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2017: For the Birds and Bird lovers CAUTION LARGE PHOTOS
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Ok, here's some more then:
Seagull at Sunrise
Hummingbird
Egret
Pelican
Falcon (Peregrine I think...been a while since I shot it
)
Help me out - what kind is this?
Golden Eagle
Hawk (though I forget which species)
Snowy Egret
In flight - so majestic!
I love how my catchlight was caught in his/her eyes
Thanks for letting me share - these were sittin on a hard drive unshared with the world - I think my trigger finger is itching to get back into photography for some reason
Seagull at Sunrise
Hummingbird
Egret
Pelican
Falcon (Peregrine I think...been a while since I shot it
)
Help me out - what kind is this?
Golden Eagle
Hawk (though I forget which species)
Snowy Egret
In flight - so majestic!
I love how my catchlight was caught in his/her eyes
Thanks for letting me share - these were sittin on a hard drive unshared with the world - I think my trigger finger is itching to get back into photography for some reason
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I've just come back from bird-watching in Chile. And people asked, 'Did you see any Andean condors?'
We did. My word, we did.
Condor on a roof
Another condor on a roof
We did. My word, we did.
Condor on a roof
Another condor on a roof
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Sat Nam! (Literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)
Jason, on the previous page, you posted a couple of pics of a bird you thought might be a woodpecker. Looks to me like a Northern Flicker. They are classed with the woodpeckers and perch the same way, but they like foraging on the ground (lawns especially) even better.
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Jason, on the previous page, you posted a couple of pics of a bird you thought might be a woodpecker. Looks to me like a Northern Flicker. They are classed with the woodpeckers and perch the same way, but they like foraging on the ground (lawns especially) even better.
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
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I'd recommend Chile as a birdwatching and botanising destination. We saw the most amazing birds, plants and scenery from the Atacama Desert and altiplano up near Peru to the Valdivian rainforests and Araucaria woodlands in the south. We didn't get as far as Tierra del Fuego -- but that's on the list for next time!
https://explore.org/livecams/hummingbirds/bella-hummingbird-nest
Explore cams hummingbird nest cam: two babies are this close [imagine thumb and forefinger] to fledging.
Explore cams hummingbird nest cam: two babies are this close [imagine thumb and forefinger] to fledging.
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I never get tired of looking at the pictures in this thread.
The hummers have fledged. But there's a new egg in the Decorah North eagles nest.
https://explore.org/livecams/bald-eagles/decorah-eagles-north-nest
The egg has been hard to catch glimpses of (it's there, I saw it ) but the cam operator is making up for it with lots of close ups of the eagles.
The hummers have fledged. But there's a new egg in the Decorah North eagles nest.
https://explore.org/livecams/bald-eagles/decorah-eagles-north-nest
The egg has been hard to catch glimpses of (it's there, I saw it
) but the cam operator is making up for it with lots of close ups of the eagles.
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I visited Uganda a few weeks ago. (Go to Uganda. It is marvellous.)
Saw quite a few animals, including rhinos, giraffes, lots and lots of elephants and hippos, chimps, gorillas, crocodiles and so on. Our bird list included 351 species spotted and a few more heard. I thought you might like to see a handful of bird pics from the trip.
Pied kingfisher (male)
Giant kingfisher (female)
African finfoot (Lake Mburo)
Shoebill (Lake Victoria)
Red-throated Bee-eater (Victoria Nile)
Sorry. Those photos are of varying sizes.
Saw quite a few animals, including rhinos, giraffes, lots and lots of elephants and hippos, chimps, gorillas, crocodiles and so on. Our bird list included 351 species spotted and a few more heard. I thought you might like to see a handful of bird pics from the trip.
Pied kingfisher (male)
Giant kingfisher (female)
African finfoot (Lake Mburo)
Shoebill (Lake Victoria)
Red-throated Bee-eater (Victoria Nile)
Sorry. Those photos are of varying sizes.
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The bee-eaters were in a colony on the banks of the Victoria Nile below Murchison Falls. (I never ever thought I would be typing a sentence like this.) Their distribution is a broad band across equatorial Africa; western Uganda is their eastern limit.
(I never ever thought I would be typing a sentence like this.) Their distribution is a broad band across equatorial Africa; western Uganda is their eastern limit.[/QUOTE]
Well, now that you have, I'll say this - sounds like the start of a book
The bee-eaters were in a colony on the banks of the Victoria Nile below Murchison Falls....I opened my ruck sack and chewed on some dried jerky as I contemplated my next move.
