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

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Originally Posted by paulnj

YOU are a funny guy..... all I have to go on with the first is BILL shape and possibly habit. Nearly all birds look like that BEFORE the feathers fully form and THE nest isn't visible(to me atleast)


out on a LIMB I will go with.....

1ST image...... may be a very young dove or mockingbird, but ONLY you could know!

2ND image looks like wood duck to me but most ducks look like that in downy feathers ;)

3RD appears to be MOORHEN , but may be a COOT. The chest would tell the EXACT ID :)

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Oh my friend you are good even when you arn't.

Moorhen

Muscovy

Moorhen

you do know that the first 2 were unfair right :) KEEP them coming none the less :)

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Originally Posted by paulnj

you do know that the first 2 were unfair right :) KEEP them coming none the less :)

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Unfair??? If a buncha blue eggs can pass as fair than a few chicks should be ok too...:p

How bout this one???

JUVENILE house sparrow.... your RED FACED MUSCOVYDUCK CHICKS are not a recognised species... they are feral domestic ducks :) I did consider them , since both chicks looked different ;) A wood duck looks just like that at a VERY young age judging by the 2 I seen a few years ago BALING out of a nest cavity :)

I don't remember if you've seen this image before.. I have a feeling you will roll your eyes at it and say, Aw c'mon, you can try harder than that! lol But I'll give it a shot anyway.

South FL, can't remember the season as they're all hot down here.

Ok 2 more for ya Paul...

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Originally Posted by Gabe

I don't remember if you've seen this image before.. I have a feeling you will roll your eyes at it and say, Aw c'mon, you can try harder than that! lol But I'll give it a shot anyway.

South FL, can't remember the season as they're all hot down here.

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appears to be a nesting green heron TRYING to hide..... sweet!!!!!!!!

your trying to trick me with an african bird huh ;) hammerkop

and your blue winged teal are nice :) We get them in winter .

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Originally Posted by paulnj

your trying to trick me with an african bird huh ;) hammerkop

and your blue winged teal are nice :) We get them in winter .

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Nice! You are good...:D

I TRY :)

I must admit though... some fall female warblers are very tough :) as are the "hummingbirds" of south/ central america and a vast majority of non US passerines ;)

KEEP THEM COMING! I have been editing images for Dukes estate for 2 days.... I only take a break to sleep, work and ID birds between HVAC guys giving me estimates on a NEW central air system since mine took a SH_T late last week(88 in my house with 95% humidity I bet)

Ok here is one I havn't a clue on.

What's this???

Malachite Sunbird in non breeding plumage ?????as in the plumage the males get right after the young are fledged as to not draw attention to the young :)

This is an educated guess , as I can't see the TAIL

Well I knew that heron wasn't about to stump ya, lol. So how about this one? The coolest-looking bird on earth, IMO. I believe they're from the Amazon forest.

Here's a little guy on the bird feeder in front of my house. Canon Rebel XT, Bigma @ 500mm ISO400 1/160 f6.3

BOATBILL or BOAT-BILLED HERON native to BRAZIL and the surrounding areas....

Yes that bill is quite a site huh, but a stone curlew is pretty high on the cool looking bird list also.

My apologies as I mistakenly said it was probably from the Amazon, and that might have misled you. It's actually a shoebill stork, similar in looks to the boatbill, but the shoebill is found in Africa - Uganda and Zambia, I think.

I photographed these about two months ago in the US. WIsh I had a better photo, but let's here your magic, Swami.

RIGHT YOU ARE! PURPLE/ GREY in color is the shoebill, while the boatbill is bicolored.

Between youramazon tip, my house being 92 degrees and humid as ???? and having gotten 7 hours of sleep since FRIDAY.......... oopsy :)

But have no fear, the central air is being replaced tomorrow :D and IA plan to see how cold it can get :)

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Originally Posted by paulnj

Liz suggested that I start a thread of BIRD images to see if I can ID them ;)

warning though US species are my forte' , so don't be suprised it I can't ID your images from asia ;) I will do my best to ID as close to the actual species as I can.

POST any image(good or bad) as long as there is some detail to the bird. TELL ME ... WHERE and WHEN also :)

HERE is a goose hybrid from may 5th 2003

It is a greater white fronted/ canada goose hybrid

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OK buddy, here ya go. First two are going to be tough due to the poor quality of the shots. These were taken a couple of years ago, and I didn't compensate for the backlighting. Taken in NC.

Third one it way too easy. You may consider it an insult, it's so easy.

Last one is a real tough one.

DARK HOODED PARAKEET... ID'd from "dark" face and RED tarsal feathers.

I found mine on Cape Coral FL (you found yours in S. FL I bet too)with yellow chevroned, monk, green and white winged parakeets.

They love nesting in palms :)

Well thought for #2100 I would toss you a few more birdies... ;)

OOOOOPS, I missed this oine somehow

Female house finch

BTW .... Just a tip

I used to shoot my feeder with a 80-200F2.8 on a film body using a cable release through a window.

PLENTY of people get publishable images while reading the morning paper just how I discribed ;)

How are you liking that 50-500 BTW? I have seen plenty of them hanging on PRO GEAR(F5, 1V-HS, 1D, D1X....) at zoos especially. That lens is a great all around lens for such a day trip!!

1 and 2 are BROWN HEADED NUTHATCH.... I have never crossed the delaware river to see one yet ;)

3 is a bridge falcon, better known as a ROCK PIDGEON(was formerly called rock dove)

4 is the common seed stealer you wise guy :)

gold finch, little blue heron, limpkin(thought they were darker though) and appears to be mourning doves over rock pidgeons , but I may be wrong.