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neckbeard posted:Glue? People aren't putting glue onto perches and hoping a bird lands there, are they? Yesterday I ran across a hawk owl who's location has been advertised in mailing lists. When I got out of the car to setup he actually flew in closer (to the point I had to back up a bit). He's obviously been baited heavily. People don't give a crap about the impact they have on the wildlife.
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New lens, have a duck. Female Wigeon by jankyangles, on Flickr
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No new lens, but have a duck anyway. SD 117 Around Hobart Pt 2 Gould's Lagoon 2 by Execudork, on Flickr and some other watery birds. Blinds set up at sanctuaries are fine things.  SD 117 Around Hobart Pt 2 Gould's Lagoon 3 by Execudork, on Flickr  SD 117 Around Hobart Pt 2 Gould's Lagoon 4 by Execudork, on Flickr  SD 117 Around Hobart Pt 2 Gould's Lagoon 6 by Execudork, on Flickr
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Feb 15, 2013 11:54
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Continuing the trend of 'ducks are rad' Mallard Take Off by jankyangles, on Flickr Hiked 3 miles to a reported good birding area only to find that it had recently been fenced off.  Went to the park instead. small-0973 by jankyangles, on Flickr  Gila Woodpecker by jankyangles, on Flickr Easily my most favorite shot of the day:  Who are you and why are you here? by jankyangles, on Flickr I am the master of ruining shots because of harsh lighting 
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Feb 15, 2013 16:37
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Have two ducks. ducks by philip painter, on Flickr  red bellied woodpecker by philip painter, on Flickr Cross post, but I'm so geeked about seeing one.  belted kingfisher by philip painter, on Flickr It's still grey and cold as gently caress here. 
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smallmouth posted:Cross post, but I'm so geeked about seeing one. So insanely jealous of this.
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Feb 15, 2013 18:51
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Easily my most favorite shot of the day: The title of this, or any House Sparrow shot should be "Drop some crumbs motherfucker!" I went to look for a Hoary Redpoll that had been reported a couple miles away from my work, but I didn't have my camera. Of course a group of Common Redpoll's just hung out on the ground 25ft away from me for two minutes.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Hiked 3 miles to a reported good birding area only to find that it had recently been fenced off. Maker Of Shoes posted:I am the master of ruining shots because of harsh lighting  SD 117 Around Hobart Pt 3 Shag Bay 3 by Execudork, on Flickr  SD 117 Around Hobart Pt 3 Shag Bay 6 by Execudork, on Flickr Any bird named "dusky" is an absolute bastard to photograph - it's code for "you cannot see that dark eye against the dark head feathers, especially with a bright background". I've run into this with Dusky Robins and Dusky Woodswallows, I've yet to see a Dusky Moorhen but it's probably true for them, too. I can only assume that if I ever see a Sooty Shearwater I should just toss my camera into the sea.
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ExecuDork posted:Too many mice-bait traps around? ExecuDork posted:Step up your game with some overly-aggressive cropping and a touch of sensor noise.  Edit: Oh, you mean like this.  
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Feb 16, 2013 02:02
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I posted these in critterquest last night, I hope it's alright to re-post them here. I got a 70-300mm yesterday, and the very first thing I found to shoot with it was birds! These first ones aren't great - not by a long shot, because my ISO was cranked too high and I was going OH GOD GET BIRD PICTURE and then he spooked and flew away. I wish I knew what he was - any try of IDing him I've made just leads to confusion because he looks similar to several species we have around here (Western NC).  Random Raptor by eachus, on Flickr Thankfully, not 10 minutes later I found some much more willing subjects.  Wild Turkeys by eachus, on Flickr
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Feb 16, 2013 17:30
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Looks like a juvenile Cooper's hawk maybe
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Feb 16, 2013 17:43
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Hell yeah "wild" turkeys. wild turkey by philip painter, on Flickr  female cardinale by philip painter, on Flickr I think these guys regretted coming to MI so early.  bluebird by philip painter, on Flickr  duck by philip painter, on Flickr
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smallmouth posted:
 Cardinals tend to dig in and tough the winter out instead of migrate. I always keep a feeder filled with black oil sunflower seeds for my cardinals.
