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

I love zoos, you can get close enough to the birds, and they have no where else to go! Have no idea what kind of birds they are though.

-Sarah

Found this guy outside of a target this morning.

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Originally Posted by Lava Lamp

Any suggestions on how to handle a shot like this without completely blowing out the background?

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Besides trying to get a different angle without sky in the backgound... got me :)

I usually start at +1.3 ev on birds with the sky as BG, then find the right comp for the sceen from there .

I guess you could always do one of the photoshop tricks like expose for the bird and expose for the sky.... them merge ;)

NOT MY DEAL THOUGH

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Originally Posted by paulnj

ah a juvenile green heron

well.... how was my ID of your zoo cuckoo ?

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Well I am going to have to check on that one cuz it seems right to me, but that bird was part of a small flock in an african rift exhibit. But you really do seem to have nailed it.

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Originally Posted by spangles

I love zoos, you can get close enough to the birds, and they have no where else to go! Have no idea what kind of birds they are though.

-Sarah

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roseate spoonbill and black-crowned nightheron

ah a juvenile green heron

well.... how was my ID of your zoo cuckoo ?

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Originally Posted by almo

Well I am going to have to check on that one cuz it seems right to me, but that bird was part of a small flock in an african rift exhibit. But you really do seem to have nailed it.

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I take that back. You are obviously right. I am going to have to call the zoo and ask why they would put a south american bird in an african aviary.

I could be wrong.... but it looks good to me :)

Just yer standard GBH. Taken this last week. He sure was purty!

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Originally Posted by paulnj

roseate spoonbill and black-crowned nightheron

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You know, I spotted my first black-crowned night heron not long ago, and this doesn't look like it at all. My Audubon book shows a different bird, one without a white stripe across the eyes. Is this one a female/juvenile? Also, I can't seem to find this bird in the book... :confused:

OOPS....

This shift change has made my brain think YELLOW and my hands type BLACK

It is infact a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHTHERON in adult plumage. I see atleast a dozen every year, with a few rare black-crowned sitings in a few spots where they nest.

Another one for you Paul, I shot this one yesterday 7/30 . I think I have the bird figured out but both bird books I have say this is a winter bird for NJ.

Mike

Did not have a Polariser :( did not have a Tcon :( and it was in full sun :(

Got him in full flight also but im to mad to post it , its neck and head are not in focus :(

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Originally Posted by Mike T

Another one for you Paul, I shot this one yesterday 7/30 . I think I have the bird figured out but both bird books I have say this is a winter bird for NJ.

Mike

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Mike these are infact "winter range " birds, but commom mergansers do infact nest in northern NJ somewhat fequently( can be expected, but hard to find )

These are this years young too ;)

Do you really think I haven't done worse... THIS SUMMER ;) Not EVERY frame can be a winner, but you got the GBH image to prove you had seen it :)

Here's one for you to ID, Paul. A common bird to so. Cal but somewhat of a tricky angle. The stripe behind the eye should help you.

From the looks of it is infact not the more commom chipping sparrow, but a juvenile white crowned sparrow , but you are right... THIS is a very HARD image to ID. I assure you if you gave this image to 8 EXPERTS, not all would agree ;)

It looks house sparrow in nature, but the eye stripe is to defined

This is getting to be a long thread, but here's another bird to make it longer. I shot this one also saturday evening 7/30, these little yellow warbler birds give me the hardest time IDing.

Mike

OH this is a great bird to study!! YOUNG prairie warblers look VERY close to this and are common in NJ as breeders :) Right now the first wave of northern migrants is just starting to arrive.

What you have here is a first winter MAGNOLIA warbler !!!

WHITE under tail coverts with a black tip to the tail ;)

Ok I know you are getting tired of me posting LBJ's that look like every other chick in the nest, but hey, if it ain't a challenge then what's the point huh? :p


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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 not-so-challenging one, but tell me, Swami...

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Originally Posted by Lava Lamp

Here's another not-so-challenging one, but tell me, Swami...

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Same bird, differnt pose.

BETTER images than I have taken(outside Florida that is) of a green heron

I want this thread to break the record for posts and views :)

actually I AM NOT GETTING TIRED ;)

MOORHEN

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Originally Posted by paulnj

BETTER images than I have taken(outside Florida that is) of a green heron

I want this thread to break the record for posts and views :)

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Okay, here's another...