Photo sharing and discussion

FINALLY A MEMBER OF THE CEDAR WAXWING CLUB!!!!

Curlybird — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:25:09 GMT

I have to brag...I finally got my Cedar Waxwings!!!! I was at the place this morning and again on my lunch hour. I took about 100 pics but this is one of the better ones. Will have to go through them later, and I'll go back on the weekend to take more pics.

Thank you everybody who helped me in my Cedar Waxwing quest!!

Lunch

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:23 GMT

When Dord posted a picture of a yellow warbler with a caterpillar in its beak I thought of a theme that I could add to. Lunch. Hope to see some interesting morsels. This is an Abert's Towhee.

Young'uns - show yours!

Curlybird — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:51:24 GMT

Has there ever been a thread of young birds? I think it would be awesome to see all the different shots of little ones (babies and/or juveniles) - it might ALSO help people with ID's, mainly on water and shorebirds, as passerine babies are usually secluded until they are old enough to fly.

Here's one I took back in June of a young Black-Necked Stilt. I wish I would have gotten one even younger. Actually, I didn't even know it was a BN Stilt juvenile until someone else told me.

Shut yer yap!

cairnstone — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:55:07 GMT

I am the King and don't you forget it!

Very co-operative falcon!

Rarepony — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:03:42 GMT

I was thrilled to see this guy while my hunny and I where out the other day! I was even more thrilled when he allowed us to get REALLY REALLY close to him. I spent the next 20 min., just admirering the site of him!

No Cedar Waxwings yet but found a couple other "gems"

Curlybird — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:09:57 GMT

I was out 3 hours this morning in an area where CW's have been seen but still no luck

Anyway, I went over to a nearby park in the area and found a whole bunch of Wood Ducks, which I already have on my list but didn't have any females, and these shots are a little better than the previous ones. Still not great shots because the little buggers are so skittish!! They wouldn't let me get any closer!

FIGHT!

Matt — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:22:26 GMT

There is a lot of turf disputes, alpha male stuff, and general bad dispositions out there. I thought I would present a few and ask you to share. My favorite, these guys were at it for 10 minutes, took a break for water then started up again.

Hide and Seek

lyceel — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:02:21 GMT

I'm a branch. No, really. Nothing to see here. Move along...

Northern Mocker, sunroof shot

lyceel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:37:28 GMT

I'm definitely making sure my next car has a sunroof!

Red Headed Woodpecker

dukhntr85 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:10:01 GMT

Nikon d80 Nikon 300 F4 at ISO 100. Thanks for looking.

White Mallard

Rarepony — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:01:40 GMT

I couldn't believe what I found yesterday. I have seen many hybrid mallards and when I saw this one thats what I thought it was. HOWEVER, other than the color it was identical to the other mallards that it was with and he even had a "normal" female with him!

What do you think!

Parallel Universe birding

Matt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:50:28 GMT

A parallel universe helps to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. Birding there is a trip...

In Flight

raptrlvr — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:44:42 GMT

We got a fresh light blanket of snow last night which seemed to drive the birds away. Pretty windy so I went to the lake with the camera. Didn't see much, but, I got these shots of birds in flight. I was using the Nikon 300mm 2.8 with a Kenko converter. That lens weighs about 5 and 1/2 to 6 lbs by itself making it pretty difficult to handhold it and try to follow the flight and get a focus lock on the birds. Still its fun just to be out there. Not sure of what type of swallow this is. I think it might be a violet green.

Swallow 1/1250 f4 ISO 100

Great Blue Heron 1/2000 f4 ISO 100

Turkey vulture 1/200 f7.1 ISO 100

Bird on a fat wire

mj3151 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:57:35 GMT

Risking life and limb, I veered off on to the road shoulder once again with cars whizzing by, to dangle out the window and grab a couple shots of this Red-shouldered Hawk. I can't help myself, no matter how many of these guys I see.

Boyz (and girlz) in the hood.

cairnstone — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:42:50 GMT

Very tough birds to photograph I find (but not as tough as Common Mergansers and Goldeneyes).

Hooded Merganser drake. Today, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Wanted Posters

Matt — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:23:38 GMT

OK, so I am an illegal alien, looking sinister is not a chargeable offense.

New feeder

Matt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:03:28 GMT

Put up a new feeder this afternoon. Have to work on lighting and depth of field but happy that it didn't take long to get discovered. This Cactus Wren is fairly tame. It landed on the feeder just as I finished setting up my tripod.

Berry interesting.

cairnstone — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:41:03 GMT

Northern Mockingbird. Today. November 11, 2009. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Uncropped. Flash used. Missed getting the whole bird in the frame because it was too darn close at 400mm.

Male Downy

thekiwi — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:43:17 GMT

Shot this image with my Nikon D60 focial length 200mm f5.6 1/125 sec ISO 400. shot in raw resized in photoshop no cropping this is the full frame.

tufted titmouse?

jesedlak@optonline.net — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:55:07 GMT

woodpecker

jesedlak@optonline.net — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:58:16 GMT

downy, I think

Thanks for looking!.

White throated sparrow

jesedlak@optonline.net — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:54:12 GMT

Taken in my backyard.....

Thanks for looking!

A Pair

thekiwi — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:55:36 GMT

This might be interesting posting images of a male and female in the same shot

Here is a pair of house sparrows

My nuthatches

cairnstone — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:19:33 GMT

My nuthatches are getting a lot more active as the season changes and boy are they tame! I think I even caught it's dandruff (to the right).

Taken this afternoon. No crop. 200mm focal length.

Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Male and Female Northern Harrier Flight (s)

KingstonOntarioBirder — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:25:03 GMT

Ontario Canada

Male

Female