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04/05/2015 03:49:26 PM · #51 |
Some more I made this morning
 08 - Tufted duck
 09 - Jackdaw
 10 - Black-headed gull
 11 - Common wood pigeon
 12 - Grey heron
 13 - Great cormorant
 14 - Gadwall
 15 - Greylag goose |
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04/05/2015 03:56:22 PM · #52 |
21 - Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta..
22 - Mountain Bluebird, male, Sialia currucoides.
23 - Red-shafted (western) Northern Flicker,male, Colaptes auratus.
24 - Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus.
25 - Red-naped Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis.
26 - Wild Turkey, male, Meleagris gallopavo. |
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04/05/2015 04:17:11 PM · #53 |
 
13- American Kestrel
14- Killdear
15- Ringed-neck ducks, males and females
16- Belted Kingfisher
17- Osprey, mating pair
18- Red winged black bird, female
Prairie Falcon, a different one flew over my head today and landed in the tree in front of me, so I couldn't help but post this bird again.
19- Tree Swallow |
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04/05/2015 05:23:42 PM · #54 |
At last, my first serie. Bird photographing is quite a challenge.
Let's start with some simple ones, most likely under the name Domesticated ducks?
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02   male/female
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04   Herring Gull (Larus Argentatus)
05   Whooper Swans (Cygnus Cygnus)
06   Hooded Crow (Corvus Cornix)
07  Jackdaw (Corvus Monedula)
Message edited by author 2015-04-05 18:54:21. |
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04/05/2015 07:17:03 PM · #55 |
Here we go... What I know about birds could fit in a thimble, so please correct me on the ones I got wrong, and if you know the ones I don't, please help. I got bad pictures of a couple of others, but I can do better, so I'm holding off.
Edit - thanks for everyone's help with identification!
1) Black-capped Chickadee
2) American Robin
3) American Crow
4) Northern Flicker
5) European Starling
6) Canada Goose
7) Rock Pigeon
8) Glaucus-winged Gull
9) American Goldfinch
10) Golden-crowned Sparrow
11) Song Sparrow
12) Red-winged Blackbird
13) Mallard
14) Ruby-crowned Kinglet
15) Pied-billed Grebe
16) Northern Shoveler
17) Bufflehead
18) House Finch
Message edited by author 2015-04-06 10:09:15. |
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04/05/2015 08:19:57 PM · #56 |
9   eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)
10  American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
11  trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)
12  tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus)
13  red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) |
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04/05/2015 10:55:26 PM · #57 |
Had a great weekend with the birds!
11- Great Egret
12- Grey Catbird
13- Downy Woodpecker
14- Black Swan
15- White Ibis
16- American Coot
17- Rock Dove
18- Common Moorhen
19- Mute Swan (I watched these two for a while, turning the eggs, trying to get comfortable, and then switching guard!)
20- Boat Tailed Grackle female
21- Graylag Goose
22- Crow
23- Great Blue Heron
24- Northern Parula (I had caught a glimpse of this little one in the trees at my house but I was amazed that he came out and took a bath while I was sitting there!)
25- Pileated Woodpecker
26- Osprey
27- Cattle Egret
28- Blue Winged Teal
29- Pied-billed Grebe
30- Purple Gallinule
31- Red-winged Blackbird
32- Reddish Egret - I believe that this is correct. Juvenile/white morph. If anyone thinks different please let me know!
33- Double-Crested Cormorant
34- Black-crowned night-heron Juvenile (so excited about this one!)
35- Tricolored Heron
36- Palm Warbler |
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04/06/2015 01:23:00 PM · #58 |
Weekend in the Kruger National Park, and then a few in my garden. Sorry, did not say I was going to gatecrash, but the opportunity came up. Hope you find something interesting.
 - Pycnonotus tricolor Passer domesticus
 - yellow billed stork with hippo
 - Zosterops capensis
 - Tockus erythrorhynchus
 - Streptopelia capicola
- Pycnonotus tricolor Passer domesticus
 - Platalea alba
 - Onychognathus nabouroup
 - Onychognathus morio
 - Numida meleagris
 - Musophaga porphyreolopha
 - Melirax gabar
 - Lybius torquatus
 - Lamprotornis mevesii
 - haliaeetus vocifer young
 - Halcyon albiventris
 - Gyps africanus
 - Egretta intermedia
 - Egretta alba
 - Colius striatus
 - Cinnyris afer
 - Cerylerudis
 - Caraciar garrulus
 - Burhinus vermiculiatus Mycteria ibis
 - Burhinus capensis
 - Buphagus erythrorhynchus
 - Ardea cinerea
 - Aquilla wahlberg
Message edited by author 2015-04-06 14:28:20. |
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04/06/2015 01:31:51 PM · #59 |
24 - Great Egret
Leucistic Black-capped Chickadee - doesn't count in my totals because I've already photographed a black-capped chickadee, but had to show you how cute it is. |
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04/06/2015 06:38:02 PM · #60 |
I'm finally getting to post my first set. I was fortunate to start the month off in Colorado so I was able to get a couple of non-local (for me) species - the Cinnamon Teal and Magpie.
