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

04/08/2015 12:49:33 PM · #77

27 - Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura.

JakeKurdsjuk

Canon EOS R5

04/08/2015 04:37:16 PM · #78

Monday...

21. Chipping Sparrow:

Today (mostly through glass as the weather is miserable)...

22. European Starling:

23. Northern Flicker, Male, Eastern Colors:

24. Hairy Woodpecker, Female, w/ female Downy in foreground:

And a couple additions from birds already numbered...

Tufted Titmouse contemplates dinner:

Red-Tailed Hawk in flight:

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JakeKurdsjuk

Canon EOS R5

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

04/08/2015 06:04:58 PM · #79

And God bless my wife, who also saw the Flicker, for spotting the male hairy who visited tonight. Sorry for ISO 6400, but hey...

24b. Hairy Woodpecker (M):

MarkB

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

04/08/2015 07:27:44 PM · #80

Got lucky with this one... just snapped a shot at my son's lacrosse game to get a bird and caught him catching dinner. Didn't even know it until opened it up.

07. American Robin

twmax

Nikon D300

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

04/08/2015 08:58:09 PM · #81

08 - Curve-Billed Thrasher (Toxostoma Curvirostre)

I'm not positive on the identification. I'm pretty sure it's a Thrasher, though.

HornOUBet

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II

Panasonic Lumix G 25mm f/1.7 ASPH

04/08/2015 09:13:21 PM · #82

Sign me up!!! I wasn't even aware of this side challenge, but will definitely look for it next year....

I have no idea what this bird is....sorry for the limited view it was spotted in central Texas about a week ago.... I have looked but no luck with identity yet...

Big thanks to hajeka for sending me this direction...

Message edited by author 2015-04-08 21:23:13.

MarkB

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

04/08/2015 10:08:05 PM · #83

Originally posted by HornOUBet:

I'm going with Lesser Goldfinch

KMcC

Canon EOS-80D

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

04/08/2015 10:31:46 PM · #84

40-

Mockingbird
41-

Ring-billed Gull

Ok, have pretty much shot all the regular sightings! :)

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Dennisheckman

04/08/2015 10:46:25 PM · #85

20- Mountain Bluebird

21- Cooper's Hawk
So lucky at seeing this hawk. I was on my way back the office and I had some extra time, so I took a left turn and stopped by a small stream and as soon as I got out of my car and put my camera in my hands, this bird flew into a nearby tree. I couldn't believe my luck. Just wish that big branch wasn't in front of him.

undieyatch

Olympus E-10

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

04/09/2015 02:57:37 AM · #86

American coot (Fulica americana)

19

American robin (Turdus migratorius)

20

mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

KarenNfld

04/09/2015 09:19:53 AM · #87

29 - Blue Jay

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Olympus 300mm f/4.0 IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

04/09/2015 12:43:02 PM · #88

28 - Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata

Phocal

OM System OM-1

04/09/2015 12:54:36 PM · #89

Well off to a slow start but hope to fix that this weekend. This has gotten me to shoot birds that I normally would never consider and I am really curious how many I can photograph in a month. I am also going to keep this going all year to see how many different birds I can photograph. When I get time I am going to start a folder with my best shots of each species which I will change out photos as I get better ones. For birds where there is a difference between sexes or between juvenile and adult I will be trying to capture each.

Here are my first 5 (have a bunch more, just need to process the photos and ID a few of them. Not my best work and have better photos of a few of these, but not taken this month.

01A - Great Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus)

01B - Baby Great Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus)

02 - American Coot (Fulica Americana)

03 - Common Gallinule (Gallinula Galeata)

04 - Snowy Egret (Egretta Thula)

05 - Green Heron ( (Butorides Virescens)

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hajeka

Canon EOS R5

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

04/09/2015 02:11:52 PM · #90

Two more for today (on my way to work this morning)

18 - Mute swan

19 - Egyptian goose

eqsite

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

04/09/2015 07:02:40 PM · #91

Finally upgraded my portfolio space. Here's the lot from my snowy Easter Sunday outing:

13. Redhead

14. American Black Duck

15. Ring-necked Duck (left)
16. Canvasback (right)

17. Song Sparrow

18. Tufted Duck

19. Red-throated Loon (non-breeding plumage)

20. American Robin

21. Northern Cardinal

22. Common Grackle

23. Hooded Merganser

24. Common Merganser

25. Osprey

26. Lesser Scaup (left)
27. Greater Scaup (right)

28. Great Horned Owl (sorry for the poor quality, but if you squint you can make out a fluffy white chick on the right).

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HornOUBet

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II

Panasonic Lumix G 25mm f/1.7 ASPH

04/09/2015 07:29:11 PM · #92

Thanks...

Originally posted by MarkB:

Originally posted by HornOUBet:
Sign me up!!! I wasn't even aware of this side challenge, but will definitely look for it next year....

I have no idea what this bird is....sorry for the limited view it was spotted in central Texas about a week ago.... I have looked but no luck with identity yet...

Big thanks to hajeka for sending me this direction...

I'm going with Lesser Goldfinch

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

04/09/2015 07:43:37 PM · #93

29a - Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, male.

29b - Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, female.

30 - Pygmy Nuthatch, Sitta pygmaea.

31 - American Wigeon, Anas americana.

32 - Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan.

33- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus.

undieyatch

Olympus E-10

04/10/2015 06:50:10 AM · #94

hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) Female

KMcC

Canon EOS-80D

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

04/10/2015 08:22:52 AM · #95

42-

Blue Jay

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

04/10/2015 01:26:36 PM · #96

34 - Townsend's Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi.

35 - American Robin, Turdus migratorius.

36 - Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias.

lunachicken

Nikon D90

04/10/2015 01:37:47 PM · #97

8. Great Blue Heron

9. Song Sparrow

Repeat

Phocal

OM System OM-1

Olympus 300mm f/4.0 IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED

04/10/2015 02:44:17 PM · #98

06A - Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) Male

06B - Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) Female

07 - American Robin (Turdus Migratorius)

08 - White-Winged Dove (Zenaida Asiatica)

09A - House Sparrow (Passer Domesticus) Male

10 - Carolina Wren (Thryothorus Ludovicianus)

undieyatch

Olympus E-10

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

04/11/2015 07:26:55 AM · #99

22 & 23

redhead (Aythya americana) & Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)

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