Here's another ID THREAD ;)

Took this one in this afternoon in the same spot as the one I posted yesterday.

Mike seriously, this image is amazing!!!

take a look here to see how amazing it is :)

http://www.missico.com/personal/tidb...d_bluebird.htm

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Originally Posted by mjs1973

Took this one in this afternoon in the same spot as the one I posted yesterday.

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That's a contest winner.

Thanks for the link Paul! Now if I could just figure out how to market this shot like the other Mike Smith did. :)

Thanks for the kind words Chunk!

I'm not possitive, but I think that little spot in it's mouthe is a bug. I took my eyes off of it for a second and when i looked up, it appeard to be munching on something.

You like that M.Smith link huh ;) I am serious about that image you have. Do what I should do...sell images ;)

Nothing really to post yet, but I was curious Paul how you market yours. Any tips?

I have only one tip... don't quit your day job ;)

I have many birding contacts and they like my images. I don't make hardly anything right now($1000 last year), but I have many images I SHOULD be pushing. I would say (with nature images) contact your local NWR's, audubon society, sierra club and so on. See if they are interested in using your images, or even hanging them with your contact info :)

I saw this from a distance yesterday. My first thought was a finch, but I'm not sure... This is the best shot I have of it, which isn't much...

Male goldfinch indeed and it's preening :)

Yellow bird, white rump,black forehead, black wings, black tail, white wingbar....

Is this bird sticking its tongue out at me ?
Mike

no, the beak is closed so it appears. As you can tell, the tufted titmouse has a black beak with a black patch above it. What you see(or atleast I do) is the tip of the beak.

here's a tufted titmouse image ;)

I don't think it's the tip of the beak, it could be part of what it was eating but I thought it also could be its tongue. Here is a cropped head shot.
Mike

Here's one I took thursday, I've seen these birds my last two times out.
Mike

Palm warbler.... ah spring is coming ;) Catching one perched isn"i easy and the tail wasn't going either :)

I think you may be right, because their tongue does look like that :)

Tricolored Blackbird or just a Redwing Blackbird or are they the same bird Paulnj :confused:

I would say tricolored blackbird, but I've never seen a one. It appears to have red and white on the wing and the bicolored variant of RWBB has red and yellow.

Theres quite a few of them around here , this is the only one that would stay still for a few seconds . Ill try and C if i cant get a photo of a tri and a bi next week. :)

As always even tough i dont say it often Thanks for the info HONORARY BOWHAY :)

The pleasure is definately all mine, but your welcome.

Do you understand "HONORARY BOWHAY" ?

That refers to the Bowhays on the bourd, as in Gene and Penny. They love me, I love them. They are honestly 2 off the most amazing people I have ever gotten to know.

To be honest i did not realy know lol, Figured it was a HONORARY Title of some kind :)

Ring-necked Ducks Male and Female:)

well, who knows?

I sold the use of this image(higher res) at this very size(2x2 at 300dpi), so that goes to prove that nearly anyone can ;)

Ok i need a hint here , this is a young bird right ? And the way its photographed do i have enough to ID it ?
On second tought im stumped but i think i have it norrowed down to 3 . Well my choices are these, some kind of Trush or Pipit or a young Robin just tell me if im hot or cold ? lol

Young bird indeed and you have the field marks to ID it, though the angle doesn't show the tail properly. Look at te field marks and ID points ;) Being that young, realise that it is still on breeding territory.This was taken near my house.

You are warm, but pipits don't look like that or breed anywhere near NJ ;)

Well i may have a ID here Young Brown Trasher would be my almost final answer lol . But tell me does the eye color in young birds change ?