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Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

04/03/2015 02:58:22 PM · #30

03 - Great tit

skewsme

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens

04/03/2015 03:55:13 PM · #31

Canadians, 4/1 (yes we had snow :-P)
2.

Great Blue Heron 4/2

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KarenNfld

04/03/2015 04:23:11 PM · #32

21 - Common Merganser

22 - Ring-billed Gull

23 - Greater Scaup

twmax

Nikon D300

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

04/03/2015 05:21:47 PM · #33

03 - I think this may be a Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus Cassinii), but not 100% sure.

I think

hahn23 may be correct on this one. It does look like a Pine Siskin Finch. The yellow in the folded wings may be the giveaway.

04 - My best guess on this one is that it's a Chipping Sparrow (Spizella Passerina)
Any help with the correct ID would be appreciated.

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Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

04/03/2015 07:24:50 PM · #34

I went out after work and searched high and low, but the only bird I managed a picture of was a Bird of Paradise, which is a plant, which probably doesn't count. AND it was a crappy picture. Going to try again this evening. I should at least get a gull, yes??

twmax

Nikon D300

04/03/2015 07:59:10 PM · #35

Originally posted by Melethia:

I'm sure that where you live, there are lots of seabirds. I was chasing Gambel's Quail around this morning, but couldn't get near those pesky critters! I will before the month is over, however. It seems like since the first of April, our birds here have become scarce. They must know about the side challenge...

jgirl57

04/03/2015 08:05:55 PM · #36

I am going through my bird app to try to figure out what these guys are because I do not know..I will come back to add their ID, thank you all for helping me learn in the mean time :-D Until then

13.

Cute little black birds-Added Redwinged

14.

Cute little blue or black bird- he was bugger to capture, 15 minutes to get him- Added - Black backed chickadee

15.

Hawk-added Red tail

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Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

04/03/2015 09:52:57 PM · #37

I found one! Yes, Tom, you'd think I'd have lots of seabirds, but I think they got the memo about the challenge as well. There used to be a GIANT murder of crows in the 'hood, too, but they've mysteriously disappeared.

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Dennisheckman

04/03/2015 10:13:10 PM · #38

08- Prairie Falcon, (thanks for the correct ID Richard!)

09- Great Blue Heron

10- Flicker female

11- Flicker male

12- Western Meadowlark

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Enlightened

Nikon D7100

04/04/2015 12:16:46 AM · #39

I wanted ot go to Wolfe Island in Kingston Ontario today. The weather forecast was great so off I went. It is 2 hrs away and the sky was blue UNTIL I arrived at the ferry, it was a fog bowl. YOu couldn't see 20 feet in front of you. I was a faint glimps of a swan. The camera wouldn't focus on anything and it was gone by the time I got to manual focus. (which is not a handy way ot use an 80-400) the fog stayed most of the day so birding was minimal today!

01 Canada Geese

02 Black capped Chickadee (taken yesterday)

03 Killdeer - I was surprised to see these two so early in the year.

04 Male and female Mallards

05 Male Red-winged blackbird

06 Robin

07 Turkey Vulture

JakeKurdsjuk

Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM

04/04/2015 06:55:56 AM · #40

From 4/2, same spot as the day before. Saw a few that I still haven't captured, including a Sharp-shinned Hawk that perched in the yard 30 seconds after I stepped inside to get a drink.

First the new birds:

17. House Finch (M & F):

18. Red-tailed Hawk:

The 2nd shot is the mating pair nesting in the field behind our house.

Now some additions to birds already captured on 4/1...

4. Red-winged Blackbird: Male Calling

Female

2M, 1F & Guest

10. American Goldfinch (M&F):

We recycle our old frying pans as bird baths. Here's the Adult Swim portion of the evening...

GeorgesBogaert

Canon RP

Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro

04/04/2015 08:00:34 AM · #41

Light Vented Bulbul
3.

Korean Magpie
4.

Common Mynah
5.

Brown Shrike
6.

Cattle Egret
7.

Green Winged Macaw
8.

Lesser-Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

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undieyatch

Olympus E-10

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

04/04/2015 10:24:12 AM · #42

red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

2

bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

3

common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

4

red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

5

green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis or Anas crecca carolinensis)

6

pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

7

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

8

turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

lunachicken

Nikon D90

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

04/04/2015 10:37:43 PM · #43

1. Canadian Geese

2. Osprey

3. American Coot

4. Ring Necked Duck

5. Northern Flicker

6. Great Horned Owl

7. Red Winged Blackbird

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jgirl57

04/04/2015 11:02:48 PM · #44

New area- 45 minutes away
Too windy hardly nothing seen but 4 birds

16.

Crow

17.

Male Cardinal, the female one was being naughty and wouldn't let me capture her,

We did see a wild turkey too far for my lens though

A barred owl too but he flew away

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04/04/2015 11:30:59 PM · #45

2. Brown Pelican

04/04/2015 11:51:02 PM · #46

3. Western Gull - both adult and juvenile

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hajeka

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

04/05/2015 05:12:33 AM · #47

Some of the photos I made this morning

04 - Peeweet

05 - Great crested grebe

06 - Barnacle goose

07 - Common magpie

JakeKurdsjuk

Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM

04/05/2015 05:25:08 AM · #48

A windy day on 4/4, but I got some anyway. First the new birds...

19. Tufted Titmouse:

Interestingly one of the more common birds in our yard, but it just doesn't stick around long enough to be photographed

20. American Crow:

And some restatements of already counted birds for the reasons noted...

1. Male Downy Woodpecker with clearly visible tongue (did you know woodpeckers had tongues?):

14. White-breasted Nuthatch (M&F), going the wrong way "up" a tree (they usually go head-down):

11. Black-capped Chickadee with a peanut put out to try and lure the Tufted Titmouse in (they love them):

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davidw

Canon EOS R6