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InternetJunky posted:I drove more than 10 hours today and the temperatures were below -30, but still managed to get a keeper shot of the Northern Hawk Owl: This is clearly a styrofoam owl you impaled on a branch. No feet!? Seriously-that's a killer shot of a fantastic bird. Worth the drive.
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InternetJunky posted:I drove more than 10 hours today and the temperatures were below -30, but still managed to get a keeper shot of the Northern Hawk Owl: That's an awesome shot. Also, I hate you (if only for the fact that you live in an area that appears to be in perpetual magic hour this time of year).
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 There was a huge flock of gulls feeding on the river this afternoon and I stopped quick to see if I could get some interesting photos. Dummy me forgot that I should be shooting birds at like 1/1000 or so.  I managed to save a few, but so many blurry birds. 
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Dec 10, 2012 01:53
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BeastOfExmoor posted:That's an awesome shot. Also, I hate you (if only for the fact that you live in an area that appears to be in perpetual magic hour this time of year) Casu Marzu posted:
 ). The gull with the blurred wings is actually a pretty nice effect, intended or not.
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Dec 10, 2012 18:19
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Little something from earlier in the year... White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) [EXPLORED] by Paul Frederiksen, on Flickr
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Hover-bird!
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Dec 13, 2012 02:27
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/\/\/\ Awesome. More gulls.  SD 109 Southernmost 61 by Execudork, on Flickr A while ago I thought I'd turn some of my photos into bookmarks - I should be able to fit a set of them on a single 8x12 print, then cut them out.  SD 109 Southernmost 62 by Execudork, on Flickr
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Dec 13, 2012 07:47
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ExecuDork posted:A while ago I thought I'd turn some of my photos into bookmarks - I should be able to fit a set of them on a single 8x12 print, then cut them out. That sounds like a stellar idea. I might have to steal that idea off you next time there is a gift giving occasion. In other news. I found out I live 30 mins from a bird reservation at the local estuary.  Bar-tailed Godwit Trambopaline fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Dec 14, 2012 |
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I'm jealous of all you guys with snowy birds and sea birds. (These are all cropped a bunch.) Have a Loggerhead Shrike  DSC_1526 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr A 1st year White-crowned Sparrow  DSC_1509 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr Dark-eyed Junco  DSC_1407 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr A standoffish Crissal Thrasher  DSC_1616 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr And a male Northern Harrier that I spooked right after this picture  DSC_1575 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr
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My wife and I sat in -10 temperatures today for a few hours trying to capture a Prairie Falcon or Gyrfalcon feeding on pigeons at a grain terminal and ended up with lots of crappy pictures of crows and pigeons. Solidly frozen, we then decided to go driving looking for snowy owls, and a few hours later that was a failed mission as well. On the way back home my wife spotted a snowy on a light pole on the busiest road in town, and while doing a turn at an off-ramp to go back she then spotted a great horned owl. After a few crappy perches he finally came to rest on a lower perch right at golden hour:  We never did get to the snowy.  ExecuDork posted:A while ago I thought I'd turn some of my photos into bookmarks - I should be able to fit a set of them on a single 8x12 print, then cut them out. Ghost Cactus posted:And a male Northern Harrier that I spooked right after this picture
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Heard some Stellar's Jays yelling at each other outside this morning, so I got a few shots of them. Eventually, one decided to sit in a tree for a bit and I was able to get some good shots of him. Just got a 100-300mm lens a couple weeks ago for birding purposes, so this was a pretty fun and convenient first attempt! Also, anyone know what this guy is?  YellowSomething by bwsprague, on Flickr What?  Stellar's Jay 1_resized by bwsprague, on Flickr  Stellar's Jay 2_resized by bwsprague, on Flickr  Stellar's Jay 4_resized by bwsprague, on Flickr  Stellar's Jay 5_resized by bwsprague, on Flickr  Stellar's Jay 6_resized by bwsprague, on Flickr  Stellar's Jay 7_resized by bwsprague, on Flickr Bird feet!  Stellar's Jay 3_resized by bwsprague, on Flickr
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InternetJunky posted:Nice pictures, but do what you can to get some eye contact if possible. It's a shame that harrier spooked as that is a dreamy background and cool sign post it was on. Thanks for the tip, I'll do my best. I'm really un-stealthy, and most of my pictures are of birds flying off, or of the perch where a bird just was. Definitely something I need to work on.
