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Bubbacub posted:This Red-tail was ripping the guts out of a chipmunk. neckbeard posted:
A few from this evening: Peregrine returning to its perch after a failed pass at some Green-winged Teals  peregrine-flyover by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Belted Kingfisher action  kingfisher-swooping by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  kingfisher-struggle by Redwood Planet, on Flickr At the end of the evening, a young Northern Harrier crested a bed of cattails right in front of me.  harrier-sunset by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Moon Potato fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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Oct 13, 2015 08:27
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Moon Potato posted:This is really fantastic. yeah poo poo.... took this shot at Pacific Northwest Raptors while it was pouring rain and just recall there being a sign saying Peregrine
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Oct 13, 2015 13:12
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neckbeard posted:yeah poo poo.... took this shot at Pacific Northwest Raptors while it was pouring rain and just recall there being a sign saying Peregrine I know they've got a gyrperegrine... maybe you're both right.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:01
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I sent them an email asking for confirmation, it's a Saker Falcon actually. They did have some other Sakers there, just much different morphs, which confused me.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:50
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Moon Potato posted:Belted Kingfisher action drat! How exactly does one get shots of a Kingfisher? I've never been able to get remotely close to one.
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Oct 13, 2015 19:12
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Bubbacub posted:drat! How exactly does one get shots of a Kingfisher? I've never been able to get remotely close to one. The rest are just too drat skittish without a hide, I think. Even the one that lives at the Ballard Locks here in Seattle (a place that gets a LOT of visitors constantly) spooks if you get within 50' of it.
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Oct 13, 2015 19:21
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Bubbacub posted:drat! How exactly does one get shots of a Kingfisher? I've never been able to get remotely close to one.
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Oct 13, 2015 21:05
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some more from The Raptors, it was raining really hard so they weren't able to do a flying demonstration, but got to see some of them up close indoors instead. Golden Eagles are massive, like the size of your average adult's torso Falcon in the rain by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Harris Hawk by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Bald Eagle by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Harris Hawk by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Bald Eagle by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr American Dipper by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Steller's Jay by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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Oct 14, 2015 04:28
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The portraits are really nice. The colors are fantastic for the conditions. Did you use a flash?
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Oct 15, 2015 03:54
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thanks, no flash, not sure how I lucked out on the lighting now that I think about it. Benefits of being up close and good light refraction from the light fog clouds? The Jay was in much heavier fog and taken from a lot further away
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Oct 15, 2015 04:34
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A few shots of some hummingbirds from my Costa Rica trip: Violet Sabrewing  White-bellied Mountain-gem  Black-bellied Hummingbird  Green Hermit  White-necked Jacobin  Long-billed Hermit  Scaly-breasted Hummingbird  neckbeard posted:
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Oct 18, 2015 23:05
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InternetJunky posted:A few shots of some hummingbirds from my Costa Rica trip: quote:White-bellied Mountain-gem These are my favorites, but they're all pretty drat good.
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Oct 19, 2015 01:29
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Any time I see InternetJunky post "A few shots" I flip down the blast shields on my brain so my mind only gets lightly blown away. Goddam amazing, man. You're entering those in every possible contest, right?
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Oct 19, 2015 04:13
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Sigh, now I want to go back to Central America even more.
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Oct 19, 2015 05:47
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Those are some awesome hummingbird shots. Those are also some awesome hawk, eagle, and falcon shots
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Oct 19, 2015 07:11
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Holy poo poo, InternetJunky. Kenshin posted:Sigh, now I want to go back to Central America even more.
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Oct 19, 2015 07:47
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White-tailed Kites fighting over hunting territory: kite-war by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Hooded Merganser eating a pipefish:  hoodie-pipefish by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Cinnamon Teals are returning to the marsh.  cinnamon-teal by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Great Blue Heron  gbh-impact by Redwood Planet, on Flickr A Northern Harrier retrieving a piece of a cached coot from the site of an earlier kill:  on-the-wing by Redwood Planet, on Flickr I got my first Wilson's Snipe photo, too. Normally I just see them as they're giving an alarm call and flying off.  snipe-walk by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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Oct 21, 2015 08:37
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Moon Potato posted:Hooded Merganser eating a pipefish: Outstanding. Nice to see the serrated bill, too. The German "Säger" (sawyer? cutter?) for mergus makes so much more sense than "merganser". Yeah, yeah, hoodies aren't mergus, shut up.