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Casu Marzu posted:
Yeah, sorry, I meant the bluebird below it.
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That drat Satyr posted:I posted these in critterquest last night, I hope it's alright to re-post them here. Red-Shouldered Hawk.
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Oh god I'm terrible at birds: No idea:  Now these are vultures right    Albatross?  For a Norwegian these birds in Mexico where pretty fun to photograph, not very shy either. A few of the vultures was about to peck out my eyes as they flew over it seemed Critique most welcome!
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Not sure what the wader is. The vulture is specially a Turkey Vulture. The final bird is a pelican. And yes, Americans have it easy with their bold wildlife.
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Greybone posted:Oh god I'm terrible at birds: Looks like some kind of sandpiper.
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Greybone posted:Oh god I'm terrible at birds: Looks like a Willet (kind of sandpiper). They are being split into Eastern and Western but I couldn't tell you how to diagnose that. They have a fairly bold black-and white pattern on their wings when they fly, but otherwise kind of a big bland chunky shorebird.
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Greybone posted:Critique most welcome! Good shots, back off the shadows a touch in post to bring out their details
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Greybone posted:Oh god I'm terrible at birds: Last one is some kind of pelican, guessing brown but we don't get them here.
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Saw a bald eagle today. Sadly it never got really close, this was from a third of a mile away, roughly.  P2160617.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Everything else seemed pretty run of the mallard.  P2160917.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  P2160787.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  P2160294.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Have to say that my old k-mount glass is only "ok". The teleconverter I was using is particularly lovely though, although it was fun having 1200mm of 35mm equivalent lens in my hand.
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Really lovely day at a bird preserve the other day. Parents encouraging their lovely kids to throw garbage and rocks at the birds, the water level was low so it was basically a huge mud pit, watched one woman unleash her dog so it could chase geese and the cherry on top was rounding a corner to find a homeless person taking a poo poo in the trail. Anyways, other than the hummingbird these are all migratory in AZ so all very new to me. northern shoveler by jankyangles, on Flickr  northern pintail duck by jankyangles, on Flickr  green winged teal by jankyangles, on Flickr  hummingbird (anna's?) by jankyangles, on Flickr
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Saw this hawk yesterday in York County, Pennsylvania. I think it's either a Broad-winged Hawk or a Red-tailed Hawk, but I'd appreciate if someone could confirm. According to WhatBird, the Broad-winged is more of a summer visitor, whereas the Red-tailed is year-round. 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Really lovely day at a bird preserve the other day. Parents encouraging their lovely kids to throw garbage and rocks at the birds, the water level was low so it was basically a huge mud pit, watched one woman unleash her dog so it could chase geese and the cherry on top was rounding a corner to find a homeless person taking a poo poo in the trail. Anyways, other than the hummingbird these are all migratory in AZ so all very new to me. I spent the day in a ditch yesterday photographing one of my great grays hunting. He only plunged 3 times over a 4 hour period, and of those 3 times this is all I could get.       I do have some rants of my own though... As I mentioned, I was dug into the ditch near where this guy was hunting. It's a ditch right on the side of a road, and there's a vehicle going by maybe once every few minutes. A few times someone would stop right by me in the ditch, roll down their window, and snap a shot of the owl with their cell phone. The poor owl doesn't deal with those situations very well and the person is getting a lovely little cell phone picture of a dark blob in a tree. It should be obvious that I'm trying my best to be unobtrusive to the owl, and yet these people just happily stop their vehicle right next to me and think nothing of it. Rant #2 While in the ditch I heard another car pull over on the other side of the road near where I had parked. I could hear gear being setup so I figured some other photographers where coming to take a picture. I decided to take a break and go have a chat with them. It turned out it was some local guy who was driving two birder friends from Oregon around. They setup their scope, had a look, and five minutes later drove off to look for a hawk owl. What's the point in coming thousands of kilometres on a birding trip only to spend a few minutes looking through a scope at a great gray in a tree? I couldn't believe it. I don't think I'll ever understand birders. A few minutes later the owl plunged in the snow and I caught the shots above. 
