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VelociBacon posted:
I love this. Great depth of field. Internet Junky posted:Love these and can't wait to see more. I just signed up for a sharp-tailed grouse lek tour, but it's not until after April 15th. Thanks! I've never seen a sharpie lek, but the videos I've seen look amazing. Super acrobatic when fighting, and cute synchronized foot stomping dances. More from today. A harrier flushed most of the birds off the lek. With the lek vacant, one of the peripheral guys got to hang out in the good area. He was so excited he kept finding things to stand on and look cool. a cowpie... (does other animals poo poo count in this thread?)  Greenband on Cowpie fs 1963 on FlickrAnd a big ant hill. I've hardly ever seen a male sage-grouse climb up one of these but this guy did it at least 3 times during the morning  Anthill sage-grouse fs 1960 on Flickr green band sage-grouse king of the mountain 1965 on Flickr>100%crop I think. Go Tamron Go!  Male sage-grouse headshot nicked comb 1962 on Flickr
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Mar 13, 2015 04:40
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InternetJunky posted:Yay! Congrats! I saw a flock of Canada Geese a couple days ago, while I'm not a big fan of those assholes, it does signal that migration season is upon us!  
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Mar 13, 2015 16:12
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Why is it the most annoying birds are the first signs of spring? Last night I saw a flock of about half-a-dozen "seagulls" (some sorta gull, I didn't get a great look, please don't hate me) moving north down the river. They *could* be from the group that stays year-round at the landfill, but I haven't seen many gulls on the river since November so I suspect they're migrants.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:56
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I'm really enjoying those sage grouse lek pictures, BLNT. What beautiful creatures. Congrats on the photo getting published InternetJunky! I'm waiting for the next issue of ABA's Birding magazine to arrive in my mailbox with the member showcase that has one of my shots in it.
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Mar 13, 2015 19:00
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Nice. A few clips from yesterday: I think the female Belted Kingfisher in the pair that's courting is the one I used to see over by the tidal wetlands. The pattern in the belly band is a match and she seems less apprehensive of heavily-trafficked areas than the other kingfishers. She ate a smelt on a branch right near me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiHkJOk6A0 An American Avocet feeding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8jNLMOQhSg There's a bush in full bloom where a few Anna's Hummingbirds come regularly to feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hBeFDEFsqM A bittern caught a newt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUMqYC3qC3c
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Mar 13, 2015 23:01
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Those videos are fantastic! There was a small mixed group of black-capped chickadees, downy woodpeckers, and white-breasted nuthatches flittering around an empty feeder at a farmhouse we stopped at in Manitoba.  Birds near feeder 1 by Execudork, on Flickr Birds near feeder 2 by Execudork, on Flickr Birds near feeder 3 by Execudork, on Flickr Birds near feeder 4 by Execudork, on Flickr
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Mar 15, 2015 01:04
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Some more environmental shots of the grouse. Nice being at a lek that didn't have research junk on it. Cot Upper Lek fs2 1972 on Flickr Cot Upper Lek trio fs 1973 , on Flickr Cot Upper Lek smack fs 1975 on FlickrIt was really dark- focus not great and I'm not sure I couldn't pull off the concept better next time...  Cot Upper Lek long exp sm 1976 on Flickr
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Mar 15, 2015 21:52
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Those grouse pictures are pretty good.
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Mar 16, 2015 00:38
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BetterLekNextTime posted:research junk  Longspurs at the Weather Station 2 by Execudork, on Flickr(probably a repost, from summer 2013) Those are great grouse shots! The Snowies at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg were sleepy.  Snowy Owl 1 by Execudork, on Flickr Snowy Owl 3 by Execudork, on Flickr
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Mar 17, 2015 05:29
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Mar 18, 2015 21:18
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Finally got out of the arctic tundra that is the northeast and into the southeast. Trip to Florida provided many cool bird sightings that i'm not used to seeing. I'll try not to spam the thread. Upgraded to a 7D II and got a little trigger happy so I have thousands of photos to go through. Here is an egret trying to figure out how to get a shrimp down.  Snow Egret Shrimp by justincook5376, on Flickr Snow Egret Shrimp by justincook5376, on Flickr Snow Egret Shrimp by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 18, 2015 22:41
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TheMirage posted:Trip to Florida provided many cool bird sightings that i'm not used to seeing. I'll try not to spam the thread. Upgraded to a 7D II and got a little trigger happy so I have thousands of photos to go through. Nice Egret / crustacean pictures. Florida is fantastic for birds, please do spam this thread with as many Florida birds as you can.
