Bird ID Pt. IV

[paulnj]

Here is a quick edit from my latest outing.

Red phase screech owl... Full frame at 400mm on a 1D too !!

I really can't post the good ones, since it's a paid job and I don't want to loose the in ;)

[Knight]

Superb Capture , it`s the first time i C one

[paulnj]

This is actually one that isn't going to the client. I have images of it looking every which way and a few that are really sharp. This file is a bit soft believe it or not ;)

The whites aren't blown in the original JPEG, but my quick white point adjustment blew an area.

I honestly have only printed ONE file ever, but plan to make a few of this owl ;)

[mjs1973]

Very nice pic Paul! I love seeing owls. I think it's because I see so few of them that it's always a treat when I find one.

Thanks for the comments in the other thread too everyone. I always have trouble with cardinals wanting to sit still long enuf to get a photo. This feeder is out in the country along a county road on someones private recreational land. I sat in my truck for a good 15 minutes before they came back once I pulled up. Later on I was driving around and had about a dozen or so fly in front of me. I'll be going back to that spot to sit for a while one of these days.

[mjs1973]

Not a new bird for the threads, but a new shot from today and I haven't posted any pics here for a while...

[jorgemonkey]

Here is one of the two birds that was hanging out in the parking lot of my apartment complex. This bird wouldn't move for anything! Cars would go right next to it, and the bird would just look at it and stand still. My guess is its a Canadian Goose, but I'm not too sure on that. So I'm postin here to get a Bird ID.

[mjs1973]

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...

[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.

[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

[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 ;)

[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

[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.

[paulnj]

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

I didn't say that though ;)

[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.)

[dadas115]

Nice Job Paul,

I would love to see one of these guys in real life. So far I have had a difficult time getting a decent shot of an Eastern screech owl of any color. So far my best effort was this one that is in Brent Ortego's hand just after being banded.

http://www.pbase.com/dadas115/image/51142233

Greg

[paulnj]

Cool shot!

We seem to have more red ones than grey, but I have seen plenty of both. Nocturnal calling works great and to be honest cadance is more important than actually sounding exactly like one ;)

We found over 40 screech on the CBC and this one relocated due to the lowland river flooding recently. It is actually 20 feet from a building.

Once you locate a roost they are a bit easy to get, but FINDING the roost/ nest/ hole is the hard part with owls. I am lucky enough to know were 3 are year round in my town, but I don't bother them for fear of the wrong person seeing me and alerting the mass onslaught of binos and cameras ;)

Close up anyone ??

[dadas115]

Another nice shot.

Here's one I took this weekend for a little ID fun.

Greg