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Farrok posted:Heard some Stellar's Jays yelling at each other outside this morning, so I got a few shots of them. Eventually, one decided to sit in a tree for a bit and I was able to get some good shots of him. Just got a 100-300mm lens a couple weeks ago for birding purposes, so this was a pretty fun and convenient first attempt! Male Townsend's Warbler. I brought my camera long on the Audubon Christmas Bird Count today.  Krakauer_20121216_Black&WhiteWarbler1, on Flickr birding in a cemetary  Krakauer_20121216_RedBreastedSapsucker, on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Male Townsend's Warbler. I can't even imagine where you live that you saw a B&W Warbler and RB Sapsucker on the CBC. There's been two Snowy Owls roosting on Rooftops just a few miles from downtown Seattle recently. Here's on of them:  Ballard Snowy Owl by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Edmonds Surf Scoters by beastofexmoor, on Flickr
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BeastOfExmoor posted:I can't even imagine where you live that you saw a B&W Warbler and RB Sapsucker on the CBC. Pretty nice day of birding overall: our group saw 111 species in ~1 square mile. BeastOfExmoor posted:There's been two Snowy Owls roosting on Rooftops just a few miles from downtown Seattle recently. Here's on of them: Feel free to send one of those further south.
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A couple of snowys from today. I saw 3 in total, including one on a natural perch that I couldn't get to  , but so far I have yet to see an all-white male. I've driven on every country road I can find.There are a group of guys going around banding the snowys right now, and when they catch one they paint the head red so they know it has been banded. Very annoying if you're trying to get a nice photo!   
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/\/\/\   SD 109 Southernmost 128 by Execudork, on Flickr Pacific Gull  SD 110 Tasmanian Highlands 50 by Execudork, on Flickr Black Currawong (doing a Superman impression, with bonus obnoxious noises)  SD 110 Tasmanian Highlands 65 by Execudork, on Flickr Not sure - apparently the more-common Tasmanian Swallows and Martins look very similar.  SD 110 Tasmanian Highlands 101 by Execudork, on Flickr Superb Fairy Wren, at 1:1 crop  Cormorant by Execudork, on Flickr More bookmark-based silliness. I'm shamelessly and foolishly just refusing to toss out photos of birds that are too far away, too small, too crappy, or too whatever, and coming up with barely-workable ideas to salvage them. Clearly, the correct action is "take better pictures". Also, "be less lazy, and take the goddam 500mm out of the back of the car some time instead of continuing to use that terrible old 70-210"
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@ that owl. Had a pileated woodpecker hanging out in my tree all day  As well as a swarm of black capped chickadees
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There's a male red shafted northern flicker that lives around my house, and keeps pecking on the outside of the rangehood, but every time I see him he flies off before I can take a picture of him.
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ExecuDork posted:
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InternetJunky posted:
I just got extremely lucky. Last year I worked in a state park that had three of them. Was tracking them all summer long and barely got wind of any of the birds. I step out back yesterday to have a cup of coffee and refill my feeder and here this guy is hanging out in my maple tree, maybe 30 feet from my backdoor.
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ExecuDork posted:/\/\/\ Tripod, pre-focus, and IR remote control? Also I can't get pictures of him from inside the house, so I'd have to leave my camera and tripod outside for probably days on end since he only comes by twice a week or so. I LOVE your pink robin, that's such an adorable bird!!
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That Pink Robin's primeval Tasmanian forest is awesome! Here are my favorite shots from the past few months:  Chestnut-Backed Chickadee by Icybacon, on Flickr  Raven by Icybacon, on Flickr  Fluffy Heron in Fluffy Tree by Icybacon, on Flickr
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Snowy Owl still eludes me, but found a Barred Owl today, it was nice having some really good light at 2pm today, but the temp was hovering around -17 with a -30 windchill Barred Owl by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Pine Grosbeak by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Pine Grosbeak by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Dark-eyed Junco by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Common Redpoll by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Red-breasted Nuthatch by tylerhuestis, on Flickr
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My wife and I went driving south of Devon today also looking for owls. She spotted a hawk owl at the top of tree in the middle of a field south of Devon today. As I pulled off to the side of the road, I noticed a weasel in the field hunting. The weasel was between my car and the hawk owl. It was my first time seeing a wild weasel, and as I was scrambling to get my camera ready the hawk owl swooped down from its perch and looked like it was going for the weasel. Unfortunately I missed what would have been a pretty great shot, and the hawk owl missed (I thought) the weasel. The owl came to rest in a tree near my car and when I finally got my lens on it I could see it eating a vole. I can only assume the weasel flushed a vole out of hiding and the owl was waiting. The weasel continued hunting in the field next to the owl, and the owl was watching, but it did not go after the weasel. I had just finished packing up the car with my frozen fingers when a raven came in the area and immediately went for the hawk owl. Initially the owl held its ground but the raven got more aggressive and eventually flushed it from the top of the tree. It then proceeded to go after the owl for several minutes in what looked like a very vicious assault. I did not see the outcome unfortunately as a couple of farm dogs scared me away from the area. Pretty exciting day.  My wife's shot:  The crow attack:    I have a bunch more pictures to post but I need to let my fingers and toes recover first. Bloody cold today! neckbeard posted:Snowy Owl still eludes me, but found a Barred Owl today, it was nice having some really good light at 2pm today, but the temp was hovering around -17 with a -30 windchill
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InternetJunky posted:I've enjoyed seeing all the different varieties of birds you've been posting that don't usually get seen that often -- this is the first I've even heard of this bird and now I want to see more. There's something about it that makes it look like it was copy/pasted from a Disney cartoon. You've been completely knocking it out of the park lately with your owl shots. Seriously, getting such great shots in brutally cold conditions shows some awesome dedication. The series with the raven is especially good, getting good photos of behaviour is something I always try for but almost never succeed. Alpenglow posted:That Pink Robin's primeval Tasmanian forest is awesome!  SD 111 Styx River 28 by Execudork, on Flickr Also, I love that shot of the raven with the egg. Have I mentioned I have a love/hate relationship with ravens and corvids more generally? I love to take pictures of them, I hate how difficult they make it by flying off, laughing, when they spot my camera.
