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If by knowing the FOV of my glasses and the average wingspan of the bird in question, would I be able to get a reasonable estimate of distance away from me by using the following calculations ? Let's use a hypothetical FOV of 300 ft/1000 yds and a bird with a wingspan of 3 feet. If the bird fills my field of view, then I would estimate that he ...

wow ... time to go back through the photos and see if I can pick up on this subtlety.

Nice pics ; the wife and I finally got to see one at Bombay Hook recently ; we caught sight of one (and I got a few pics) at 2 different ponds in the refuge.

It's probably just ''their time'' to disappear for a while. That has been happening me with BHCs, grackles and RWBs. The cowbirds have already returned with a vengeance (dozens at a time filling up my tray feeder, fly-thru feeder, tube feeder and the ground below them). Not a grackle or RWB in sight, although now that I think about it, I did see 1 ...

I'll second that ; it took a couple of times before I figured them out ; they are great to watch in action

My vote goes there as well ... I went through the same ''what-is-it'' when they started showing up at Bombay Hook ...

I hope I don't get reincarnated as a bird, because as clumsy as I am, I won't last a day doing these type of maneuvers.

I'd vote for the starling ; head does not look right to me to be a juv RWB and the pried-open mouth searching the grass is classic starling behavior

If it was a turkey vulture, you'd have noticed the different coloring on the wings. How about a black vulture ? I know you said no other color, but could just the tips at the end of the wings been lighter and you'd not notice ?

I have been using a Canon SX10IS for about 3 months now and the only time I can say that I am disappointed with my shots are when I do something wrong. I'm still a noobie with it so I am still experimenting with things like EV, shutter speeds, ISO and other manual options, but for a camera that is under $400, has a 20x zoom (focal ...