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InternetJunky posted:I spent the day in a ditch yesterday photographing one of my great grays hunting. He only plunged 3 times over a 4 hour period, and of those 3 times this is all I could get. Completely worth it, I'd say. Are they diurnal?
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smallmouth posted:Are they diurnal?
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jtd123 posted:Saw this hawk yesterday in York County, Pennsylvania. InternetJunky posted:Great pictures, but holy hell that's horrible what you witnessed. I would have torn into that woman with the dog. How ignorant do you have to be? InternetJunky posted:this is all I could get.  These own. InternetJunky posted:I do have some rants of my own though... 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:"Yup, saw that one. BINGO. Ok hon, lets go."
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InternetJunky posted:
Birders can be weird. But hey, at least that was 4 minutes and 59 seconds longer than it took to ID the bird!
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InternetJunky posted:Great pictures, but holy hell that's horrible what you witnessed. I would have torn into that woman with the dog. How ignorant do you have to be? You have no idea how little sympathy I have for your "all you could get" mentality  InternetJunky posted:While in the ditch I heard another car pull over on the other side of the road near where I had parked. I could hear gear being setup so I figured some other photographers where coming to take a picture. I decided to take a break and go have a chat with them. It turned out it was some local guy who was driving two birder friends from Oregon around. They setup their scope, had a look, and five minutes later drove off to look for a hawk owl. What's the point in coming thousands of kilometres on a birding trip only to spend a few minutes looking through a scope at a great gray in a tree? I couldn't believe it. I don't think I'll ever understand birders. A few minutes later the owl plunged in the snow and I caught the shots above. I'll admit, the idea of showing up for five minutes of Great-Gray watching is inconceivable to me, but I can understand the "twitching" mentality to an extent. Sometimes you just want to see something, enjoy it for a few minutes, and move on to the next amazing creature. Yes, they just drove hours to get up there, but with your short winter days they may be chasing all three owls you mentioned and have to get a quick move-on to the next location. For every birder that shows up, checks a couple species off their day/year/county/state/life list, there's also one spending hours sorting through every gull or sandpiper on the beach looking for that one rarity that took a wrong turn on its exit from Siberia and ended up in North America. You also get a bit calloused to certain birds people would consider "good." When I'm carrying my camera or spotting scope I constantly have people telling me about the Bald Eagle or Great Blue Heron around the next bend. I always listen and thank them for the info, but it's not uncommon for me to see dozens of either species in day so unless I can get a great action shot of one, I usually don't even bother.
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InternetJunky posted:What's the point in coming thousands of kilometres on a birding trip only to spend a few minutes looking through a scope at a great gray in a tree? I couldn't believe it. I don't think I'll ever understand birders. Because it's cold? The guy hiding in a ditch in the snow for 4 hours calls other people crazy? Nice pics though!
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It was found that people brave the crowds and queues to look at the Mona Lisa for an average of fiften seconds. People want constant hits, not slow contemplation. As for Rant #1, I've had the same. Lugged my popup bird hide for a mile, only to find another phitographer decides he wants to stand right next to it. At least the "What's that? Go have a look" ones are doing it out of naive curiousity.
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Pablo Bluth posted:It was found that people brave the crowds and queues to look at the Mona Lisa for an average of fiften seconds. People want constant hits, not slow contemplation.
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Yes, but the owl will only do that once in ages, and at the moment you look away. Accept you'll miss it anywsy and move on.
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Bah. I followed an Osprey the other day for an hour hoping it would land or dive. Probably a good thing there wasn't a body of water in the way or I would have fallen in. Edit: Here's an out of focus shot to get things rolling again here in the bird thread.  scratch by jankyangles, on Flickr Maker Of Shoes fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Feb 18, 2013 |
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Baby Emperor Penguins are adorable. So adorable, I'll overlook the fact they've probably cut together seperate events to get that happy ending for that anamorphised chick that really ended up with a baby-stealing non-mother. Emperors have become a bit of a well worn subject, but the BBC's Penguins: Spy in the huddle is still top television (even if the anamorphism levels could kill a goat at fifty paces)
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I went to a gannet colony the other day. There were many.
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