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Mar 18, 2015 23:16
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Ok. Pelican time. American White Pelican by justincook5376, on Flickr American White Pelican by justincook5376, on Flickr American White Pelican by justincook5376, on Flickr American White Pelican by justincook5376, on Flickr American White Pelican by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 18, 2015 23:32
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TheMirage posted:Ok. Pelican time. Beautiful bird.
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Mar 18, 2015 23:42
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 Ducks in Flight by RottenCookies, on Flickr I don't really have much cold-weather clothing, so birding hasn't been very possible here in New York. I did go out and freeze a little bit recently and got this. Just some mallards, but I got them with a manual 135mm yay  It was at f/2.5, ISO 800, 1/5000s, so I probably could have traded off shutter time and some iso to stop down and maybe get the female in focus as well. As always, you guys are kicking the poo poo out of me with your awesome photos. Very awesome stuff. But I am proud of my little poo poo I'm doing here.
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Mar 19, 2015 00:47
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Rotten Cookies posted:
Any manual focus birds in flight shots are awesome in my book. Couple more for today before I take a break.  Reddish Egret by justincook5376, on Flickr Little Blue Heron by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 19, 2015 00:55
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The February issue of Birding finally arrived, and there's my photo taking up a half-page in the new member's showcase feature: :iamafag:
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Mar 19, 2015 01:24
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Kenshin posted:The February issue of Birding finally arrived, and there's my photo taking up a half-page in the new member's showcase feature: Congrats! Did they pay you or do you just get credit?
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Mar 19, 2015 01:59
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Just credit, they had an open call for submissions back in November and choose the 20ish they liked most. 
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Mar 19, 2015 02:07
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i was in BC a few weekends ago, taking pictures of birds and things, and avoiding the brutal February weather in Ontario. I've been learning how to use a telephoto lens, and finally hit on some repeatable technique that weekend. I prefer to shoot in full manual, and I don't fully trust the auto focus on my camera yet. Wood Duck by kingdugga, on FlickrMallard Photobomb  Mr. & Mrs. Wood Duck by kingdugga, on Flickr Spotted Towhee by kingdugga, on Flickr Lesser Scaup by kingdugga, on FlickrNictitating Membrane in action  Sandhill Crane by kingdugga, on FlickrThere was a small pod of these guys looking for people giving handouts and yodelling to their mates once they found some. One lady tried to hand feed one. "Ouch" was what I heard. These were all taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary in southern BC. It's practically a petting zoo for wild birds...err... Mallards. Most of the birds there don't mind people at all, even if they aren't interested in them as a potential source of food. It's still cool though, you can get a lot closer to birds that you wouldn't otherwise be able to (like Scaup, who usually seem to float a lot further out in a lake).
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Mar 19, 2015 23:15
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I think that's the refuge I went to when I was in Vancouver a couple of years ago. I remember thinking how wrong it was to be that close to a bird that big with that long of a beak. Breeding has started on at least one of our sage-grouse leks. It's pretty nuts right now.  Cottontail Top Territory 1981 on Flickrjuvie male keeping his distance from the scrum  I want to go to there 1980 on Flickr Cottontail Top Territory wide 1982 on Flickrwith close-up crop (too dark I'm realizing)  Male sage-grouse airborne 1983 on FlickrBonus pic: Nothing says clean like standing on some poo poo then rubbing your foot all over your face  Horned Lark Scratching 1985 on Flickr
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Mar 20, 2015 04:44
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More Florida Birds. Brown Pelican by justincook5376, on Flickr TriColored Hello by justincook5376, on FlickrIt's cool seeing a bird in the wild that you've only ever seen in a zoo. Here is a pink velociraptor:  Roseate Spoonbill by justincook5376, on FlickrHere is a guy I hope to see migrating through the northeast within a couple of weeks:  Palm Warbler by justincook5376, on FlickrI think this Osprey has a Needlefish, but I'm not sure if thats exactly right.  Osprey Fish by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/123734945@N08/]justincook5376[/url], on Flickr  Osprey by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 20, 2015 12:42
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There has been a brief and unexpected burst of sunshine this morning (well, through thin clouds until the thicker ones cover us up again) and I found a red-breasted nuthatch hollowing out a nest cavity in a tree behind my apartment building. I'm very impressed with the D7200 so far even though I've hardly had a chance to use it, but quite frustrated with how bad Capture NX-D is (which I have to use until Adobe adds the D7200 to Adobe Camera RAW) including how bad its jpeg export is (even with settings on 100) so I'm exporting full-resolution to TIF and then using another program to resize and convert to jpeg.  Here's the female nuthatch. She's got quite a hole dug so far but is still going; occasionally I'd get a frame with a few tree fibers in her beak which she'd promptly drop. She was keeping a sharp lookout for her own safety so her head would go in the hole, back out to drop fibers, look around, then back in. ISO 2000, f/8, 1/2500s, 600mm. Moderate crop to around 65% of the original frame. If I were using Lightroom this would look a lot better.  A few more because oh my god you guys the autofocus on this camera is so good and fast and accurate. I endured Capture NX-D to bring you these.     