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Oct 21, 2015 16:33
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hey santa baby posted:Outstanding. Nice to see the serrated bill, too. The German "Säger" (sawyer? cutter?) for mergus makes so much more sense than "merganser". Yeah, yeah, hoodies aren't mergus, shut up. Could be worse, in the UK they call the common merganser a "goosander"
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Oct 22, 2015 02:32
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Linedance posted:Could be worse, in the UK they call the common merganser a "goosander" This evening, I had a juvenile Peregrine Falcon fly overhead while chewing pieces off of a sandpiper.  peregrine-sandpiper by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Moon Potato fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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Oct 22, 2015 06:10
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Thanks for the comments about my hummingbird shots. The hardest part is figuring out which to process, since I have over 5k shots that all look really similar. Here's a few more birds from Costa Rica: Chestnut-colored Woodpecker  Collard Aracari  Montezuma Oropendola  King Vulture  Mid-air Rumble  Moon Potato posted:Hooded Merganser eating a pipefish: Excellent series of shots! I love the detail on the Merganser and pipefish. Are you shooting from a kayak/boat or are you on your belly covered in duck poop? You're getting some great low angles. I had no idea harriers cached food. Is that a universal behaviour? I've watched a lot of harriers and have yet to see this (then again, the ones around here seem to ignore the coots).
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Oct 22, 2015 15:26
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That Chestnut-colored Woodpecker is a beautiful bird.InternetJunky posted:Excellent series of shots! I love the detail on the Merganser and pipefish. Are you shooting from a kayak/boat or are you on your belly covered in duck poop? You're getting some great low angles. quote:I had no idea harriers cached food. Is that a universal behaviour? I've watched a lot of harriers and have yet to see this (then again, the ones around here seem to ignore the coots).
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Oct 22, 2015 18:27
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The Tricolor heron with the injured leg is still around. Looks like it's healing up, although the exposed bone is still pretty gnarly: It was much worse a few weeks ago, when I didn't want to post the gross pictures of it. This Black-crested titmouse found a rival in my coworker's rearview mirror:  black-crested titmouse - wind up by S M, on Flickr black-crested titmouse - fast break by S M, on Flickr black-crested titmouse - power peck by S M, on Flickr
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Oct 23, 2015 02:45
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SMERSH Mouth posted:The Tricolor heron with the injured leg is still around. Looks like it's healing up, although the exposed bone is still pretty gnarly:  Here's a few more shots from the Peregrine Falcons I saw the other day. Another shot of the young female eating in mid-air:  peregrine-nibble by Redwood Planet, on Flickr The young male was zipping around over a freshwater marsh for a bit before taking off over the bay.  peregrine-male-juvi by Redwood Planet, on Flickr One of the parents glancing down toward a stretch of salt marsh before flying off toward some tidal wetlands where thousands of sandpipers gather  peregrine-parent by Redwood Planet, on Flickr A making GBS threads bird  skywriting by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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Oct 23, 2015 20:57
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Holy poo poo, you guys have been posting a lot of amazing stuff lately. Moon Potato posted:A making GBS threads bird  
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Oct 23, 2015 22:06
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t-t-t-tubenose:
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Oct 26, 2015 05:34
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This page...  Awesome shots guys!
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Oct 27, 2015 21:53
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The national wildlife refuge system has a photo contest going on, so I've been visiting the Humboldt Bay NWR. I'm really hoping to get up close to a hunting kestrel, but so far it's only been catching things in an area that's closed to public access. It came to perch near a trail for a bit, but only after the evening fog started to block out the sunlight. kestrel-twig by Redwood Planet, on Flickr I staked out a Northern Harrier's hunting grounds while waiting for the kestrel to come near a trail, and it paid off.  harrier-flyover2 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr There are some dead alder trees along the trail that look like they've seen a lot of woodpecker activity, and I finally found the culprit.  downy-woodpecker by Redwood Planet, on Flickr The Wilson's Snipes seem to like to feed in the same spot in the late afternoon, so I was able to get a shot of one with a bit more light on it.  snipe-undergrowth by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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Oct 27, 2015 23:35
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More Costa Rica shots: Purple-throated Mountain-Gem  Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  Flower Fight  Copper-headed Emerald  Green-crowed Brilliant  Green-crowed Brilliant  Blue-gray Tanager  Moon Potato posted:The national wildlife refuge system has a photo contest going on, so I've been visiting the Humboldt Bay NWR. I'm really hoping to get up close to a hunting kestrel, but so far it's only been catching things in an area that's closed to public access. It came to perch near a trail for a bit, but only after the evening fog started to block out the sunlight. quote:The Wilson's Snipes seem to like to feed in the same spot in the late afternoon, so I was able to get a shot of one with a bit more light on it.
