Bird Id Part Ii

[paulnj]

odd that it was gone.. I edited the image back into the post for you... now you have 2 mallards ;)

[Lava Lamp]

looks osprey to me by the way it holds it's wings ;)

This one will help. 1st time I've ever photgraphed a wild one. Very exciting day for me. Only havd him in view for about five seconds, though.

[paulnj]

killdeer

[paulnj]

haliaeetus leucocephalus !!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember my first wild one was a great feeling!!!!

No fair on the stooping eagle shot with a osprey look to the wings! The angle to the first makes the wings look narrower too!!!!

[Lava Lamp]

haliaeetus leucocephalus !!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember my first wild one was a great feeling!!!!

No fair on the stooping eagle shot with a osprey look to the wings! The angle to the first makes the wings look narrower too!!!!

Since you're the moderator, you can always delete your "mistake" .

Here's an Osprey I was very pleased with. I spent an hour or more each day this week out in the woods and was really pleased with some of what I got: Yellow-Rumped Warblers everywhere, Catbirds, Blue Jays, and Kingfishers I still can't catch for a good photo, Cardinals, Grebes, the Kildeer and Pilated Woodpecker nest you've seen, bunch of Egrets, several Tricolored Herons from about fifteen feet away, some racoons, and an unidentified toad. More to come.

[paulnj]

First ...... POST THE TOAD.... and tell us WHERE you live (state) as I don't remember.

Second wise guy.... I can EDIT any post , so I can PUT an osprey image there instead

[jfelbab]

This guy was mad that I took his favorite spot on the beach.

[paulnj]

It's a grackle of sorts, but whether it's a boat tailed or common grackle I can't tell for sufrom that angle. Boat tailed is my guess though.

[Lava Lamp]

First ...... POST THE TOAD.... and tell us WHERE you live (state) as I don't remember.

Second wise guy.... I can EDIT any post , so I can PUT an osprey image there instead

He's a Florida guy...

[mjs1973]

At first glance I assumed this was a Red Tailed hawk, but as I got closer, I noticed that the belly was pretty solid, no "belly band" on it. My next thought was a juvenile bald eagle since there is/was a nesting pair a few hundred yards up the valley. After zooming in on the pic in the computer, I'm thinking it's a Coopers Hawk...

I know this pic sucks, but can you give me a positive ID from it?

[paulnj]

At first glance I assumed this was a Red Tailed hawk, but as I got closer, I noticed that the belly was pretty solid, no "belly band" on it. My next thought was a juvenile bald eagle since there is/was a nesting pair a few hundred yards up the valley. After zooming in on the pic in the computer, I'm thinking it's a Coopers Hawk...

I know this pic sucks, but can you give me a positive ID from it?

wrong , wrong and... wrong

Hawks in flight are my forte! This is a juvenile northern harrier.

look at the wing structure, the uniformly colored body, the darker head(with the facial mask) , the tail and those longish legs. Harriers are grassland hunting raptors who hunt mice mostly. They flying low over the field and when they see a mouse they drop down on it.

[paulnj]

I can google it for you

http://www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/frogs/default.htm#

Can't figure it out though! MAYBE it's a marine toad? they are BIG , if not then HMMMM

[mjs1973]

wrong , wrong and... wrong

Hawks in flight are my forte! This is a juvenile northern harrier.

look at the wing structure, the uniformly colored body, the darker head(with the facial mask) , the tail and those longish legs. Harriers are grassland hunting raptors who hunt mice mostly. They flying low over the field and when they see a mouse they drop down on it.

Thanks for the ID Paul! I'll figure out some of these hawks sooner or later.

[paulnj]

With time you can only get better!

I must say that it is extremely heart warming to me to see that people are interested in the nature around them.

[Knight]

One from last Spring , only had a 2mp camera then . Maybe if i run Noise Ninja on it i could improve it . Hoping to C this guy again this winter.

Great Grey Owl.

This is from a file i had at work, Im gonna dig out the original camera file and give it a go with Photoshop.

[srobb]

With yime you can only get better!

I must say that it is extremely heart warming to me to see that people are interested in the nature around them.

Very much so, oh Great Bowhay. That will be my main stay on my photography once I can get going real good. Matter of fact, I just put National Geographic Book of Birds of North America on my Christmas list. Hope that is a good one to get.

On that note, here is one I took earlier this year at the Salato Wildlife Refuge.

[Lava Lamp]

...but you can never have enought bird posting, right?

[Knight]

Superb Capture Lava Lamp

[paulnj]

...but you can never have enought bird posting, right?

I never see enough tricolors!!!

[paulnj]

Very much so, oh Great Bowhay. That will be my main stay on my photography once I can get going real good. Matter of fact, I just put National Geographic Book of Birds of North America on my Christmas list. Hope that is a good one to get.

On that note, here is one I took earlier this year at the Salato Wildlife Refuge.

Nat Geo is a good book indeed. I would say every person who enjoys birds NEEDS a Sibley guide too!

That is one strange looking mallard there!

[paulnj]

One from last Spring , only had a 2mp camera then . Maybe if i run Noise Ninja on it i could improve it . Hoping to C this guy again this winter.

Great Grey Owl.

This is from a file i had at work, Im gonna dig out the original camera file and give it a go with Photoshop.

As I am sure you know, every year GGOW's migrate down to find food. Some years they MASS MIGRATE when the winters get harsh or food levels drindle.

[Lava Lamp]

I never see enough tricolors!!!

One more "environmental" photo with a little more context...

[Lava Lamp]

One from last Spring , only had a 2mp camera then . Maybe if i run Noise Ninja on it i could improve it . Hoping to C this guy again this winter.

Great Grey Owl.

This is from a file i had at work, Im gonna dig out the original camera file and give it a go with Photoshop.

Cool. I've only seen a wild owl three times and never, ever, this close.

[paulnj]

There ya go.

Hey PM me with your exact location in FL and I will see if I can find you some OWLS ;)

I know you can find BARRED and BURROWING in the ft meyers area(cork screw swamp has a barred and cape coral is LOADED with burrowing owls)