Post Your Bird Images Here!!!!!!!

[SmartWombat]

Squirrel: bird feeder
Or perhaps bird food.
Are Grey squirrels a pest in the USA too?

If you could idenitfy this Golden Eagle from the head and feet, I'm impressed.

[Lava Lamp]

That expression on your face in the third one is priceless.

[Mike T]

Here's one I shot today. Hey Paul I'm not trying to be a wise guy posting these bad angle shots looking for ID's, it's that this is the best I took. This bird didn't stay around long I took two shots of what I think is the same bird ( shots are two seconds apart ) the back is a darker color and it looks like it may have a white bar on the wing.
Mike

[Lava Lamp]

I thought my other seagull pic was a little lame so I wnt to find some mor today. Still need IDs on the original one and these, swami...


Gull #1: 500mm f/16, 1/500, ISO 400





Gull #2: 500mm f/16, 1/500, ISO 400





Gull #3: 500mm f/16, 1/500, ISO 400



Gull #2: 200mm f/16, 1/1000, ISO 400

[paulnj]

NO SUCH THING AS A SEAGULL


Yes, it's a GULL

Adult ringbilled gull

[paulnj]

female house sparrow with an inca dove and a male downy woodpecker....

Thanks for joining in !

[paulnj]

Here's one I shot today. Hey Paul I'm not trying to be a wise guy posting these bad angle shots looking for ID's, it's that this is the best I took. This bird didn't stay around long I took two shots of what I think is the same bird ( shots are two seconds apart ) the back is a darker color and it looks like it may have a white bar on the wing.
Mike

Mike.... hard images are a big deal, though yours do make me think ;)

This image looks like a worn female american redstart to me. LONG tail , small bird(very emergetic, hence the 2 seconds)...... not too many birds like that besides gnatcatchers

[paulnj]

OK...... I will play your game ;)


(1st 2 are HARRIS HAWK.... one of the very few raptors that hunt in groups )

WRONG!!!! This is a buzzard of sorts! maybe a long legged buzzard?

3RD is one of my favorite falcons(besides gyrfalcon) and it's a laughing falcon

As the 4TH image.... It appears to be a sub-adult bald eagle(about 3 years old)

[Mike T]

Mike.... hard images are a big deal, though yours do make me think ;)

This image looks like a worn female american redstart to me. LONG tail , small bird(very emergetic, hence the 2 seconds)...... not too many birds like that besides gnatcatchers

Here is the only other shot I took of this bird, the bill in the first shot made me think Vireo. There have been a lot of Redstarts in this area.
Mike

[paulnj]

I can't ID the species..... but it is a buteo of sorts. Mostlikely one of your buzzard species

[paulnj]

these are laughing gulls

[paulnj]

got me!!!!

I will have to think about this one.

TIME FOR WORK

[SmartWombat]

That expression on your face in the third one is priceless.

There's lots more of those expressions.
He was amazingly light on his feet, after the hawk and buzzard.
Though he did need to be reminded of taxidermy when he refused to fly back to his post but wanted to be carried

[SmartWombat]

Harris Hawk - "the labrador of falconry"
Buzzard - he worked quite well (Brian)
Spectacled Owl - little lightweight (Bandit)
Bald Eagle - boy was that guy HEAVY (Archie)

"Dangerous" Brian was a little silly, perching on thin branches, or wires insted of stout branches and poles. But he was wonderful to fly, swooping low to the ground.

Bandit was a little tart. Just sat around looking cute and not wanting to work for it.
He flew about half a dozen times.

[SmartWombat]

Golden Eagle

They remove the tail from the food because the birds don't eat them.
Just shred them and make a terrible mess with the fur

[Lava Lamp]

...but somewhat common in zoos here, and I kinda like the picture.

[Lava Lamp]

Some more from this weekend with a D70 and Sigma 50-500mm mostly set at aperture priority and f/16 with ISO 400. I think I know what these are, but please confirm.

[drg]

Admittedly it is a Zoo picture. The bird wasn't real cooperative, but I liked the colors. I know generically what this one is by the way.

[paulnj]

Eastern Willet

[paulnj]

Well... 3 outta 4 isn't too shabby. When I edited the post, I was trying to change # 2

spectacled owl.. yeah ;) The head pattern to my dreary eyes looked like a falcon

Did you know that the biggest breeders of falconry birds( in the US) is in colorado. They breed gyrfalcon/ peregrine hybrids amoung others

I once seen an eagle owl flying around near the statue of liberty ;) The raptor trust(rehab) got it back to it's owner .

[paulnj]

I really don't know, but have seen them before.

I was thinking eclectus, then conure.... but still have no idea

[7_of_9]

Hi all, since I got my camera (about 3 months ago), I have been taking photos of birds. I just wanted to post a photo to add to the Bird Images Collection.

[7_of_9]

Me again. Just wanted to add another photo.
This one was taken on our farm.

[Liz]

You've been busy! I love these bird pictures. They are just great - so many birds I've never seen before, and so much great photography.

Keep it up!

Liz

but I call it the "Don King" bird.

[beetlejuice]

but I call it the "Don King" bird.