Fall 06 Bird ID Thread

Mike T · 09-03-2006, 07:38 PM

Wasn't sure if I should start a new thread or not since August is over and these birds were shot today 9/03. It was easier to add to this thread so here are a few from today.

Mike

Mike T · 09-03-2006, 07:52 PM

I didn't know there was a limit to pictures in a post, here's two more from today. The first one isn't the greatest but it is probably good enough for IDing. This bird was pretty high up and right above me. I had to lift the monopod off the ground to get this shot. The second one I popped up the flash to see what it would do, this bird was very close and it looks like it may have helped a bit. All six shots from Hyper Humus.

Mike

**paulnj** · 09-04-2006, 12:24 PM

That's a cooper's hawk(rounded tail) and shre birds are not my strong point, but I will go with least sandpiper.

**paulnj** · 09-04-2006, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike T

Wasn't sure if I should start a new thread or not since August is over and these birds were shot today 9/03. It was easier to add to this thread so here are a few from today.

Mike

New one started....

That is a willow flycatcher mostlikely(alders are rarer in NJ and look exactly alike)
song sparrow
northern waterthrush
young wood duck

Knight · 09-04-2006, 02:29 PM

ok these may be my worst images yet , lighting was bad rain everything was against me for these 2 and i cant ID them Paul . And i finally found a 400mm with a Tcon at a price my budget could handle.

**paulnj** · 09-04-2006, 02:38 PM

You came to the right place because raptors are easy for me

Ist is a merlin(appears to be a male)
2nd is a male northern harrier

Glad to here you found a long lens. I may just get a nikon digi and be a nikon/canon guy

Copy_Kot · 09-04-2006, 03:12 PM

Some kind of titmouse?

**paulnj** · 09-04-2006, 04:17 PM

TUFTED titmouse

Knight · 09-06-2006, 04:56 PM

Female Common Merganser`s did not have time to switch lenses for this one so it was taken with my 70-300mm with a 2X Tcon 1/500th iso 1000 Handheld.

**paulnj** · 09-06-2006, 05:38 PM

Actually these are Juvenile common mergansers... notice the stripe on the face. Thast plumage will fade within a month, rhen we can sex them

Knight · 09-06-2006, 05:52 PM

Ok got it now , i was wondering about the stripe , Well i got a 50/50 chance one is female lol.
Is there a book that would have juvenile photo`s birds ?
Bought myself a new camera bag today that will let me have my 400mm on my D50 in the bag

so ill be ready for a quick one almost all the time

**paulnj** · 09-06-2006, 05:58 PM

The Sibley guide to birds(thick with over 500 pages) shows alot of juvenile images, but not FLEDGLING plumage(first few week out of the nest).

What 400 did you get?

Knight · 09-06-2006, 06:22 PM

I picked up a used in new condition Sigma Apo 400mm with a Tamron 2X Tcon for $250.00 from a retired teacher that has about 15 Nikon primes

Mike T · 09-06-2006, 06:46 PM

Here's a couple more from sunday. I couldn't get any where near these birds and they never stopped flying so the pictures aren't to good. I passed a few people on my way in who were leaving and they told me to keep an eye out for these birds. Of course I had no clue what I was looking for but kind of figured these were the birds they told me about.
Mike

**paulnj** · 09-06-2006, 07:09 PM

These have to be 2 of the hundreds of black terns migrating down

I can't tell in the first, but the second looks like an odd dark, thin billed laughing gull.... BLACK TERN

Mike T · 09-07-2006, 03:35 PM

Here's a few from today, I went to a few places things were pretty slow.
Mike

Knight · 09-07-2006, 05:38 PM

Juvi something , i cant tell im in a slump here for ID`s

PS: Nice Captures MikeT

**paulnj** · 09-07-2006, 05:51 PM

warbling vireo
male scarlet tanager(non breeding plumage)
black throated green warbler(male)
young chestnut sided warbler

glad you have time to go out, I work 5-6 days a week outside sun up to sun down. I found a wilson's warbler last week in a customer's bush at 8 am, it had a canada warbler as a friend

**paulnj** · 09-07-2006, 05:55 PM

song sparrow

**Loupey** · 09-10-2006, 08:00 AM

I think this is a Carolina Wren? What's with that no-tail?

Mike T · 09-10-2006, 02:17 PM

Here's a few from todays walk. The third shot is pretty bad but it is the only one I got of that bird that shows its head.
Mike

Mike T · 09-10-2006, 04:26 PM

After looking at that bird in the third picture in my first post I thought it wasn't enough of an image to get an ID so here is another shot of that bird and a few more from today. I went out looking for Warblers and did get a few but things were pretty slow again. Seems lately I see birds in waves, a bunch all at once then a lot of nothing.
Mike