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I are majestic egret, really! That horn is weird, I've never noticed or seen it before (then again I haven't seen many white pelicans).
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Linedance posted:That horn is weird, I've never noticed or seen it before (then again I haven't seen many white pelicans). They're only horny during the breeding season. 
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Great owlet shots, Alpenglow and InternetJunky. I'm jealous - the only occupied raptor nests I've found this year are at the tops of very tall trees. I'm continuing to make regular visits to watch for Wood Duck nesting behavior at Sequoia Park. I saw a female take off into the trees a bit ago and found a tree cavity the was right in her flight path, but I didn't see any activity there when I came back and staked it out for the better part of an afternoon. During my last visit, the only Wood Ducks that left the pond ended up perching over 100 feet off the ground in a huge redwood, so I don't think there's a nest yet. Last year's ducklings emerged at the very end of June and were fully grown with time to spare before the fall migration, so I guess there's still time for nesting this summer. In the mean time, there's usually been at least one drake at a time on the pond to photograph.  duck-bath by Redwood Planet, on Flickr They've stocked Freshwater Lagoon with trout a few times over the last month, so I've been trying to get out and film/photograph the Ospreys as much as I can while they're all coming to feed at the same place.  osprey-takeoff (1) by Redwood Planet, on Flickr I set up a GoPro to capture a wide angle of the Ospreys diving, but both of them that dove near me ended up landing just outside of the frame. I'm still pretty pleased with what I was able to film on the long lens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HT9VDTZKtg A Great Blue Heron wandered too close to a Red-winged Blackbird's nest.  RWBB-GBH-combo by Redwood Planet, on Flickr GET THE gently caress OFF MY BEACH  blackbird-strut by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Some Spotted Sandpipers doing a courtship display while I was waiting for Osprey activity to pick up:  spotted-sandpipers by Redwood Planet, on Flickr White-tailed Kite:  kite-kiting by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Duckling wad:  duckling-cluster by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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I finally got a picture of an owl today! Several of you have been knocking things out of the park with owls (and everything else), so my efforts aren't quite at that level, but I had some help from an extremely agitated Robin. Sleepy Owl and Angry Robin by Martin Brummell, on FlickrFish Creek Park, Calgary, Alberta.
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ExecuDork, that is a Great Horned right? It looks very silver compared to the west coast ones.Moon Potato posted:
How can that blackbird fly with such giant cojones?  Love how the heron gets going with that lunatic on its back.Last bird photos from last weekend in Utah. One was taken in an aviary, see if you can guess which!  Lazuli Buntings everywhere, it was awesome.  
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Alpenglow posted:ExecuDork, that is a Great Horned right? It looks very silver compared to the west coast ones. The eagle shot is killer, aviary or not! The robins are right to freak out about that owl. I was in Montana a few years ago and saw a great horned that was plucking nestlings one at a time from a robin's nest to feed to its big fluffy babies.  adult_gho_montana 222 on Flickr owl_eating_robin 220 on Flickr 40-year-old-owl 219 on Flickr
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Alpenglow posted:ExecuDork, that is a Great Horned right? It looks very silver compared to the west coast ones. I thought so, too. I don't think it's a geographic-regional thing, I've seen GHOW in Saskatoon that were much more the typical brown colour. I've got photos of that owl somewhere, but I can't find them right now. Another look at that angry Robin  Angry Robin with worm by Martin Brummell, on FlickrAnd some closer shots of the GHOW - the colour of the feathers is an incredibly close match with the colour and pattern of the bark of the poplar tree the owl is trying to sleep in.  Sleepy Owl 1 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr Sleepy Owl 2 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrBetterLekNextTime posted:The robins are right to freak out about that owl.
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Keep the owls and owlets coming! I've had bad luck finding raptor activity lately, aside from the Ospreys. Nice. That's a great pose and I like how the contour of the out-of-focus log in the background follows the shape of the eagle's head. I saw my first Snowy Plover. The ones that remain on the Pacific coast to breed are extremely rare, so I just froze in place as soon as I realized what I was looking at and watched the little guy run around looking for flies in the dune plants. I took a ton of photos, but the heat coming off the sand was distorting the air so much that only a couple came out in focus.  snowy-plover by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Caspian Tern:  tern-closeup by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Mallard Ducklings fleeing from an otter that was hunting in their pond:  duckling-dash by Redwood Planet, on Flickr The mother was splashing around and quacking up a storm to distract the otter while her ducklings fled into the reeds.  mallard-mother by Redwood Planet, on Flickr A friend tipped me off about a Green Heron nest. The parents are still sitting on eggs, so I'm not going to try setting up with a blind for an extended stay yet. In the mean time, they seem fine with people walking by on the trail.  green-heron-nest by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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Love all the owls. The weather has started to get really beautiful here in Seattle, and just in time for lots of late springtime bird activity. Here's a few from Discovery Park on Monday (and one from this morning).  A lazuli bunting made a surprise appearance. They're not unknown here, but generally they don't come as far north-west as Seattle.  HAY GUYZ WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS THREAD (I imagine this house finch is yelling)  Northern flickers are even more conspicuous than usual  yum yum  young rufous hummingbird
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Baby hawk contemplating taking its first flight. BabyHawk.jpg by Tom Alberi, on Flickr
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Went out to find photography in suburban Kansas, came across a soaring bald eagle. Did not anticipate seeing one of these, so my 17-55mm was the only lens I had on hand. drat it. Untitled by Ryan Sees What, on Flickr  Untitled by Ryan Sees What, on Flickr
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A Barn Swallow feeding its newly-fledged chicks: Feeding fledglings by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  fledglings-begging2 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  feeding-fledglings2 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Some Yellow-breasted Chats have moved into Arcata Marsh.  yellow-breasted chat by Redwood Planet, on Flickr A pair of Ospreys have nested on a tower at Humboldt Bay's north spit. They're incubating eggs now, and switch off nest duties every so often. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHC5A7yqk7c
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Crossposting from Landscapes as I had no shortage of good photographic subjects on the weekend. Ridiculously un-afraid of people Crimson Rosella's abounded, much colour. This one is a juvenile by all the green feathers.   
