Bird ID Pt. IV

[paulnj]

Yup Canada goose it is. Though illegal to do on purpose, run it over .

I didn't say that though ;)

[paulnj]

Four hours and a grand total of 18 shots later, this is about all I got. It was nice to be out of the house tho. I did see a few RT Hawks, and Coopers Hawk (I think), and a kestral having lunch on a power line and a few other birds, but that was about it for wildlife...

That sounds about right for january

decent sized flock of turkey there Mike!

[mjs1973]

That sounds about right for january

decent sized flock of turkey there Mike!

Yeah, and this was the small group. There was a much larger group a few miles down the road, but took off running as soon as I started to slow down.

[lightleak]

I was up at 5:30 this morning just messing around the house due the the weather being so crappy this weekend. It's been in the mid to upper 30's and raining all weekend... been a strange January, weather wise. Anyway, I was going stir grazy from being in the house all weekend so I jumped in the truck around noon and went for a ride. Four hours and a grand total of 18 shots later, this is about all I got. It was nice to be out of the house tho. I did see a few RT Hawks, and Coopers Hawk (I think), and a kestral having lunch on a power line and a few other birds, but that was about it for wildlife...

Michael,
I love that shot of all those drum sticks! After looking at it for a few minutes I suddenly got very hungry. Nice pic.

[Lava Lamp]

Yup Canada goose it is. Though illegal to do on purpose, run it over .

I didn't say that though ;)

Is a Canada goose good eatin'?

I played golf yesterday and saw birds everywhere: ahninga, hooded meganser, osprey, pileated woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, snowy egret, white ibis, wood duck, a wood stork, and even a pelican, which I'd never seen on a freshwater lake before. Golf course birds don't seem to fear people. The wood stork was close enough to pet at one point ('though I didn't.)

[mjs1973]

I had a post like this in the ID 2.5 thread. At first I thought this was a Downy, but the beak looks longer so I'm thinking it's a Hairy.

I'm sticking with hairy but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[paulnj]

Yes that's a female hairy alright!

[Lava Lamp]

Prolly my best shot yet of this bird...

[Lava Lamp]

Only seen a wild one like this a few times...

[Lava Lamp]

Breeding, right?

[paulnj]

Great images LL and the great egret is GOING INTO breeding plumage. The lores are starting to change ;)

Here is one from last friday. It's a common loon that was hunting crabs on an inlet. I still have another 172 images of it to go through, so I am sure I have better ;)

Tomorrow I am going northern shrike hunting ... wish me luck(I will need it )at finally finding one after 4 years of looking!

[Knight]

University of McGill raised 7 Northern Shrike`s to try an reintreduce them into the Outaouais Valley last summer . They used to be abundant in the St-Lawrence Valley and reproduced there , but since 1996 not one breading couple has been spotted

[Lava Lamp]

Good luck. I haven't reached he hunting stage yet. I sort of wander around in the woods and waterways and find stuff. Here's another of the spoonbill...

[Knight]

Good Capture LL

[paulnj]

Well.... I found a adult northern shrike day, but he wasn't cooperating. I did get an quick image through the scope at 30 and 2x on the handheld camera . not too sharp though ;)

[jfelbab]

I snapped a bunch of these at my Cape Coral home today. I have no clue what they are but they were pretty calm and allowed me to approach quite close. Guess I need a bird ID book for this area.

[paulnj]

Jim , these are young white ibises.

When I got the alert to your post, I read Cape Coral and was expecting to see a burrowing owl. Cape Coral is known for the easy to locate burrowing owls in empty lots, on street corners and even nesting under driveways and using a mailbox as a perch ;)

My GF's grandmother lives on Coranado pkwy I do believe, and I found 5 different sites within a 1/4 mile of her house. That was 5 years ago though.

[jfelbab]

Jim , these are young white ibises.

When I got the alert to your post, I read Cape Coral and was expecting to see a burrowing owl. Cape Coral is known for the easy to locate burrowing owls in empty lots, on street corners and even nesting under driveways and using a mailbox as a perch ;)

My GF's grandmother lives on Coranado pkwy I do believe, and I found 5 different sites within a 1/4 mile of her house. That was 5 years ago though.

Thanks for the quick reply, Paul. I have been on the lookout for the owls but haven't seen a single one so far. I'll be heading off to do a more detailed search soon.

[paulnj]

Actually, she lives on Eldorado a few blocks off of Coronado. I know that an easy pair to find has moved as of last year, or so my GF said.(she is a non birder though). That area and the golf course should yield atleast one!

My GF is heading down there in march. So if you haven't found one by then, I'll have her find one and we will get you an address ;)

[Lava Lamp]

I've posted one or two bad pics of this bird in earlier ID threads. This one -- though flawed -- is my best yet. They live in deep scrub and its hard ot get any kind of shot (at least for me.)

[Lava Lamp]

Not a prize-winning photo,. but the first time I've seen one of these. Taken today.

[paulnj]

LL.... you need to learn to "pish" . In other words , you need to learn to do the tufted titmouse distress call. That works every time on catbirds. So does a high pitched squeek or just plain mimicing the catbird.

These two images are not bad at all considering the lighting and hidden subject!

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bi...shing.html#see

[mjs1973]

I took this today. I haven't posted anything here for a while so I thought I would throw this one out there.

[Lava Lamp]

I took this today. I haven't posted anything here for a while so I thought I would throw this one out there.

Nice shot. I had one of these fly through my yard twice a few days ago, but faster than I could point the camera and focus.

[Lava Lamp]

We had some dicussion a while back on juvenile turkey vultures looking like black vultures. I think that's what we have going on here. There was a group of six in a tree in the rain today.