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04/01/2015 01:15:16 AM · #1
Okay everybody, time to go to town!
If you're not sure what this is all about, go check out the Signup thread. If you want to sign up at this point, go ahead and post in this thread to have me add you, I will not be checking back on the signup thread regularly.
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Message edited by author 2015-04-06 15:08:50.
04/01/2015 05:49:06 AM · #2
1. Robin Redbreast- See in spring migrates in winter- Back yard Bird- April 1st


All on a 4hr period today- Credit Island, Davenport IA Wed April 1st
2. Male Duck Added- Mallard

3. Female Duck - Plain one Added- Mallard duck

4. Canadian Geese

5. No clue, Have to ID yet - Added-Ring billed gulls

6. Blue Heron- Added- Great Blue Heron

7. Great Horned Owl

I call this a seagull ? Added- Ok, This is another single shot of a ring billed gull LOL!
so my ID went down from 9 to 8 today.

8. White Pelican

Added- thank you for all the help and comments, Loving this challenge and learning so much

Message edited by author 2015-04-01 20:21:24.
04/01/2015 11:18:13 AM · #3

01 - Carrion crow

The suffering has started ;) On a sunny, but cold and very windy afternoon
04/01/2015 12:12:48 PM · #4

02 - Coot
04/01/2015 01:32:24 PM · #5

01 - Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula.


02 - Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus.


03 - Canada Goose, Branta canadensis.


04 - Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus.


05 - Great-horned owl, Bubo virginianus
04/01/2015 03:10:35 PM · #6


01 - White-winged Dove



02 - Same bird, different view

Message edited by author 2015-04-01 23:43:25.
04/01/2015 06:18:38 PM · #7

03 - Ring Billed Gull


02 - Laughing Gull


01 - Least Tern
04/01/2015 07:38:10 PM · #8

06 - Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonsia.


07 - Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, western light adult.


08 - Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, adult interior west
04/01/2015 07:39:13 PM · #9
Hit 19 or 20 from my seat on the deck this afternoon between 3:30-5:30PM. Mostly backyard regulars. Missed 3 types of ducks flying over (darn, they're fast). I suspect I'll get better photos of at least 3/4 of them - it's only the first. :)

Message edited by author 2015-04-01 19:40:12.
04/01/2015 07:56:12 PM · #10
Mockingbird (1)
Red winged blackbird(2)
Robin (3)

Message edited by author 2015-04-01 19:57:06.
04/01/2015 07:56:17 PM · #11
I had a very good first day - saw a lifer!


01 - Boreal Chickadee


02 - Black-capped Chickadee


03 - American Coot


04 - Double-crested Cormorant


05 - Great Cormorant


06 - Brown Creeper


07 - American Crow


08 - Domestic Duck


09 - Mallard


10 - American Black Duck


11 - American Goldfinch


12 - Iceland Gull


13 - Herring Gull


14 - Dark-eyed Junco


15 - Red-breasted Nuthatch


16 - Rock Dove/Pigeon


17 - Northern Pintail


18 - Song Sparrow


19 - Mute Swan


20 - Tufted Duck
04/01/2015 08:03:37 PM · #12
Well ... have 4 or 5 to post, but I'm out of portfolio space!

In the meantime, here's one.

(01) American Robin
04/01/2015 08:58:16 PM · #13
Originally posted by KarenNfld:

I had a very good first day ...

No kidding! :-)
04/01/2015 10:00:35 PM · #14
(02) Downy Woodpecker -

(03) Dark-eyed Junco -

(04) Tufted Titmouse -
04/01/2015 10:50:22 PM · #15
1- Great Crested Flycatcher
2- Northern Cardinal
3- Mourning Dove
4- Chipping Sparrow
5- Mallard
6- Woodstork
7- Anhinga
8- Juvenile Barred Owl
9- Red Shouldered Hawk
10- Red-bellied Woodpecker

It was a good lunch and a good evening :)
04/01/2015 11:21:39 PM · #16
Blue Jay

Message edited by author 2015-04-01 23:42:37.
04/02/2015 12:40:32 AM · #17
Birds everywhere a couple of days ago - even a Red Tail Hawk posing on a light pole feet from our office building. Today not so much. Narrowed it down and got rid of duplicates, leaving me with a count of 16. 300mm doesn't cut it when shooting birds 1/4 mile+ away. Some are TINY. Identifications are not my strong point, so whatever assistance (PM so we don't clutter the thread) you can give would be appreciated.

