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wondering if your "little raven" might be one of these https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_chough
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my cat is norris posted:wondering if your "little raven" might be one of these I reckon it is, thanks!
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Sorbus posted:
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First time experimenting with Topaz Denoise/Gigapixel. Definitely need a little more practice with this but it seems like nice crutch for people lacking in skill and equipment. jpeg from TIFF after DeNoise and Gigapixel (~13mb)  Alvarado Park Red-shouldered topazfs-on Flickr("original") jpeg from RAW with minor edits (~16mb)  Alvarado Park Red-shouldered originalfs-1603 on Flickr
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marshmonkey posted:absolutely demolishing those berries Yeah apparently some birds just eat the seeds inside instead of swallowing the berries whole like waxwings and fieldfares.
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Golden Crowned Sparrow bath time!  Stumbled across this Great Horned Owl the other day and it was backlit as hell so I quickly futzed the exposure comp way to high and blew out that background but the owl came out well. Wish there wasn't a out of focus branch there in front of them, but still pretty happy with this.  Also spotted a Peregrine Falcon near the coast the other day just floating on the wind looking for a meal. 
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Jerm324 posted:
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oh hey, didn't know this thread existed. I visited the Faroe Islands last year and went puffin mad.   
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This jay was just sitting around, not caring about me or the nearby feeding spot. Eurasian Jay by Eero Vuorinen, on Flickr
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I spent about 3 hours hunting this little guy down here - it's a vagrant Tufted Titmouse - pretty rare to have hang around in some Toronto Suburb. It's funny - everyone that came around was specifically looking for it, it was really cool being able to see a bit of a community aspect as we all looked for the bird. 
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Slotducks posted:Absolutely loving the muted colours in those photos Thanks! They're very forgiving birds to photograph, very trusting. Allows you to take your time.   Also the village below the colony had some magnificent chickens 
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I love the puffins haha. I ran into a Merlin the other day, very uncommon round my parts only see them in winter.   
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Slotducks posted:I spent about 3 hours hunting this little guy down here - it's a vagrant Tufted Titmouse - pretty rare to have hang around in some Toronto Suburb. This is one of my favorite things about birding, when a common birdfeeder bird for me is an "all hands on deck" event for another spot. Meanwhile, plenty of birds that we go insane over during spring migration (warblers, etc.) summer in your neighborhood.
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bobmarleysghost posted:the crows flew away before a rainstorm passed through I got a kinda similar photo yesterday  Gyuto Foggy Raven Flight b&w-3687 on Flickr
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excellent work in this thread as always. here's a few of my choice shots from the last month or so: one of my mockingbird neighbors, probably my favorite birds in the neighborhood.  i had to zoom out on a hawk for the first time a couple weeks ago:  obligatory making GBS threads photo of the same hawk:  mallards approaching  a very chilly heron contemplating their decision to stay in maine for the winter  bobmarleysghost posted:pyf corvids  video clip
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There're are a couple of Virginia Rails trying to overwinter at a nearby NWR, where they're pretty common during the summer. I've never had any luck seeing them, but today they were out in the open very close to the path for at least 15 minutes.      
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A pair of pine grosbeaks were eating berries and didn't care about me at all so I stayed there for a while and took almost 900 pictures and actually likead a couple of them   Pine grosbeak by Eero Vuorinen, on Flickr Pine grosbeak by Eero Vuorinen, on Flickrbonus: drr drr drr! 
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We've had a belted kingfisher hanging around, but it's an urban environment and there's a very popular path along the river so he tends to keep his distance. After the snowstorm we grabbed our snowshoes and broke trail and managed to get close enough for some good shots.   And some people love spring migration, but my favorite time of year is Weird Duck Season.     EPICAC posted:Virginia Rails Gorgeous shots!
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bobmarleysghost posted:pyf corvids Ravens are terrifying when you just randomly stumble across one. They're so much bigger than I expect them to be. This guy was like the size of a loving turkey. 
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I always talk to them when I walk past because it's polite, and also they're the cleverest bird in an area with half a dozen other pretty clever bird species, so why cause any trouble for myself?BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:And some people love spring migration, but my favorite time of year is Weird Duck Season. I love all your weird ducks NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jan 30, 2022 |
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BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:We've had a belted kingfisher hanging around, but it's an urban environment and there's a very popular path along the river so he tends to keep his distance. After the snowstorm we grabbed our snowshoes and broke trail and managed to get close enough for some good shots. A belted kingfisher turned up as a vagrent in the UK (north of Liverpool/Manchester) at the tail of November and has largely stuck around. It's only the 4th time and it's hung around a lot longer than previous examples, so it's going to be one of those birds that gets talked about alot for decades. It did got awol for a while back it's reappeared in the last few days. https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/gallery.asp?SpeciesID=8340&L1=0&L2=&L3=&level=0&From=&To=&TakenFrom=&TakenTo=&PhotoBy=0
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Pablo Bluth posted:A lot of the time, busy urban locations are great for habituating birds to humans. Although photographers behaving differently from everyone can be enough for them to pick up on. I live in that area and that Belted Kingfisher is a big celebrity on the local wildlife facebook groups.
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jarlywarly posted:I live in that area and that Belted Kingfisher is a big celebrity on the local wildlife facebook groups.
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Pablo Bluth posted:If I lived locally, I'd be tempted to go see it, but I'm not going to hundreds of miles to see something that isn't a lifer, for what will almost certainly be average photos. I'll stick with hours waiting for a common kingfisher that doesn't turn up! Yeah twitching isn't for me, this bird is fairly elusive as well and the places where it was spotted were not easy to get to with muddy winter river banks. One for the dedicated/retired bird nerds.
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Finally found a burrowing owl in the wild! Was walking down a trail and looked into a pile of rocks and this guy was staring back at me.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Burrowing owl or little owl? While they look kinda similar, there's no little owls in California, so definitely a burrowing owl.
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Jerm324 posted:While they look kinda similar, there's no little owls in California, so definitely a burrowing owl.
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