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Beautiful shots! I love those barn swallows, and the rosella is just gorgeous. And cute.
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This thread is amazing. Sadly, all I can contribute is some boring backyard birding. https://flic.kr/p/HXf4qSIs this a peregrine falcon?  https://flic.kr/p/JnQkqFHad a group of these guys roll through last time it was close to 100 degrees. There seemed to be some fledglings in the group that were begging for food from some of the adults. I think there were ~15 individuals in the group.
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138 posted:This thread is amazing. Sadly, all I can contribute is some boring backyard birding.
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I thought owlet banding season was over but I got a couple of late opportunities recently. Great Grey  Long-eared   Moon Potato posted:A Barn Swallow feeding its newly-fledged chicks:
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Moon Potato posted:A Barn Swallow feeding its newly-fledged chicks: Feeding swallows are a loving goldmine for photos. Those are fantastic. I took this in Yellowstone a few years ago:  Tree Swallow Feeding Time1 by Josh, on FlickrThis is a garbage cell phone photo, but I was letting our dog out yesterday and followed the sound of upset songbirds to the hedge bordering our yard. Sure enough, this Western Screech-Owl was hanging out just trying to get some rest. They're tough to find around this area ever since Barred Owls moved in and started eating them.  Western Screech-Owl in the backyard. by Josh, on Flickr
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Made it out for a bit this week, having better luck with the lens now that i'm not trying to make it do things that most lenses cant do. Snack close up by Shrieking Muppet, on Flickr  Close up by Shrieking Muppet, on Flickr  Flying Geese by Shrieking Muppet, on Flickr  Green Heron by Shrieking Muppet, on Flickr
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So I ended up getting the Canon 100-400 II before my trip to Magee this year. So far I'm really enjoying this lens. Here's some choice shots of the warblers and other species I saw at Magee. I tried to embed the images but they were enormous, so here's a link.. http://imgur.com/a/1megw ntrepid fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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ntrepid posted:So I ended up getting the Canon 100-400 II before my trip to Magee this year. So far I'm really enjoying this lens. Here's some choice shots of the warblers and other species I saw at Magee. I tried to embed the images but they were enormous, so here's a link.. Getting your money's worth- those are great shots.
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Love the owlets, InternetJunky.BeastOfExmoor posted:Feeding swallows are a loving goldmine for photos. Those are fantastic. I took this in Yellowstone a few years ago: Edit: The fledglings are back in the nest for the night. I'll try to get some shots of them tomorrow morning. Edit2: These fledglings are a bit older than the last set, and the parents are trying to chase them away from the nest and make them hunt on their own now. One of Arcata Marsh's Great Blue Herons let me set up pretty close to it the other day, then walked right up in front of me to catch a couple sculpins.  The super camera-friendly egret that hunts in the same area has been gone a lot lately (it probably has a nest at the nearby rookery), but it made a visit to its favorite feeding spot this week.  bruce-neck by Redwood Planet, on Flickr An Osprey beginning a dive by flipping upside-down:  osprey-flip by Redwood Planet, on Flickr A Violet-green Swallow skimming for insects:  violet-green-splash by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Pelagic Cormorants greeting each other at their rookery on Patrick's Point:  pelagic-cormorants by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Moon Potato fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jun 26, 2016 |
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Another long-eared shot: neckbeard posted:
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InternetJunky posted:Another long-eared shot: LOL, looks like you forgot to lock the aspect ratio when you resized. Great photo.
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InternetJunky posted:Another long-eared shot: Were you out last week with the owl banders? Couple guys I know on Flickr were posting pics of this long-eared owl with the weird right eye
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neckbeard posted:Were you out last week with the owl banders? Couple guys I know on Flickr were posting pics of this long-eared owl with the weird right eye
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Nice ducklings, Fart Amplifier. Are those Black Terns in the middle shot?InternetJunky posted:I'm jealous you can get so close to herons, and even more jealous you can get everything in focus when they grab something. Poor fish seems to be crying out. There are a few Marsh Wren nests under construction in plain view right now. This little guy is carrying up cattail fluff and feathers to line the nest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcXBhk6QfnA
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I love watching him work.  That nest must be fluffy heaven.Those are some awfully nice duckling photos for a guy named Fart Amplifier. 
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I'm sorry if it's poor form to talk about gear here, but I'm having a dilemma with which lens to get for my 60D. It's a toss up between the 70-200 F4L IS and 70-300 F4-5.6L. I do enjoy wildlife/bird photography but I've been let down by the optics in my cheapo 50-200. The plan is to eventually to get the Sigma 150-600 to use at home, so the 70-200 or 70-300 will mostly be a travel lens. Is the 70-200 too short? The 70-300 too slow? I hate choosing lenses. 
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ijyt posted:I'm sorry if it's poor form to talk about gear here, but I'm having a dilemma with which lens to get for my 60D. It's a toss up between the 70-200 F4L IS and 70-300 F4-5.6L. I do enjoy wildlife/bird photography but I've been let down by the optics in my cheapo 50-200. I haven't used the 70-200 but I do have the 70-300L. It's not a real specialized birding lens, but it's fantastic as a general landscape/people/wildlife walk-around. IS is great. One thing to note is that it only takes some 3rd party TCs. I've been super-thrilled with mine, and don't find it redundant with the much larger 150-600.
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