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03/31/2016 01:15:54 PM · #1 |
And so it begins, Big Month V is here!!
If you're not sure what I'm talking about, here's the signup thread. If this is the first you're seeing it you're not too late to join in the fun, just post your desire to participate at the bottom of that thread and get out and start birding.
With your post please include the identification of the bird(s) in the photo, or a plea for a little help (Cornell Ornithology Lab also has a site called Merlin where you can upload your photo and it will try and identify the bird). If you're unsure what I mean just check last year's thread.
Here are our Big Month-ers for 2016:
Participants:
JakeKurdsjuk
patches
hajeka
pmichaud
GeorgesBogaert
jomari
Dennisheckman
lunachicken
westford
digifotojo
eqsite
KarenNfld
MelonMusketeer
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04/01/2016 04:22:48 PM · #2 |
01. Sparrow
Message edited by author 2016-04-02 09:47:55. |
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04/02/2016 10:31:52 AM · #3 |
On a nice short walk this morning...
02. Mute swan
03. Peewit
04. Great crested grebe
05. Grey heron
06. White wagtail
07. Black-headed gull
08. Coot
09. Tufted duck
10a. Mallard (male) 10b. Mallard (female)
11. Brant goose
12. Egyptian goose
13. Greylag goose
14. Jackdaw
15. Carrion crow |
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04/02/2016 12:50:37 PM · #4 |
1. White egret
2. Light-vented Bulbul. Rather little bird but sings really loud
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04/09/2016 10:08:46 AM · #5 |
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04/09/2016 11:33:26 AM · #6 |
You're very welcome. Nice to see you here again |
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04/09/2016 04:06:57 PM · #7 |
I've got a LOT of stuff to post but I'm out of town. I'll post by the end of next week - PROMISE!! |
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04/12/2016 01:14:28 AM · #8 |
1. turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
2. black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
3. American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
4. downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
5. purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
6. pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
7. greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
8. red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
9. American robin (Turdus migratorius)
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04/13/2016 01:28:12 PM · #9 |
1. Wood Duck |
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04/13/2016 02:21:23 PM · #10 |
16. Collared dove
They had a nest in my garden at the end of March, but a few days later it was completely blown away by a heavy storm. Today they (I guess it's the same couple) rebuild the nest :) |
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04/15/2016 02:21:29 PM · #11 |
I'll post this above as well, but if you're having issues identifying your birds, the Cornell Ornithology Lab has a website called Merlin that allows you to upload a photo of your bird and it will attempt to identify it for you. The more clear the photo the better the guess, obviously. Seems to work better on perched and swimming birds than those in flight. |
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04/16/2016 12:19:30 AM · #12 |
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04/16/2016 07:09:09 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: |
Nice shot of the Great Egrets. I've never seen them with green around the eyes like that. If you would, moving forward please post the type of bird in the thread as well as with the photo. |
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04/16/2016 07:36:17 AM · #14 |
From my week in FL. I think I got all of them...
1. American Coot
2. American White Pelican
3. Anhinga
4. Bald Eagles, Adult & Juvenile
5. Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
6. Blue-winged Teal
7. Boat-tailed Grackle
8. Brown Pelican, immature and adult
9. Cattle Egret
10. Common Gallinule
11. Double-crested Cormorant
12. Fish Crow
13. Great Blue Heron
14. Great Egret
15. Laughing Gulls, Juvenile, Adult & Mating
16. Little Blue Heron
17. Loggerhead Shrike
18. Magnificent Frigatebird
19. Osprey
20. Red-shouldered Hawk
21. Ring-billed Gulls
22. Royal Tern
23. Sanderling
24. Sandhill Crane, Adult & Chick
25. Snowy Egret
26. Swallow-tailed Kite
27. Tri-colored Heron
28. Willet
29. Wood Storks
30. Yellow-crested Night Heron, Adult & Juvenile
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04/17/2016 06:42:56 AM · #15 |
Now back in NJ, from the deck...
31. Turkey Vultures
32. American Goldfinch
33. Brown-headed Cowbirds
34. Cardinal (male)
35. Dark-eyed Junco
36. Downy Woodpecker (male)
37. Mourning Doves (courting)
38. Tufted Titmouse
39. White-breasted Nuthatch
40. White-throated Sparrow
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04/18/2016 12:20:49 AM · #16 |
Congrats on your new ribbon Jake! |
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04/18/2016 03:41:09 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: Congrats on your new ribbon Jake! |
Thank you. I guess I can add the Meadowlark to my list now. :)
41. Meadowlark
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04/19/2016 10:21:36 AM · #18 |
Anhinga.
LaBelle Florida.
Details with photo.
Re the comments on the Great Egrets shot; I can't say for sure, but it seems that the male, the closer of the two in the photo, has more black on it's beak.
I know for certain which is the two is the male. : )
Jake,, you're a serious bird hunter. It's just a sideline hobby for me.
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04/19/2016 01:47:36 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: Jake, you're a serious bird hunter. It's just a sideline hobby for me. |
Actually I'm a photographer married to a serious bird hunter. I bought my first DSLR to document a trip to Yosemite, but I found I was much happier carrying it than a pair of binoculars when she'd coerce me into a birding outing. Not that I don't love the hunt - her enthusiasm is contagious. I went back and forth on whether or not to bring my Sigma 150-600mm on the recent FL trip for my niece's wedding. I didn't know how much time I'd get to shoot with it (my birding is usually limited to running away from the in-laws by walking down to the St. Johns river), but we stayed right on an inlet in St. Pete Beach and got out to a preserve near Deland when we were at my wife's parents, so I'm glad I brought it (the alternative was a D7100 I'm trying to sell and a 70-200mm). Most of my "birding" is done on my deck with a cigar in one hand, a drink nearby, and the wife staring at the trees for something for me to shoot. LOL |
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04/19/2016 02:26:39 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk: Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: Jake, you're a serious bird hunter. It's just a sideline hobby for me. | Most of my "birding" is done on my deck with a cigar in one hand, a drink nearby, and the wife staring at the trees for something for me to shoot. LOL |
Man, how can you stand it? ;-)
I forgot, you're probably sitting down ... :-)
ETA: I think this pigeon probably had a broken wing (it was resting under a car) but I thought it had beautifully iridescent feathers on the neck ...
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04/19/2016 03:31:02 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by GeneralE: Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk: Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: Jake, you're a serious bird hunter. It's just a sideline hobby for me. | Most of my "birding" is done on my deck with a cigar in one hand, a drink nearby, and the wife staring at the trees for something for me to shoot. LOL |
Man, how can you stand it? ;-)
I forgot, you're probably sitting down ... :-)
ETA: I think this pigeon probably had a broken wing (it was resting under a car) but I thought it had beautifully iridescent feathers on the neck ...
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I sit all day, so I'm either standing or lying down. ;)
Rock Pigeons can be quite striking in the right light.
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04/19/2016 08:24:32 PM · #22 |
10. bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
11. American wigeon (Anas americana)
12. Blue-winged Teal - (Anas discors)
13. hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
14. Bonaparte's gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) |
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