1. Coot - 2. Egrets (those tiny white specks) - 3. House Sparrow - 4. Mourning Doves

5. Red Bellied Woodpecker - 6. Starling - 7. Mallard Ducks - Medicalus Rotorus

8. Red Winged Blackbird - 9. Blue Winged Teals - 10. Baird's Sparrow - 11. Tree Swallow

12. Male Buffleheads - Female Buffleheads - 13. Turkey Vulture - 14. Canadian Geese

15. Great Blue Heron - 16. Male Hooded Merganser


Message edited by author 2015-04-08 08:20:11.
04/02/2015 01:20:28 AM · #18
My goodness, some of you have more than your fair share! I probably won't get a chance until the weekend, but am really enjoying your posts!
04/02/2015 03:02:20 AM · #19
1. American Crow

2.European Starling

3. Eurasian Collared Dove

4. Redwing Blackbird

5. Male Merganser

6. Canada Goose

7. Red Tailed hawk

8. Very poor photo of a Bald Eagle

Message edited by author 2015-04-03 00:37:59.
04/02/2015 05:48:54 AM · #20
Last month... snowgeese exploding, hawksaplenty, flocks of starlings stippling the maples, plus vacation in SW FL. Come April there's but fuzzy buzzards in the distance. Woe is me ;-)
04/02/2015 09:57:40 AM · #21
I spent the entire day on a tulip farm, camera in hand. Never saw a single bird, not even a crow. Got some great pictures of tulips with the long lens, though.
04/02/2015 12:23:41 PM · #22
1.Sooty Tern


Message edited by author 2015-04-02 12:43:51.
04/02/2015 02:45:04 PM · #23
OK, here's April 1. Again, everything I post is taken from within the confines of my 1/2 acre yard. Today is all from the same spot on my deck. When the sexes are significantly different looking I will attempt to post both (migratory birds may come at different times).

1. Downy Woodpecker: Male Female

2. House Sparrow (M+F):

3. Canadian Geese:

4. Red-Winged Blackbird (M):

5. Red-Bellied Woodpecker (F):

6. Black Vulture (L) & Turkey Vulture (R):

7. Cardinal: Male Female

8. White-Throated Sparrow:

9. Mourning Dove:

10. American Goldfinch (M - Transition Plummage):

11. Black-Capped Chickadee:

12. Dark-Eyed Junco: Dark morph Light morph

13. Song Sparrow:

14. White-Breasted Nuthatch:

15. Brown-Headed Cowbird (Male):

16. American Robin (M&F):

Message edited by author 2015-04-02 14:46:20.
04/02/2015 05:57:34 PM · #24

09 - Pine Siskin, Spinus pinus. Adult male.


10 - American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos.


11 - House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus, adult male.


12 - Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus, adult female.


13 - White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis.


14 - Cassin's Finch, Haemorhous cassinii, adult male.

Message edited by author 2015-04-02 17:58:09.
04/02/2015 06:34:18 PM · #25
Finally got out to play a little this morning. It was raining/snowing a little, and the light was really bad. But I have a start on my birds of Colorado.


01 - Unidentified Duck, please, anyone know this one? I couldn't ID it. Not a good way to start!


02- Unidentified, possibly a finch?


03- Red winged black bird


04- Canada Goose


05- Mallard


06- Eurasion collard dove (someone correct me if this is not right)


07- Robin

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