortunately, my 70-200 f/4 was still broke, so these were all manually focused with a focusing ring that had to be squeezed really hard to engage the focus mechanism. So it was a bit tough, but I had fun anyway.  No idea what these are but they're cool.   
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dakana posted:He's adorably fierce-looking. "I'm an owl, no really!" And then someone shows up with snacks. 
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Aug 16, 2012 22:10
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So jealous of all these bird shots. I wish I had more opportunities to stalk birds  A few months back I asked for a lens recommendation for a trip to the Amazon. I ended up getting a Sigma 150-500 and... all things considered, I think it turned out alright?  Hoatzin by Mango Polo, on Flickr  Black-capped Donacobius by Mango Polo, on Flickr  Greater Ani by Mango Polo, on Flickr  Bat Falcon by Mango Polo, on Flickr  Crimson Crested Woodpecker by Mango Polo, on Flickr Bananas are the best lure.  Innociencia the Scarlet Macaw by Mango Polo, on Flickr  Blue and Gold Macaws in Flight by Mango Polo, on Flickr 500 still felt terribly piddly though.
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Greater Ani are one of my favorites- I almost did my graduate work on those. Hoatzin are also pretty rad. Nice photos! I was in BC for a conference last week, and a friend took a few of us down to the Reifel (sp?) waterfowl park south of Vancouver. There wasn't a ton of diversity, but we got great looks at a few cool birds (merlin), and especially Cackling Goose and Sandhill Crane that were just about within touching distance. I only had a point and shoot unfortunately.  BC-crane 517 on Flickr in mid-blink...  BC-cranes_blink 515 on Flickr This would have been a cool shot. Focus drat you!  BC-cranes_FOCUS 516 on Flickr I think my favorite was the one I took with my iPhone though...  BC-cranes 514 on Flickr And a couple of Cackling Goose photos- maybe not the best but they are so cute I couldn't resist.  BC-cackler 519 on Flickr  BC-cackler 518 on Flickr fake edit- Flickr seems really slow today
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Boring I know...but DUCKS! Duck Duck Duck by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr
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Saw some puffins while in Iceland, unfortunately it was overcast and windy so the majority of the shots I took didn't turn out as well as I would have liked.  Puffins by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Puffins by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Puffins by tylerhuestis, on Flickr
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neckbeard posted:Saw some puffins while in Iceland, unfortunately it was overcast and windy so the majority of the shots I took didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. They're still awesome. Canyon Wren.  DSC_8116 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Curious Rock Wren. (Must have been a juvenile because it checked me out for a good 2 minutes when I was waiting around for the mottled rock rattlesnake I saw the day before. No dice on the snake.)  DSC_8771 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr  DSC_8783 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Indigo Bunting. (I saw a Lazuli Bunting too, but I only got blurry pictures.)  DSC_5703 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Blue Grosbeak showing off his grosbeak.  DSC_8549 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Blue-Winged Teals!  DSC_8838 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr
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The past 3 times I've driven over to my girlfriend's house there's been this Red-tailed Hawk perched on the same lamppost. I drive over yesterday evening with my camera with me this time at 7:30pm, there's gorgeous lighting, and the drat hawk isn't there...
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I couldn't find any eagles so I had to improvise. ^^ YES! ^^ Here's a pretty poo poo (har har) photo but it shows what I woke up to all summer: 20+ eagles sitting around picking through what the tide left. Some mornings I counted over 30. They make a huge racket and start up at around 5am.  IMG_8746.jpg by Brian.M.K, on Flickr
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Apparently I haven't posted in here for a while.  Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Female) by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Black Phoebe by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Eastern Wood Pee-Wee by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Yellow-Crowned Night Heron by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Northern Mockingbird by beastofexmoor, on Flickr
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Spent a week in silicon valley and between the south bay and Monterey I saw a lot of shorebirds:  Monterey Surfbirds by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Black-Necked Stilts by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Sanderlings by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Wandering Tattler by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Western Gull by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Long-Billed Curlew by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Monterey Bay Whimbrel by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Black Oystercatcher 1 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Black Turnstone by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  American Avocet by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Heerman's Gull by beastofexmoor, on Flickr
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Vancouver Island goons; I'm going to Sidney/Victoria next month and was wondering what kind of migratory birds may be passing through the area in early October?
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Not very awesome compared to the rest of this thread, but it's one of my best in my opinion. Egg Thief by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr
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Fart Amplifier posted:Not very awesome compared to the rest of this thread, but it's one of my best in my opinion. I like that a lot. flying ravens/crows can be fun ones to really mess with the colors. The silhouettes are so iconic. You could making a really dark vivid sky color, and make the egg golden yellow or something. BoE, you got some great ones!
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neckbeard posted:Vancouver Island goons; I'm going to Sidney/Victoria next month and was wondering what kind of migratory birds may be passing through the area in early October?