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Oct 28, 2015 16:12
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Holy smokes, another great round of hummingbird pics. This kestrel seemed pretty okay with having people nearby. I was just scooting along the edge of the trail with partial cover from shrubs to get close to it, and it didn't seem at all agitated by my presence. A couple other people walked by pretty close to its tree while I was watching it, and it didn't take off, so I think I've lucked out with a cooperative subject here. Next time I visit, I'll try to get permission from the refuge staff to go out by its hunting grounds and set up with a cloth blind for the afternoon. Sadly, the other kestrels I've found around Humboldt Bay so far this fall will have nothing to do with me and just take off into private farmland as soon as I think about pointing a lens at them. A few more from the refuge: Yellow-rumped Warbler  warbler-twig by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Black Phoebe  phoebe-twig by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Willet eating a crab  willet-crab by Redwood Planet, on Flickr And one more of the American Kestrel  kestrel-takeoff by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Moon Potato fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Oct 28, 2015 |
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Oct 28, 2015 18:53
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I've encountered American Kestrels that were OK with me and my camera, as long as I stayed about 100m away. But it is absolutely true that they ramp up the minimum distance every time you get inside it. I have also met Kestrels that hosed right off when I got within a radius approximately equal to the orbital distance of Mars. Merlins, on the other hand, are pretty chill and I can get pretty close to them, if they're perched high enough up a tree that they don't see me as a threat. I watched a pair scream at each other one morning at my old apartment in Saskatoon, they were at opposite ends of the building's roof. Also, goddammit are you two knocking it out of the park.
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Oct 29, 2015 03:43
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Oh hey, are we talking about American Kestrels? American kestrel - male by S M, on Flickr American kestrel - female by S M, on FlickrI went driving out in the farmlands today, to see what kinds of raptors I could find up on the utility cables. My approach is: 1.) Spot bird 2.) Move in 3.) Pull over and pop up out of sunroof. That doesn't seem to trigger much more than a quizzical look from them, although even with 600mm's equivalent reach they're a little distant up on those cables. My greatest nemesis is still the Belted kingfisher. Edit: These were each taken in pretty different lighting, but I'm still getting the hang of counteracting the atrocious default color balance of Sony cameras SMERSH Mouth fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Oct 29, 2015 |
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Oct 29, 2015 20:16
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SMERSH Mouth posted:Oh hey, are we talking about American Kestrels? ExecuDork posted:I've encountered American Kestrels that were OK with me and my camera, as long as I stayed about 100m away. But it is absolutely true that they ramp up the minimum distance every time you get inside it. I have also met Kestrels that hosed right off when I got within a radius approximately equal to the orbital distance of Mars. Moon Potato posted:A few more from the refuge:
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Oct 29, 2015 23:21
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The secret is that they have to know you are there. If you try and sneak up on them, you will scare them off, because in their minds sneaky = predator. If they know you are there, and you move slowly but deliberately, you have a far better chance of getting close. I got quite good at it when I was a kid.
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Oct 30, 2015 09:42
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InternetJunky posted:I've got a family of merlin in my neighbourhood that is fine with people unless it's nesting time. Hopefully this year I catch one with my camera as it hunts the sparrows at my feeders. Kestrels I've given up on though. Do we have any Kestrels in Millwoods? I haven't seen any yet. Also, there's been a Peregrine hunting at the Grain Terminal this week, I'm going to head over on Sunday
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Oct 30, 2015 19:24
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neckbeard posted:Do we have any Kestrels in Millwoods? I haven't seen any yet. I was thinking of trying for the peregrine as well, but from what I understood it wasn't reliable in terms of when it was coming in.
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Oct 30, 2015 21:00
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:The secret is that they have to know you are there. If you try and sneak up on them, you will scare them off, because in their minds sneaky = predator. If they know you are there, and you move slowly but deliberately, you have a far better chance of getting close. The female American Kestrel at the wildlife refuge seems to be mostly staying away from the trails now, but a male has started hunting in the fields there. This guy won't let me get anywhere near him while he's perched, and he's hunting out in closed restoration areas, but he'll occasionally fly past the trails.  kestrel-mouse by Redwood Planet, on Flickr One of my neighborhood kites was hovering right by the road as I got off the freeway the other day, so I pulled over and grabbed my camera. Unfortunately, a cloud moved over the sun while it was happening, but after cruising around the field for a bit, it dove right in front of me.  diving-kite by Redwood Planet, on Flickr We have a Red-necked Grebe visiting Arcata Marsh right now. I've caught glimpses of them in the surf off the coast, but this is the first time I've been able to see one up close.  red-necked-grebe by Redwood Planet, on Flickr I was sitting on the levee next to a gathering of smelt, hoping that something would come to feed on them and within 15 minutes, nearly all the lake's grebes came by.  grebe-floatilla by Redwood Planet, on Flickr It turned out they were after the shrimp that live in the levee rather than the smelt.  eared-grebe-shrimp by Redwood Planet, on Flickr During a Peregrine Falcon stakeout, I had a flock of American Avocets land pretty close to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbddNo5TU54 Moon Potato fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Nov 2, 2015 |
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Nov 1, 2015 23:07
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Moon Potato posted:et[/url], on Flickr That's awesome
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 Magpie headshot by ASB, on Flickr Food by ASB, on Flickr Curious by ASB, on Flickr Showing off by ASB, on Flickr Taking Flight by ASB, on Flickr Collision course (with my head) by ASB, on FlickrHe flew centimeters from my head in the last one, scared the poo poo out of me. underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Nov 2, 2015 |
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