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Thank you! I'd love to go back, but I don't think that'll be happening for a while. (If ever.) Absolutely amazing place -- the people, the animals, the scenery. Also the food!
It's been a few months, BUT...I have photo updates
After the move to TN last year, then the holidays, and most recently the COVID pandemic, I've finally settled into something of a routine while working from home, and have my birdfeeder in place. A tube feeder, suet feeder, tray feeder, and water bowl have attracted some nice ones with just safflower seeds. I put out some black sunflower seeds tonight, and will see how these do before ordering some nyjers.
You know those HGTV folks that say "I could see myself drinking my morning coffee out here"? I'm lucky to say that I DO enjoy my morning coffee to these beauties nearly every morning and evening!
The hummingbird is the lone exception - that was at my folks place in NC as I've not really found a place suitable for a hummingbird feeder yet. Probably next season though...
After the move to TN last year, then the holidays, and most recently the COVID pandemic, I've finally settled into something of a routine while working from home, and have my birdfeeder in place. A tube feeder, suet feeder, tray feeder, and water bowl have attracted some nice ones with just safflower seeds. I put out some black sunflower seeds tonight, and will see how these do before ordering some nyjers.
You know those HGTV folks that say "I could see myself drinking my morning coffee out here"? I'm lucky to say that I DO enjoy my morning coffee to these beauties nearly every morning and evening!
The hummingbird is the lone exception - that was at my folks place in NC as I've not really found a place suitable for a hummingbird feeder yet. Probably next season though...
Those are really cool, Jason. I will make an attempt to post the pics my brother has been sending me of the birds on his patio. He has a dove that has hatched fledges three times this season, a hawk that eyes them from the fence but can't get to them and a great white egret that landed in his yard for some reason, maybe to catch the lizard they found there. He's in California a mile from Disneyland.
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Nice pictures, Jason. I love cardinals. It was fun watching them come to my yard when I lived in Northern NY.
We get some cool birds here occasionally, including a swarm of cedar waxwings I got a very grainy video of through my screen. I need to spend more time in our yard with my camera, but I'm so darned impatient.
Anyone here play the board game Wingspan? It's about birds, and it's fun.
We get some cool birds here occasionally, including a swarm of cedar waxwings I got a very grainy video of through my screen. I need to spend more time in our yard with my camera, but I'm so darned impatient.
Anyone here play the board game Wingspan? It's about birds, and it's fun.
I hadn't heard of Wingspan, Roxxsmom, so thanks for the heads up. It looks so pretty! Do you play?
Nice photos, Jason. You've got most of my Virginia yard regulars up there (missing the ever-present Grackles and Starlings). This year my one oddity is a Red-Winged Blackbird - they're a fairly common bird in our area, but my backyard is not their favored habitat and this is the first time I've had a pair nesting somewhere nearby. Recently a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers have been coming in for peanuts, as well as a flock of Fish Crows that descend on the yard to sit on the bird bath and have loud conversations.
Nice photos, Jason. You've got most of my Virginia yard regulars up there (missing the ever-present Grackles and Starlings). This year my one oddity is a Red-Winged Blackbird - they're a fairly common bird in our area, but my backyard is not their favored habitat and this is the first time I've had a pair nesting somewhere nearby. Recently a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers have been coming in for peanuts, as well as a flock of Fish Crows that descend on the yard to sit on the bird bath and have loud conversations.
A bird thread...
I love your pics, Jason. Lots of good memories of east coast birds. I live in apartment with no patio/balcony/outdoor place for feeders which is very sad At my other apartments I would get lots of house and gold finches along with mourning doves. The city I live in now is home to a colony of crows; there's a ton of juvies running around since it's that time of year, but they don't seem to be as wary of humans as they have in prior years since so few people are out during the lockdown. Can't wait for the colony to come back together and everyone on Nextdoor to ask why we're living in a Hitchcock movie (every year! This happens!).
I do see a lot of this guy, though.
I love your pics, Jason. Lots of good memories of east coast birds. I live in apartment with no patio/balcony/outdoor place for feeders which is very sad
At my other apartments I would get lots of house and gold finches along with mourning doves. The city I live in now is home to a colony of crows; there's a ton of juvies running around since it's that time of year, but they don't seem to be as wary of humans as they have in prior years since so few people are out during the lockdown. Can't wait for the colony to come back together and everyone on Nextdoor to ask why we're living in a Hitchcock movie (every year! This happens!).I do see a lot of this guy, though.