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InternetJunky posted:My wife and I went driving south of Devon today also looking for owls. She spotted a hawk owl at the top of tree in the middle of a field south of Devon today. As I pulled off to the side of the road, I noticed a weasel in the field hunting. The weasel was between my car and the hawk owl. So your wife broke in her new lens on a hawk owl? You guys are livin' the life!
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InternetJunky posted:
Thanks, owl is in Hawrelak Park, originally I was going to go to the CN Rail grain terminal and look for falcons, but there's no wind protection there. There were actually quite a few male Grosbeaks at the park yesterday, at least 4. same male as before from the other side:  Pine Grosbeak by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Pine Grosbeak by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Pine Grosbeak by tylerhuestis, on Flickr 2 of the other photographers who were out managed to get a Brown Creeper. Those attack shots are awesome, one of the guys who I was talking to showed us this picture he had taken of a Short Eared Owl having a face-to-face standoff with this squirrel which was pretty awesome, he doesn't have Flickr or anything so can't link it
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[edit] ^^^ really great shots!neckbeard posted:Thanks, owl is in Hawrelak Park, originally I was going to go to the CN Rail grain terminal and look for falcons, but there's no wind protection there. There were actually quite a few male Grosbeaks at the park yesterday, at least 4. 2 of the other photographers who were out managed to get a Brown Creeper. quote:Those attack shots are awesome, one of the guys who I was talking to showed us this picture he had taken of a Short Eared Owl having a face-to-face standoff with this squirrel which was pretty awesome, he doesn't have Flickr or anything so can't link it
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I just discovered this thread. The pictures are amazing and I can only dream to shoot something similar. When I was 14 I used to sit in a blind trying to get a shoot of a Carolina Wren with a 200 mm. Black and white warblers are so much fun because they think they are nuthatches.
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A couple from today's CBC. CoCoCBC_2012 633, on Flickr  CoCoCBC_2012 631 , on Flickr  CoCoCBC_2012 627, on Flickr
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neckbeard posted:owl is in Hawrelak Park The owl was very accommodating:   
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Saw a red-tailed falcon eating a pigeon a few days back. My lens sucks wide open, but stopped down and it gets pretty decent! I've just got to remember that from now on. 
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What better way to spend Christmas than to go birding. I have a million shots to process as it was a successful day, but here's a first for me -- Great Gray Owl: Merry Christmas! InternetJunky fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Dec 26, 2012 |
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That photo rules so hard, congratulations!
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InternetJunky posted:What better way to spend Christmas than to go birding. I have a million shots to process as it was a successful day, but here's a first for me -- Great Gray Owl: I'm definitely imagining you did the dance in your avatar after nailing this shot. Congrats! You are pretty drat far towards being able to make a 12 month owl calendar.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:I'm definitely imagining you did the dance in your avatar after nailing this shot. Congrats! As for an owl calendar, it's a goal but there's only two species left around here in winter that I haven't seen yet (boreal and pygmy) and they are not easy to get. Summer time means a few more species, but all of them are much harder to find. I finished processing the rest of my great gray shots:     
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I feel like I'm hogging this thread, but shooting owls has lit a fire in me to go out and shoot birds whenever I can. I rented a 4 wheel drive for the weekend so I can run down some logging roads that were impassible before. I'm after more hawk owls. I also got invited to go along Sunday with some raptor banders who are going to be trying for some short eared owls. I'm trying to process a backlog in shots because I'm expecting hundreds more soon. I don't think I've posted these yet:  
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