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Took a trip to North Point State Park today for some birds... Juvenile Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr  Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr  Juvenile Little Blue Heron on a Log by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr vxsarin fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Sep 10, 2012 |
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neckbeard posted:Vancouver Island goons; I'm going to Sidney/Victoria next month and was wondering what kind of migratory birds may be passing through the area in early October? Possibly a bittern or green heron? I can't really remember. Take a look here for some decent resources. http://birding.bc.ca/
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neckbeard posted:Vancouver Island goons; I'm going to Sidney/Victoria next month and was wondering what kind of migratory birds may be passing through the area in early October? If you can figure out which county Victoria falls into on this list it should generate a nice graph of species logged in eBird in the month of October during the last two years. October might be getting a bit late for most of the passerine migrants (Warblers, etc.) but there may still be some moving through. The most exciting bird on the island for birders is the Skylark (introduced from Europe 100+ years ago, this is the only place they are found in this hemisphere), but it's not a very photogenic bird. It can also be very hard to find. I spent about 8 hours driving around without locating them earlier this year.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:If you can figure out which county Victoria falls into on this list it should generate a nice graph of species logged in eBird in the month of October during the last two years. October might be getting a bit late for most of the passerine migrants (Warblers, etc.) but there may still be some moving through. The most exciting bird on the island for birders is the Skylark (introduced from Europe 100+ years ago, this is the only place they are found in this hemisphere), but it's not a very photogenic bird. It can also be very hard to find. I spent about 8 hours driving around without locating them earlier this year. It's "Capital" on that list, and if he wants to go a bit further north, Cowichan Valley.  That's a pretty amazing site, thanks for sharing!
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Been seeing lots of Juvenile Little Blue Herons all over lately. Juvenile Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr
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Snow geese, moving from daytime hangout at a salt lake to nighttime hangout in a wheat-stubble field. SD 103 33 by Execudork, on Flickr
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White Heron and a springtime sparrow. Nice to see it warming up out there. 
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Haven't been having the greatest luck with birds this past week. There's a group of about 10 pelicans out on the lake by my dad's place, but they just sit on this warf that's a wee bit out of range of my 300mm lens. There's 2 herons (not sure what kind though) nesting at the far end of the lake as well, but there's no good viewing angle to see them on foot. On Thursday I chased a Blue Jay around for awhile at around 7pm, had great light, but the drat thing would always fly into the shade or somewhere where there were branches obstructing the majority of it's body. That being said, did have some success; I'm 95% sure these are Cedar Waxwings and not Bohemian, but not 100% sure as I haven't seen any adults around of either species  Cedar Waxwings (juvenile) by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Cedar Waxwings (juvenile) by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Red-necked Grebe (juvenile) by tylerhuestis, on Flickr This one is from back in April, not sure why I never uploaded it  Crow on a branch by tylerhuestis, on Flickr neckbeard fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Sep 15, 2012 |
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neckbeard posted:This one is from back in April, not sure why I never uploaded it Digging on this one.
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neckbeard posted:I'm 95% sure these are Cedar Waxwings and not Bohemian, but not 100% sure as I haven't seen any adults around of either species Sibley's shows the juvenile Bohemians as having the same rufous undertail coverts as the adults which would make those Cedars since the undertail feathers are white/cream. Nice shots all around. edit: I am sad for knowing that those huge flocks of Bohemian's I saw in Edmonton in March are not present all year. They were the highlight of my trip. BeastOfExmoor fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Sep 16, 2012 |
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A kookaburra: Cheeky little bugger came to beg for food from the BBQ on our vacation.
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True story: on a picnic once my husband had just finished making a chicken sandwich and a Kookaburra literally flew onto his plate and took the whole sandwich off him.
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Are there Kookaburras in Tasmania? I'm going there soon, and I'd love to see some. Sandhill cranes will never not look like goofy overgrown chickens to me.  Sandhill Cranes 5 by Execudork, on Flickr  Sandhill Cranes 15 by Execudork, on Flickr  Sandhill Cranes 18 by Execudork, on Flickr  Sandhill Cranes 21 by Execudork, on Flickr
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About a week ago I was surprised to find these guys DSC_1824.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr After about 5 seconds of me existing within their line of sight:  DSC_1836.jpg by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr
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ExecuDork posted:Are there Kookaburras in Tasmania? I'm going there soon, and I'd love to see some
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That's what I'd call it. Nice!
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Very nice indeed - Golden Eagles are huge! I haven't gotten out enough to say for sure, but migration seems weird/slow this fall. Northern Harrier  DSC_9575 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Wilson's Warblers are sassy.  DSC_9358 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Ash-throated Flycatcher, maybe?  DSC_9321 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Female Black-chinned Hummingbird.  DSC_9219 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Out of focus and way too bright female Black-chinned Hummingbird.  DSC_9189 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr
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Casu Marzu posted:Yay birds! Yay! Where did you get to see the whoopers?
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