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

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Originally Posted by paulnj

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!!

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I'll give the cable release a try. I think the remote works up to 20' away so I can give it a shot.
Love the 50-500. Great color, plenty sharp as far as I'm concerned. I've only had it a few weeks, but I got used to it pretty quick. It is heavy, but it is balanced well and not difficult, for me anyway, to carry around. I use it for pretty much everything outdoors.

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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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I just photographed this bird with my new Sigma 50-500 and I'm very pleased.

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Originally Posted by paulnj

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.

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You Limpkin is actually a juvi White Ibis, Eudocimus albus....:p

These are the best of my many many many efforts to shoot birds over the years. Birds are one my favorite subjects to shoot. I equate it with a golf swing in that it can be a very humbling experience but when you do connect it is very satisfying! There is nothing new here from me. I've posted all these at one time or another. I need to get out more and stalk dem birds!

Heron - Loxahatchie wildlife refuge, Florida about a year and a half ago.
Sea Gull - Swamp land in Lyndhurst N.J. about 3 years ago.
Bird on cup - Barbados about 12 years ago.
Swan - Some park in N.J. about 5 years ago.

Anyway, I've enjoyed this post. keep em coming and thanks for looking.

Joe

Awesome shots Joe!

Hi Joe,

These are awesome bird photos. So sharp with excellent color. Good composition too. I love the one stealing the lemon out of (your) glass. Great catch. ;)

I hope all is well with you. All is good in Paterson. :cool:

Liz

These guys were hot so i guess they were trying to catch a breeze :) Think there Vultures

Knight I don't see an image ;)

Joe, nice images there! The gull is a ring billed btw

pleased? I would be beyond pleased! WAY TO GO!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Lava Lamp

I just photographed this bird with my new Sigma 50-500 and I'm very pleased.

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As well you should be!

That is an awesome catch!!!!

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Originally Posted by paulnj

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 :)

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But of course. But since it's on the bird feeder, it must be a bird.

Though I think the technical name for it is the "bushytail grayback".

It is a flightless bird, though it has amazing leaping abilities. ;-)

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Originally Posted by joemags

These are the best of my many many many efforts to shoot birds over the years. Birds are one my favorite subjects to shoot. I equate it with a golf swing in that it can be a very humbling experience but when you do connect it is very satisfying! There is nothing new here from me. I've posted all these at one time or another. I need to get out more and stalk dem birds!

Heron - Loxahatchie wildlife refuge, Florida about a year and a half ago.
Sea Gull - Swamp land in Lyndhurst N.J. about 3 years ago.
Bird on cup - Barbados about 12 years ago.
Swan - Some park in N.J. about 5 years ago.

Anyway, I've enjoyed this post. keep em coming and thanks for looking.

Joe

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Great shots Joe!!!

What gear did you use for these?

Bird in Rocky Mountain National Park. Its common but I forget the name.

This is a yellow-billed magpie . I don't know where rocky mountain state park is, but they are found mostly on the california upper coast line. The black-billed magpies are found from alaska down through the mid western states :)

The magpie is from Rocky Mt. National Park, CO. The other two are both from SW Wisconin. I have posted these before.

1st year baldeagle, black-billed magpie, great grey owl

GREAT IMAGES

Sorry for the graininess...it was taken using a Kodak DX4330 P/S at 10x digital zoom...I caught this flock just south of Emporia, Kansas on the turnpike. Even with the graininess...the reflection is kind of neat...I have a couple I will post later of some I caught in flight.
Ken

YES the reflections on these great egrets is really cool. I have captured very few relection I was happy with(such as these)

Black throated blue warbler(male) from last september during migration.

A bit too bright , but......

another......

Migratory merlin shot on high island(near galveston) Texas last october

not my best merlin by far, but finding specific files on 4 HD's isn't easy ;)

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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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Taken in Nashville, North Carolina, on Mothers Day of this year.

For those familiar with NC, Nashville is near Rocky Mount and Wilson.

HAAAAAAAA

You thought you'd fool me by putting an image of a chipping sparrow between the house sparrow images :p

#3 is a chipping sparrow, the rest are house sparrows (an introduced european species)

Wow, so many excellent bird photos have been posted. I really love the nest of eggs. This should probably be a greeting card.

Paulnj, thanks for the ID on the gull.

Speed, all but the birdie on the cup were shot with my EOS 1V and Sigma 300mm 2.8 EX APO HSM (gotta be the longest lens model # ever). The one on the cup was with my then brand new Nikon 6006 with 75-300 zoom. I was having breakfast at an adjacent table when this little guy swooped in before the waiters could clear the table from the previous diners. I grabbed exactly this one shot and really laughed when I got the pics back. Anyway, thanks again for looking and thanks for all the great posts.

KKmike, thanks!

Liz, Thanks for your comments. We had a pretty good scare with Matthew over the last month or so. I'll probably pm you and give you the details. Nice to hear from you, take care.

Beautiful, beautiful bird pics, everyone...

Paul, the bird on the feeder...I want you to confirm what I think it is!
And then the mom & babies, I have no idea on the type. :)

Well the goose is a barheaded goose which is obviously an introducd(read pet) species. I do believe the wild population from which it originated is from INDIA ;)

Your young bird looks like a brown-headed cowbird to me