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Mar 21, 2015 18:24
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Nice shots. What kind of hawk is that? More Florida spam: This guy waswide awake and hunting during the day for his nearby family. Didn't get to see the mom or little ones though:  Barred Owl by justincook5376, on Flickr Barred Owl by justincook5376, on FlickrWood Storks are pretty cool. We they feed they do this weird scraping motion on the water with their feet. I haven't lookedup what the purpose of it is yet, but I assume it's to clear the way to get to the food at the bottom.  Wood Stork Eating by justincook5376, on Flickr Wood Stork by justincook5376, on FlickrSapsucker:  Yellow Bellied Sapsucker by justincook5376, on FlickrPretty sure this is a Carolina Wren.  Carolina Wren by justincook5376, on FlickrBoat Tailed Grackle:  Boat Tail Profile by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 21, 2015 22:43
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TheMirage posted:Nice shots. What kind of hawk is that? Love those owl and stork shots.
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Mar 22, 2015 00:41
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 There is a fairywren harem in my backyard. Old mate has 4 females on the go. They're so small so I had to crop this pretty heavily. Ignore the next door neighbor's roof in the background there.
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Mar 22, 2015 02:31
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You've been posting some great stuff lately, TheMirage. Keep it up. Most of the Great Blue Herons around me are really camera-shy, but the one that arrived in the McDaniel Slough tidal wetlands last year sometimes lets me hang out nearby if I'm quiet and still. It was fishing by the mouth of the slough yesterday afternoon.  gbh-strike by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  gbh-floof by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  gbh-strike2 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr After a bit, the one from Arcata Marsh that's a total rear end in a top hat to other Great Blue Herons showed up and chased it away.  gbh-showdown by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Marsh Wren  marsh-wren-yell by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Long-billed Curlew  curlew-flight by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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Mar 22, 2015 23:14
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The Red Shouldered Hawks encountered down there seems much smaller than the ones I've seen up north. Maybe they were young, but they looks like full adult plumage to me. I must have seen 20 of them and they were all kind of small, not sure if there is a reason. Here is one: *edit: looked it up apparently south Florida hawks are know to be more compact. Red Shouldered Hawk by justincook5376, on FlickrThere were many Opsrey nests on the southwestern edge of the Everglades near the bay area. Took this picture and didn't realize there was a baby in the nest until I was going through the pics. So cute:  Osprey Momma by justincook5376, on FlickrPurple Gallinues have some attractive feathers.  Purple Gallinue by justincook5376, on Flickr Purple Gallinue by justincook5376, on FlickrCormorant Eyes are also quite attractive.  Cormorant Profile by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 23, 2015 01:35
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You guys just don't have the guts to shoot up close with these raptors.  Vanessa by torgeaux, on Flickr Depth of Focus by torgeaux, on Flickr
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Mar 24, 2015 23:55
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poo poo's terrifying.
