this new year's eve morning...
Let's see your bird pictures!
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Never have the camera set up when the nice birds come to visit the feeder. Always seems to be the house sparrows that get their picture taken. They will empty that feeder in an afternoon.
back to the swamp tuesday morning.
the gho male was still guarding the nearby nest.
he rarely opened his eyes; usually giving me the 'stinkeye'!
the gho male was still guarding the nearby nest.
he rarely opened his eyes; usually giving me the 'stinkeye'!
the local screech owl would have nothing to do with me, whatsoever!
never turned his head even once in an hour!
his camouflage is so perfect!
and he looks well-fed!
never turned his head even once in an hour!
his camouflage is so perfect!
and he looks well-fed!
need help in id'ying this bird!
from the swamp this afternoon.
osprey?
from the swamp this afternoon.
osprey?
It is a member of the falcon family. American kestrel, also known as a sparrow hawk.
kestrel sounds spot on, thanks!
it was a bit smaller than an osprey.
there was also a red shouldered hawk roaming around.
and we heard some barred owls hooting it up.
got a shot this friday morning, of one of the red shouldered hawks.
can barely make out its leg band.
it and mate were trying, without any success, to re-po their nest that the owls took over!
even got a short clip of its call.
audio not great, but it was windy, over 100 feet away, with background noise from nearby airboats...
can barely make out its leg band.
it and mate were trying, without any success, to re-po their nest that the owls took over!
even got a short clip of its call.
audio not great, but it was windy, over 100 feet away, with background noise from nearby airboats...
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and, in fact, the LOTH popped her head up from the nest amidst the hawks' flyover.
oooh, nice nails!!
this sunday morning, just before sunrise, lucky to catch a shot of the gho bringing in breakfast to the mate in the nest.
looks like a gallinule, but hard to tell from poor angle, distance, low light and high iso's (25600 and 64000).
after the drop-off, apparently he scooted off somewhere else to sleep the day away.
looks like a gallinule, but hard to tell from poor angle, distance, low light and high iso's (25600 and 64000).
after the drop-off, apparently he scooted off somewhere else to sleep the day away.
and a couple from yesterday afternoon.
the pileated woodie was pecking around.
and the ibises headed into the glades to roost at a hazy sunset.
the pileated woodie was pecking around.
and the ibises headed into the glades to roost at a hazy sunset.
...and a pair of sandhill cranes was making lots of noise.
Dark eyed Junco
gho reappeared before sunrise today, flying back to the nest tree.
so dark, had to manually focus.
got this one shot with a flash; iso 32000!
cropped to about 10% of the frame, no de-noising.
he did not seem to be bringing any catch, however!
so dark, had to manually focus.
got this one shot with a flash; iso 32000!
cropped to about 10% of the frame, no de-noising.
he did not seem to be bringing any catch, however!
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same guy, back in his usual lounging perch with cloudy daylight this morning.
rig is d500, 600mm +1.7x, tripod.
rig is d500, 600mm +1.7x, tripod.
owls were not to be seen this tuesday morning.
so here are some cattle egrets headed out from their roosts just after sunrise.
four shot burst taken at 10 fps.
crazy how they (mostly) synchronize their wings in flight!
so here are some cattle egrets headed out from their roosts just after sunrise.
four shot burst taken at 10 fps.
crazy how they (mostly) synchronize their wings in flight!
Cool shots! Interesting how they tuck their necks like herons, while so many other long necked birds stretch them forward during flight.
again checked on the owl nest this wednesday morning.
male nowhere around, but apparently he made an earlier delivery.
female was bobbing, apparently trying to pull apart whatever was delivered for breakfast!
male nowhere around, but apparently he made an earlier delivery.
female was bobbing, apparently trying to pull apart whatever was delivered for breakfast!
this friday morning, was able to get a couple fuzzy, dimly-lit flight shots as the gho flew into the nest before sunrise.
he/she did not seem to be bringing anything in its talons.
he/she did not seem to be bringing anything in its talons.
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