DAILY BIRD PICTURES, VOLUME 365

adel - some heat wave. Its 65 degrees here today. I thought you pic of the Towhee was really nice.

teddy - Using Irfanview paid off. Much better pic.

Hack

Man, I am enjoying RAW. Here is a female Red-bellied Woodpecker composite.

Hack

Another composite.

The EXIF says (for both composites)

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Image Date: 2010-02-14 16:38:55 -0500
Focal Length: 500.0mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.0013 s (1/800)
ISO equiv: 3200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)
Color Space: sRGB


NO WAY. I was using a 70-200mm (at 200) with a Tamron 1.4 TC. How it got 500mm on the EXIF is a mystery to me. but even 200 x 1.4 x 1.6 (the 40D) = 448mm, not 500.
NO WAY. - I was no where near 3200. More like around 1600.
1/800 sounds about right.


You reckon the TC was the cause of the discrepancy.

Hack

This message was edited Dec 22, 2010 4:51 PM

I have two new suet feeders, one on the side of the house that I showed you all earlier and one in the back. This is the first time I've seem a bird at the one in the back. I thought the R-b WP had left, but all she did was move to this other feeder.

I took this using my new 70-200mm F2.8 IS lens.

Hack

This message was edited Dec 22, 2010 4:46 PM

Lol, just wrote you all messages about your pics and then accidentally went back to look at one again and erased my message! Here I go again...

GG, great start! Love the Titmouse especially.
Bestmissy, nice sparrow. I think it's one that I've never seen.
Lily, glad you're feeding those goldfinches. There are some around here but they are not coming to the feeders at all.
Burd, nice ones -- love the starling photo. Not my favorite bird but they are pretty.
Red, just love the bluebirds!
Rose, fantastic shots! I was justing reading about Purple finches and it said that they were big bruisers compared to other finches and there it is in your photo! Resin said I would not see one here, but they've been spotted about 20 minutes west of me. I went looking for them yesterday, but I didn't see them.
We're having record heat which is nice. I think it was 82 yesterday. I don't need a white Christmas. Teddy's photos make me cold enough!
Hack, I see you're posting really cool woodpecker shots. Hope I've waited long enough. Sorry if I interrupt.

This is probably the worst flicker shot ever posted on these threads, but I'm amazed by it! This bird was so far away that you could not see it with the naked eye. I just saw it fly off and saw the area where it landed, pointed and clicked!

Rose, I agree about the Butter-butts designation. I think it was OK to name the Audubon's warbler, but the rest should just be Yellow-rumps. Why would you change the perfect name? So here is what was a perfectly named Yellow-rumped Warbler!

Another shot.

An Orange-crowned Warbler. Looks kind of angry huh?

Last one, a Carolina Wren.

Nice feeder Hack! I've been seeing a lot of Dark-eyed Junco's eating suet on my long tail prop suet feeder.

Good ones Elphaba!

This one is for Elphaba, I wanted to warm her up a little, so this is one from last summer here at the lake, my hubby took this one.

My goodness, you folks are really rockin!! Great photos everyone.

Burd, that Starling is beautiful. Duc, poor little Junco. Hope he makes it okay. Rose, I have been trying and trying to get a decent picture of a Chickadee. Love yours. Elphaba, that Orange crowned Warbler looks meaner than dirt!!

Hack, love the Woodpecker side by side comparison.

Teddy, nice shot of the squirrel. Have you tried the free download Picasa? It is a nice editing program. I use it from time to time and really like it. That shot from last summer is great!

Here is a female Cardinal from today.

Teddy, Your Husband took a good shot!

GG, Good one of the lovely female Cardinal!

Not a great photo, taken today from a moving boat in Lake Dora, FL. The Great Blue Heron had caught a Brown Water Snake which wrapped itself around the bird's bill. So does the bird have the snake, or the snake have the bird? Wonder if the heron ever succeeded in swallowning the snake.

I'm bettin' on the heron.

Lots of great shots.

A House and Goldfinch from this a.m.

I hope the Heron wins! Yuck, snakes!!

Interesting "doos" on those finches! LOL

Rose, love the shot of the 2 finches together!!

A couple pics of the Cooper's Hawk from yesterday. It hung around for a few so I not only got the video but a few decent shots of it...finally! lol

Back view as it got ready to take off.....

Luckily it stayed in sight as it flew to a neighbors tree!

Nice shots of that hawk, Nanny. I also enjoyed the video. I think that fellow knew you were there!!

bsharf, That is really neat!

nanny, Nice ones of the persistent Coopers!

Just a few shots taken yesterday. Here are two Painted Buntings in the bush.

Indigo Bunting.

Feeder shot with branches in the way. The feeder was fairly busy.

Decided to put out a stocking for my bluebirds this morning. If you look closely, you may see a few of the meal worms.

This message was edited Dec 23, 2010 3:17 PM

Didn't take the birds long to find them.

Nice pics GP!

Dave, That is adorable!

This is the tufted titmouse after I did some tweaking with Irfanview, I think it looks a lot better, don'y you?

Oh now just how cute is that!!!

Here is one of my bluebirds from yesterday.

Same bird, different angle

Here is our resident tufted titmouse, and this is from my camera and without Irfanview.

This is the same picture taken the same way, only I tweaked with the program. He thought he would be sly, but I caught him.

Dave, absolutely love the bluebird stocking!

Here's a Pine Warbler visiting the suet feeder.

American Goldfinch

Good shots Dave, teddy and missy!

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren

thebestmissy, what in the world do you have in those cans? I know it is not real wasabi! Does anyone know how to make a suet cake, I don't have any peanut butter, but I do have grease that has solidified. Could I make something oit of that?

Hi Missy, In the thread (Helpful Tips and Guides) at the top of this forum there are links to different suet recipes and other things. Here is one to the Sialis site.

http://sialis.org/suet.htm