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

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Originally Posted by julsoph

Tuna...what time of day did you take the pic of the owl?

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I took this a few years ago and I believe it was in the morning.

Tuna

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Originally Posted by Mike T

A couple shots from today, I think I have them both figured out. I have more problems with yellow birds and the second bird I know I've never seen it before but then I'm pretty new at this.

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Mike, if you seriously know what these are..... you are quite good!

let's start with #2

That is a louisiana waterthrush. They are much rarer this time of year, as they are early to arrive and leave. The differences between L. waterthrush and northern waterthrush are more suttle than most books discribe too. ADVANCED ID bird.

Now... your first bird is a very good study bird. It looks warbler like, has some finch qualities and oddly has a double wing bar ;)

The first is a FEMALE SCARLET TANAGER :D

female rubythroated hummingbird, killdeer and a house wren :)

Male house finch an very non typical looking western scrub jay and a OOF bluejay :)

These images were not bad at all(well maybe the blue jay was a little soft)

Nice !!!!!!!!!!

Finding a GH owl during day light hours is rare! I have only see a few that were in the open like that.

Great framing on this image too!

I actually go birding at 3am on my " lunch break" and 5:45 am on my last break . I then go birding at 45 MPH on my ride home. By the time 8am has rolled in, I have atleast 25 species ;)

But... all these western birds have saved me alot of airfare :D

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Originally Posted by paulnj

These images were not bad at all(well maybe the blue jay was a little soft)

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You're very polite but a terrible lier ;)

I'll see what I can get with my long glass out here in AZ fer ya!

Rick

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Originally Posted by paulnj

Mike, if you seriously know what these are..... you are quite good!

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Well I guess I'm half as good. I thought the yellow bird was a female Scarlet Tanager but the other bird I was thinking was an American Pipit. It looked close to the picture in my Sibley and it mentioned the bird bobbing its tail up and down which this bird was doing.

Mike

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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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Here's another one, Paul. Shot today. Not my best and not your hardest challenge, but let's keep it going...

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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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Here's another from today. Can I get an ID, please?

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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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For full credit here, the judges require the name of the bird AND OF THE FISH.

I tried today to get a picture of a western scrub jay for Paul and Almo, but instead I found these weird but colorful looking birds with antennae.

Wow schrackman!! Better alert Ken Kauffman to the new species of birds flitting around California! :D

AH yes.... waterthrushs (a type of warbler) ALWAYS bobs their tails

AMERICAN PIPIT is a LATE fall migrant and I have seen one and heard them 3 times. They can be found in open fields, beaches and coastally during migration.

http://www.dbg.org/

The desert botanical gardens is a GREAT place for birds, insects and plants!!!!! GO NOW, DRIVE FAST!!!!!!!!

TRICOLORED HERON.. DAMB I miss the south ;)

This is a sub adult reddish egret ;)

This is a bit of a challenge to say the least !

It is a going away shot, underexposed subject and I can't tell the thickness of the wings

With that said.....

It is holding it's wings like a OSPREY , but could very well be a young bald eagle mid flap holding the LARGE MOUTH BASS ;)

Ray..

Butterflies aren't my thing. While I do admire them and photograph them on occation, I can't ID them too well. The bottom one appears to be a swallowtail, but I have no clue about that other one.

GREAT IMAGES THOUGH

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Originally Posted by paulnj

This is a bit of a challenge to say the least !

It is a going away shot, underexposed subject and I can't tell the thickness of the wings

With that said.....

It is holding it's wings like a OSPREY , but could very well be a young bald eagle mid flap holding the LARGE MOUTH BASS ;)

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My first thought was an eagle, due to the span of it's wings. Ironic, since I always think of osprey's first when it comes to fishing birds of prey.

The large mouth bass is unmistakable though! That bird was going to be eating good!

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Originally Posted by paulnj

With that said.....could very well be a young bald eagle mid flap holding the LARGE MOUTH BASS ;)

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That was my guess too.

Butterfly ID:

#1 Lorquin's Admiral basilarchia lorquini
#2 Western Tiger Swallowtail papilio rutulius

Ah.. Admiral !!!

Here's another one for ya Paul!

green heron :)

OK, here's an old file of a perched redtailed hawk. I could edit this file much better now, but it isn't that important to me(I have hundreds of images of hawks unedited)

Ok Paul and Almo,

I finally got a shot of a western scrub Jay yesterday at lunch and will post it tomorrow, but I'm sad to say I RAN ONE OVER this morning on my way to work! :-( I surely thought the little bugger would get out of my way once he saw I was too close, but when I felt the "bump, bump", and saw feathers in the rear view mirror, I knew he was toast. What a way to start the day. Goodbye little scrub jay!!