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04/27/2005 08:23:21 PM · #51 |
A ptarmigan still in the winter dress...
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04/27/2005 08:24:41 PM · #52 |
Aerospace engineers study owls for stealth technology!
"Curved wingtips and combed feathers are what provide an owl with silent flight, the trailing feathers on the back end of the wing are tattered like the fringe of a scarf.Owls' tattered fringe feathers help to break up the sound waves that are generated as air flows over the top of their wings and forms downstream wakes.
The noise reduction achieved from the tattered fringe makes owls the quietest flying birds."
It really is something when one flys by you with a very large wingspan and you don`t hear a thing!
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04/27/2005 08:36:50 PM · #53 |
Here are some of mine :-)
  
  
  
  
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04/27/2005 08:51:28 PM · #54 |
This is a "Mad Robin". He's been fluttering up to/against my dining room windows for days. Trying to get in? Kill himself? I don't know, but it's annoying.
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04/27/2005 09:01:21 PM · #55 |
Have to jump at this chance to share. No edits so please don't critique these are just saved for web.
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04/27/2005 09:50:50 PM · #56 |
Taken this afternoon at my home:
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04/27/2005 09:54:19 PM · #57 |
Here's another one I took yesterday.
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04/27/2005 10:05:50 PM · #58 |
Shot this one in my backyard today also |
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04/28/2005 12:00:50 AM · #59 |
Still processing (slowly) the over 600 RAW shots I took on a recent trip to the SW, USA. Here are a few:
   
Edit: BTW - all were shot using a monopod as I was on the move most of the time.
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04/28/2005 12:11:05 AM · #60 |
Swan lake:
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04/28/2005 12:16:12 AM · #61 |
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04/28/2005 03:53:55 AM · #62 |
edit: Wouldn't mind some feedback on this one (on the image page). I'm not a fan of bird shots ('cept the birds of prey), but I was experimenting and shot about 50 photos and dodged bird crap for an hour just to get this one decent shot.
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04/28/2005 04:53:35 PM · #63 |
Can't resist posting another bird shot. My husband bought me a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS as a gift and it's so fun to play with.
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04/28/2005 04:58:16 PM · #64 |
Not sure what this one is,
but this is a juvenile kukaburra:
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04/28/2005 05:00:16 PM · #65 |
Thought I'd post these two fellows I found in Hawaii a few month ago...
 Myna Bird
 Gray Francolin (Says my bird book)
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04/28/2005 05:07:17 PM · #66 |
There are some more in my profile but here is one I took last night:
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05/01/2005 07:54:22 PM · #67 |
Three for the price of one shot
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05/01/2005 08:02:36 PM · #68 |
 These are barnswallows ready to leave the nest in my barn last summer.
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05/01/2005 08:03:42 PM · #69 |
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05/01/2005 08:04:13 PM · #70 |
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05/01/2005 08:04:57 PM · #71 |
| I missed a great op for this thread, on my way out of the zoo the other day I happened upon 2 pigeons ummmm courting.... sex ed at the zoo... |
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05/01/2005 08:05:39 PM · #72 |
Nova, I love the picture of the pileated woodpecker, they are very similar to the almost extinct ivory-billed woodpecker. Those owl pictures are awesome! I haven't seen an owl here in RI for probably 5 years.
Seanachai, the cybird is fantastic! What a great job!
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05/01/2005 08:54:17 PM · #73 |
Originally posted by dragonlady:
Nova, I love the picture of the pileated woodpecker, they are very similar to the almost extinct ivory-billed woodpecker. Those owl pictures are awesome! I haven't seen an owl here in RI for probably 5 years.
Seanachai, the cybird is fantastic! What a great job! |
Thank you dragonlady! There has been talk of a BIRDS challenge, and I have been avoiding posting any pics of pileated woodpeckers because I thought I would try to get a good one for that challenge if it ever happened. But I was so pleased with that shot, I couldn't resist. BTW, I got an email this morning telling me that the photo will be Canons POTD on Tuesday May 3rd... my first! Thanks again, Ray |
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05/11/2005 08:50:31 PM · #74 |
Birds in Central Park I took photos of today
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05/11/2005 09:58:50 PM · #75 |
Birds seem to be a very popular subject this time of the year. I caught one Black Crowned Night Heron. S/he let me get within 12 feet and this is one of the pictures I got.
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