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Ostrage... no doubt Fraser

265 lbs... and yes Orange crowned... obviously my confirmation carries more... weight. Fraser

sandylee:The crop and focus is great Fraser!  Big distance!  Which lens (oh and camera) are you using?  (you have probably told us before....which I can't remember....) My mergs were incredibly skittish  (maybe cuz it was ''duck'' season here?)  This is a quick resize and crop...but the best I could do.....  I do ...

Taken Nov. 18, 09 SE of Phoenix. A long reach shot... but with the head profile and the kink in the head... Field ID is Lesser Scaup. Confirmations??? Fraser

Taken Nov 18, 09 SE of Phoenix. Canvasback is the field ID... Confirmations??? Fraser

sandylee:Great shot Fraser! I am so jealous...I got my first shot of these beauties a week or so ago....but they were too far away to be any good....WAH! Nice going! Thanks SandyLee... here is the full photo... which is equivalent to a 600 mm lens shot.  AND this is the lens that I just got back from Nikon repair shop... This shot is ...

nuissrf:200 photo'd species is impressive.  I'm at 111 and at least 10% of those are what you would call ''awful'' photos.  Congrats. Some of my shots of the birds are not that good.  The trick is to Bird More often... and shoot almost anything that moves.  Eventually you get better shots to replace the poor shots. Also it ...

By that I assume... a big Dearth of birds... is in my future... Fraser

This is Bird 200 for my Photo List.  And I creeped up on Matt's lead in the contest... Actually Matt lead me to the spot for the shot. Fraser

OK OK OK This bird is not suppose to be here... just green dots in Sibley's... BUT Taken Nov 18, 09 SE of Phoenix.... Hooded Merganser is my call... Confirmations??? Fraser