Birds - Post 'em up

[addylo]

We need a bird thread. Just because.

ID 'em if you can. If not maybe someone else can.

Green Heron

Nighthawk

Great Egret

 

[mhardy6647]

Nice photos!
Mrs. H is an avid birder; well-equipped with optics 'cause I like optics

I try to photograph interesting birds in our yard; I am rarely very successful ('cause I am a crappy photographer).

turkey

scarlet tanager

goshawk

red-tailed hawk

sharp-shinned hawk
(taken through the eyepiece of Mrs. H's Swarovski spotting scope with a point 'n' shoot digital!)

hummer (really crappy photo!)

Pileated woodpecker

 

[tybrad]

Posted elsewhere, but the context is here too.

 

[addylo]

Mama Cardinal

Prothonotary Warbler

Roadrunner (Beep-beep!)

 

[addylo]

Posted elsewhere, but the context is here too.

Great shot!

I've been trying to ID him but so far I'm not sure. I thought I had him tagged as an Eastern Kingbird but the white forehead is wrong. What part of the country did you shoot him?

 

[Texun1]

Redtail in Flight

I am going to call the next bird... Someone show me a Robin

 

[mfrench]

Egret hunts lizard:

the strike:

swallowing sequence:

gluttony (goes back looking for more):

I'm a subscriber of the Canon Point, Push, and Hope school of photography. These were taken with my cheesy old Canon 3mp point and shoot camera. Beginners luck.

 

[addylo]

I am going to call the next bird... Someone show me a Robin

No robins here. How 'bout another red bird?

 

[old_tv_nut]

I'm a subscriber of the Canon Point, Push, and Hope school of photography. These were taken with my cheesy old Canon 3mp point and shoot camera. Beginners luck.

My favorite maxim: "The best camera is the one you have with you."


IMG_5295 by old_tv_nut, on Flickr

 

[sKiZo]

Oh, come on already ... like you didn't see that coming ...

 

[addylo]

Classy.

 

[onepixel]

Shot with a P&S, while on a hike.

 

[mfrench]

never mind

 

[onepixel]

Hey addylo... you have some really beautify and vivid shots!

 

[addylo]

Thanks but I'm just a crazy Texan with a camera.

I do love bird photography. It's kinda what drew me into the sport in the first place.

Eastern Phoebe

A rather annoyed (with me) Reddish Egret.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet. These little guys are high-octane and difficult to capture.

Yellow-crown Night Heron. Just got him today.

 

[Texun1]

Green Heron in a tree... I have never seen one in a tree before. Did you know that a Green Heron will use bait to catch a fish? Google it, it is simply amazing.

Another Hawk, I think it is a Redtail,

Backyard Mocking Bird

 

[tybrad]

Great shot!

I've been trying to ID him but so far I'm not sure. I thought I had him tagged as an Eastern Kingbird but the white forehead is wrong. What part of the country did you shoot him?

Neal,
I have not been able to ID him either. It was shot in Rainier NP.

 

[Texun1]

Wren serving dinner...

Crowned Heron

Great White Egret

 

[addylo]

Green Heron in a tree... I have never seen one in a tree before. Did you know that a Green Heron will use bait to catch a fish? Google it, it is simply amazing.

Cool! I didn't know that.

I stood in the shadows and watch one fishing once. It was cool to see. He waited for several minutes, peering into the water, then dove in completely immersing himself. A few seconds later he came out with a crawfish in his beak.

Neal,
I have not been able to ID him either. It was shot in Rainier NP.

Ah, then I was looking on the wrong coast. I wish we had a profile shot for better ID but from what I can see of the front I'm betting he's a Gray Jay.

 

[Ed in Tx]

My pet Double Yellowheaded Amazon parrot wildly enjoying a shower...