AWFUL BIRD PICS VOL. 17

Bloomers or Boxers?! Great bad shots to share.

I dont know looks find of fluffy,We have a pair I think !!! we see them alot ,should go bird watching over the hill I might be suprized to find they nest very close by.

Got some bad shots this am ,digital zoom stinks....i have only 10 op zoom then 16 dig.
this could have been a good shot ,grainy

peek

nice sized fella

better bad

where ??

He is a regular

He was really barking at me ,I was not that close either..hed better watch it ...I feed him !!!!

Ahh yes the wish for more zoom. Don't matter how much you got , you always want more! Ignore the digital zoom...nobody uses it....a total waste!

I've asked DH for one of those bird blinds so I can sit in the back yard unnoticed. Less zoom! ha.

Yes ,ive learned that,unfortunately !!! I told the dh yesterday,Iam hoping my camera wears out before the warranty,and I get to pick out a new one.wished now I would have gotten a SLR,to replace my last lemmon of a point and shoot.I have an old nikkon 35 mm ,thought oh I still shoot with that..wrong !!! This panisonic tz5 is a nice point and shoot,just not good for bird shots.

I have thought about one of those too!! A lady I know on another birding forum use to use one and got great shots. She is published a lot in Birds & Blooms.

OM you were reading my mind ... was thinking the very same thing tehe

She does that... so beware! lol

I've been aching for a bird blind too. Didn't someone post one last year that just goes over your chair? I think it was for sale at Walmart. I remember thinking that I could just put a camouflaged sheet over my chair and cut a hole. Never got the sheet though.

Here's a bad shot from Monday. This red-tailed hawk landed in the tree above my car. I backed up and took a pic through the windshield that was OK, but it was a really cloudy day. Then I snapped this as he flew off.

awww....that is a shame!

this one makes me dizzy! Carolina Wren & a Downy Woodpecker.

I haven't been out birding as often in order to be able to contribute on our daily treads; but this was a delightful occurrence yesterday when I spotted these Cedar Waxwings passing through our area. They stopped by briefly to check out the bright red leaf of this Black Gum tree in our neighborhood. Picture was taken behind a moving car....arggg!

Wait, wait, the picture turned out 'purdy good', maybe I'll post on our daily thread after all.

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we have a pileated WP living close by seeing him every morning,hoping he found suet cakes.I love cedar waxwings

using crummy digiital zoom,he was to the back of the woods

Hah! That's him! huggergirl, I'd be very happy to have captured a pix likes it.

I'd love to pic a Pileated Wp anyway I could.

Hack

thank you ,we are fortunate,Iam pretty sure I saw his mate too or juvie who knows!!!! Iam sure they live not far from our house,I need to go on a walk and see if I can spot where they live ,we also have redtailed hawks that live close by too,our house is the front 3 acres of a very large woods that runs north and east,and we have a wet lands and creek.We have a birders heaven,wish I had a birders camera !!!!! dang I messed up on that ,I got my camera before I found Daves...We look for the pileated every morning,Hack I will enjoy him for you..LOL he is just wayy cool,prehistoric looking birds

Ha! I've got a good one! This is a mockingbird. I don't think it could be much worse than this.

Forgot to tell the sapsucker to hold still! lol

ive got 2 Pileated adults,hanging out here Iam soo excited..Need to read up on them. I love hearing them call ,sounds like a crazy bird....They are out there this am ,wishing I had a real camera,I do but its a 35mm film,yes I said FILM...!!! my point and shoot is good but not good enough to shoot 60-75 ft close up

Here is 1

big Blue Jays

nice redbellied

we just set up a heated bb and the feeder and suet cake on the west side ,its closer and I can shoot through the window !!! We have a screened in porch and we can do a lot of watching through the screen but ,if I open the door and step out off they go ,I wait...LOL our porch is like a blind we can move about ,open that door...

last one its really almost good,I might photo shop it

Oh, yeah, hugger. PS should do it up nicely.

Hack

I've a couple to share; a Northern Flicker. A cloudy day plus the thick branches of the tree didn't help me none!

The Flicker is among the thicket, I promise.

flickers are soo pretty ..I see him...

just 2 cardinals

drats!

The two really brighten up the scene there, Tamara.

Cooper Hawk;

Awwww, the Pileated wp would be so nice, Nan.

Pushed the shutter button just a little to soon!! lol

Pekin duck and friend...ehrrr, blurry Pekin duck and friend.