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[JSPhoto]

1401....?

Nothing special, just one I like.... it was one of those few days I got up earlier than noon

[paulnj]

NICE image! .......

canada geese ;)

[Mike T]

This one is from July 31, I was looking through some past shots since the weather has been a bit wet to get out.
Mike

[paulnj]

fledgling sparrows are VERY hard! , but I think this is a song sparrow from the chest markings.

Wet you say..... I drove through 3 feet of water to get home last night..... the river crested 6 hours later I bet ;) I have 32 inch tires and my ranger sits VERY high for a stock truck(it came with 31.7 inch tires or 265/70/15). After hitting that "puddle" at 35 MPH(a good 300 feet of driving) , I had another 20-24 inch puddle with a acord , a elantra and a eclipse spider DEAD in the water in front of my road. I zig zagged through and called it a night ;)

[Chunk]

Wet you say..... I drove through 3 feet of water to get home last night..... the river crested 6 hours later I bet ;) I have 32 inch tires and my ranger sits VERY high for a stock truck(it came with 31.7 inch tires or 265/70/15). After hitting that "puddle" at 35 MPH(a good 300 feet of driving) , I had another 20-24 inch puddle with a acord , a elantra and a eclipse spider DEAD in the water in front of my road. I zig zagged through and called it a night ;)

Glad you made it home OK. It was nice along Fontana Lake in North Carolina where I took this shot. Have you had any of these in your bird thread yet? Sorry for the lack of detail, but it was handheld at 12x zoom from far away. Thank goodness for image stabalization.

[paulnj]

You go Chunk!

That is actually pretty close for a belted kingfisher. I have spent hours trying to photograph them with mediocre results. Besides finding a nest hole in the bank and waiting(in breeding season), they are very hard to get close to.

[mjs1973]

You go Chunk!

That is actually pretty close for a belted kingfisher. I have spent hours trying to photograph them with mediocre results. Besides finding a nest hole in the bank and waiting(in breeding season), they are very hard to get close to.

Hey, thanks to this thread, I knew that was a kingfisher!!!! Ok, I didn't know it was a BELTED kingfisher, but I did learn something!!!

Paul, have you ever heard of Stan Tekiela? I heard him on the radio talking about birds the other day. Looks like he has authored lots of birding field guides, as well as guides for mamals, amphibians and plants. He's also a wildlife photographer.

[Lava Lamp]

Been out a few times with no bird results. Saw two sandhill cranes off I4, but didn't have my camera.

[paulnj]

Between work and rain I haven't been out in over 2 weeks myself! MAYBE thursday(my next day off) will be productive?

I did see a young goshawk(very rare find) today while driving to work though

[paulnj]

No, I have never heard of him honestly, but It seems he wrote a book on NJ birds that I have never seen ANYWHERE.

Here is a quote from the site selling his NJ book.....

122 species
(only New Jersey birds!)


QUITE FUNNY, as I have seen 275+ species in NJ alone ;)

The world series of birding (24 hour birding contest on may 15th every year) has teams finding 220 species state wide in one day and teams getting 170 in a county alone!