1. American Wigeon
2. Mallard
3. Downy Woodpecker
4. Northern Pintail
5. Black-billed Magpie
6. Cinnamon Teal
7. American Goldfinch
8. Killdeer
9. Northern Flicker
10. Canada Goose
11. Green-winged Teal
12. Greater Yellowlegs
I've got more to upload from this weekend, but I'm trying to figure out how to upgrade my portfolio space. |
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04/06/2015 07:45:28 PM · #61 |
My goodness you people have a lot of birds! I'm hoping to catch a crow and what I think is either a sparrow or a house wren (small brown songbird) and then I'll be pretty much done for my neighborhood!!
It's a lot of fun seeing all the different species - thanks for sharing them here! |
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04/06/2015 09:16:18 PM · #62 |
This I think is a Willet??? They are supposed to be from Michigan but I live in IA so thought it was weird when I saw this little guy.
Pulled over in a bank parking lot to capture this LOL
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19.  I think this is a wood duck males and females
Message edited by author 2015-04-06 21:43:42. |
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04/06/2015 09:44:50 PM · #63 |
5 - 
Brown Pelican
6 - 
European Starling
Message edited by author 2015-04-06 21:52:44. |
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04/07/2015 04:00:54 AM · #64 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
My goodness you people have a lot of birds! I'm hoping to catch a crow and what I think is either a sparrow or a house wren (small brown songbird) and then I'll be pretty much done for my neighborhood!!
It's a lot of fun seeing all the different species - thanks for sharing them here! |
Keep your eyes open, check the docks. Surprising how much they are around, but it can take time. Having a bird feeder helps, too :) |
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04/07/2015 10:22:03 AM · #65 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
My goodness you people have a lot of birds! I'm hoping to catch a crow and what I think is either a sparrow or a house wren (small brown songbird) and then I'll be pretty much done for my neighborhood!!
It's a lot of fun seeing all the different species - thanks for sharing them here! |
I got most of mine by going to a local wetland and following a group of birders around, pointing my camera at whatever they were pointing their binoculars at. |
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04/07/2015 10:39:50 AM · #66 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
My goodness you people have a lot of birds! I'm hoping to catch a crow and what I think is either a sparrow or a house wren (small brown songbird) and then I'll be pretty much done for my neighborhood!!
It's a lot of fun seeing all the different species - thanks for sharing them here! |
If you get a chance head to the Ballona Freshwater Marsh (on PCH and Jefferson, trail goes around the marsh) and anywhere up and down Ballona Creek. It's not far from you and I was able to get a good many birds between the two last year when we did this. |
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04/07/2015 10:44:08 AM · #67 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
My goodness you people have a lot of birds! I'm hoping to catch a crow and what I think is either a sparrow or a house wren (small brown songbird) and then I'll be pretty much done for my neighborhood!!
It's a lot of fun seeing all the different species - thanks for sharing them here! |
I am all over even at lunch I can't sit in my office! We have several parks nearby and I just take walks. On the weekends we go out to wetland, preserves, and such. If I have to stay in I start having withdrawals! :) |
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04/07/2015 12:11:46 PM · #68 |
I've been lagging a bit, so need to do some catching up.
05 - Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx Californianus)
The roadrunners in New Mexico do look somewhat different to what we had in California, but this is the only variety shown in the Sibley Guide.
Message edited by author 2015-04-07 20:32:15. |
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04/07/2015 12:52:32 PM · #69 |
25 - American Wigeon
26 - Eurasian Wigeon
27 - Domestic Goose
28 - European Starling |
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04/07/2015 02:29:21 PM · #70 |
I found these today
 16 - Eurasian blue tit
 17a. Blackbird (male)  17b. Blackbird (female) |
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04/07/2015 03:53:04 PM · #71 |
08  Song Thrush (Turdus Philomelos)
09   Redwing (Turdus Iliacus)
10  Greenfinch (Carduelis Chloris)
11  Rock Dove (Columba Livia)
12  Shags, nesting (Phalacrocorax Aristotelis)
13  Greylag Goose (Anser Anser)
Message edited by author 2015-04-07 16:02:28. |
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04/07/2015 07:45:03 PM · #72 |
4. House sparrow - these guys live in urban areas. There's a nest in my neighbor's eave; you can hear the babies calling for food often. Kinda nice to hear them, though. I live between a freeway, a six lane major artery, and a four lane road. VERY urban. And yet we have sparrows! :-)
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04/07/2015 08:39:04 PM · #73 |
06 - Gambel's Quail (Callipepla Gambelii)
(According to Wikipedia, this is most likely of the subspecies Callipepla Gulvipectus, not Gambelii)
07 - Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma Californica)
Both of these birds are common in Southwestern New Mexico. The Jays are pretty easy to photograph, but the quail are tough to get.
Message edited by author 2015-04-08 10:59:45. |
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04/07/2015 10:12:11 PM · #74 |
37- American Goldfinch
38- Domestic Muscovy
39- Swallow -Tailed Kite
Just when I thought my Goldfinches had left...one appeared! Oh happy day! |
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04/08/2015 12:03:43 AM · #75 |
14  tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
15  downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
16  northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
17  purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus) |
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