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Mar 25, 2015 00:26
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Did someone say raptor close ups? Not quite that close. Vulture Profile by justincook5376, on FlickrSome others:  Loggerhead Shrike by justincook5376, on Flickr Sandhill Crane by justincook5376, on Flickr Pie Billed Grebe by justincook5376, on Flickr Pie Billed Pair by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 25, 2015 03:01
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TheMirage posted:Did someone say raptor close ups? Not quite that close. Nice, but. . . every bird below your raptor is facing and traveling left to right. It's funny the things that you notice.
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Mar 25, 2015 03:15
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Oh man, that shrike photo. Dude you are churning out gold lately.
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Mar 25, 2015 04:49
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Couple of shots from the yard today: Western Scrub-Jay  Northern Mockingbird
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Mar 25, 2015 07:17
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Feral bird edition: Egyptian Goose by justincook5376, on Flickr Egyptia nGoose Profile by justincook5376, on FlickrBabies!  Egyptian Goslings by justincook5376, on Flickr Muscovy Duck by justincook5376, on FlickrHe just wanted to get laid:  Peacock by justincook5376, on Flickr Peacocking by justincook5376, on FlickrShe wanted nothing to do with him  Peahen by justincook5376, on FlickrThese guys are the only birds i had trouble with on the whole trip. They chased me, the goslings, and any other bird remotely near it away. Then the roamed around looking for trouble. Feral Chinese Geese:  Chinese Geese by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Mar 25, 2015 21:40
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I just got back from Southern California. I didn't take a ton of photos, but I did a ton of birding and ended up with fifteen new life birds.  Black-Throated Sparrow 1 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Black-Throated Sparrow 2 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr I have a couple dozen photos of two Burrowing Owls that I shot from 20ft away through my open car window. None of them are sharp. I'm not sure if I just didn't focus right or if the heat waves caused by the mix of AC cooled air and outside air messed them up  Salton Sea Burrowing Owl by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  Pissed off Allen's by beastofexmoor, on Flickr Hooded Oriole 2 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr I did a butchered attempt on cloning out the twig in this photo in Lightroom. I could probably do a lot better job in Photoshop when I have some more time.  California Thrasher 2 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr  California Thrasher 1 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr Edit: I also just placed an order for the Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary from B&H which apparently is now shipping. I'm hoping it's better than the Tamron, which I've heard mixed things about, but I guess we'll see. Now I just need to sell my 100-400mm Mark1. BeastOfExmoor fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Mar 26, 2015 23:33
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^^^ Awesome shots, especially that Oriole! How long did you have to wait for the Thrasher to pop out? On my last trip to California, I could hear them all over the place, but I only had a brief glimpse of one and it was behind a branch.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:07
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Bubbacub posted:^^^ Awesome shots, especially that Oriole! How long did you have to wait for the Thrasher to pop out? On my last trip to California, I could hear them all over the place, but I only had a brief glimpse of one and it was behind a branch. Funny story about that. Although I don't have post worth photos of them I found Le Conte's and Crissal Thrashers in Borrego Springs (eastern San Diego County) the week prior. These are both considered pretty hard to find birds and I was really lucky to get both of them relatively easily. California Thrasher is supposed to be relatively easy to find and I was surprised i hadn't stumbled into one on prior California trips. I had two days to bird Orange and San Diego counties. The first day I half-heartedly looked for them with no luck, but the second they were basically my top priority. I even ran into a guy who gave me the old stand here and play a recording, but no luck. Finally I ran out of spots to check an hour before I had to be to the airport. I pulled out my phone and drove to the closest patch of green I could find. It turned out to be a bustling suburban park complete with tennis, baseball, and basketball games going on and not much habitat of any kind. I grabbed the last parking spot, sighed and walked to a small patch of bushes at the edge of the lawn where some kids were playing soccer literally twenty feet away. I pulled out my phone and went to hit the California Thrasher song and heard it loud and clear. Too loud and clear, actually. I hadn't hit the button yet. I looked up and the California Thrasher was singing ten feet in front of me completely unprovoked. Thanks for the compliments on the Oriole shot. I wasn't that fond of it on first look, since I knew the conditions sucked (bird high in a tree with harsh lighting), but on second look it's not that bad. I saw Scott's, Bullock's, and Hooded Oriole's on this trip and I'll be in Texas next month where I should see Orchard, Baltimore, Altamira and hopefully Audobon's Oriole's. I'm pretty stoked.
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Don't think I've ever posted this here, from ages ago but slipped through the cracks somehow.
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