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| 04/03/2012 08:15:23 AM |
CaliforniaGull_2962by hahn23Comment: Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Looks a lot like a ring-billed or herring gull - guess they're all related. |
The eye color and eye ring and the red and black on the bill make this a California Gull. They do look similar to herring or ring-billed, but the field marks differentiate. |
| 04/02/2012 11:18:23 PM |
Song Sparrow IIby scooter97Comment: Really cool shot. They hide from me, too. Seems like they're comfortable if there are twigs behind which to hide. |
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| 04/02/2012 11:16:56 PM |
Wood Duck (male)by scooter97Comment: I've never seen one in Colorado, but occasionally they get lost. Very nice in-flight capture. |
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| 04/02/2012 11:14:40 PM |
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| 04/02/2012 11:10:39 PM |
White Throated Sparrowby scooter97Comment: Looks like he/she just migrated through a hurricane. Nice detail and clarity. These are pretty easy to ID with that white throat and those yellow lores. |
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| 04/02/2012 11:08:17 PM |
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| 04/02/2012 11:06:51 PM |
Mourning Doveby scooter97Comment: Cool shot of this dove. Adapts well to humanity, evidently. Our Mourning Doves are being squeezed out by the Eurasian Collared Doves. The Mourning Doves are much more desirable. |
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| 04/02/2012 11:00:38 PM |
MountainChickadee_3007by hahn23Comment: Originally posted by scooter97:
Still very much a Chickadee in spite of the different facial markings. Ours here travel very often with Kinglets (golden and ruby). Do the Kinglets live in your area? |
Yes, the Ruby-crowned Kinglets will migrate in soon. They are common and numerous. The Golden-crowned Kinglets live in the tallest, oldest Spruce forests at a higher elevation. Much more rare and VERY difficult to photograph. I mean, I get to see them up 30' in the big Spruces, but they are shy, shy, shy. |
| 04/02/2012 10:42:15 PM |
MountainChickadee_3007by hahn23Comment: Originally posted by doremi:
Very similar to the black-capped chickadee that we have- they are just so cute! |
We also have black-capped chickadees, but the mountain chickadees are more common in the high country. Other than the obvious differences in markings, the vocalizations are very different. So, I don't even need to see the bird to tell which is in the tree, bush, etc. |
| 04/02/2012 10:39:55 PM |
CaliforniaGull_2962by hahn23Comment: Originally posted by doremi:
Looks cccooooold! Very pretty. |
Cold, yes! The water is fresh snow melt. And, those are snow flakes being blown by the wind. I think it was 28 degrees F. at the time of this image capture. |
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