Nmbirder, those are too funny! The hind end shot had me laughing and I thought I might fall outta my chair, then here comes the photobomber crow! I had to get up off the floor and dust myself off. That crow really looks like "what? who, me?" Funny stuff.
All of the pictures were shot with a Nikon Coolpix P510. We love this camera for travelling because it is a very lightweight unit with a terrific built-in optical zoom lens. The only downside is that it's not waterproof.
The vulture/crow shot was a stroke of luck-they were feasting on the remains of a giant codfish that had been left on the beach at the boat takeout. They were not going to move just because we were there. Here is a shot of the vulture looking quite handsome.
Thanks for the comments.
Why, that IS a handsome bird! What a great shot! I know Vultures have a rather high ick factor, but I find them to be quite beautiful, and very elegant in flight.
Wow, those are some awful (nice) shots, everybody!
Here's a real beauty. A lovely male Downy Woodpecker...in flight. Doesn't he just look so graceful?
Your woodpecker looks like a circular saw or fan in motion.
Yeah. Kind of like how the Roadrunner's legs looked in those cartoons when he was racing through the desert...all the while saying, "Meep, Meep".
I like the vulture. I'm sure vultures do the world a valuable service yet are misunderstood and disliked. He IS rather handsome.
Mr. Woodpecker reminds me of the pics of powwow dances.
I guess you could call this a profile shot. :)
Photobomber Crow is fabulous!
This piece of photography is an insult to the beautiful cardinals of the world. :(
Cville, you are so great!!! LOL LOL LOL!!!
I can't even plead The Fifth on that one.
That's nice, Cville (chuckle, snort)!
:^)
I'll have to say that I'm certainly glad for digital photography these days. I'd go broke if I had to buy film. Yuk, yuk. Just have to remember that "image stabilization" refers to the camera and not the subject. Duh.
hahaha can't wait for that 'subject stabilization' mode!
1) Original photo - I had no idea it was that dark! My eyes must have adjusted
2) What my auto edit showed. That is an Osprey and a Great Blue Heron roosting in the same tree. Their eyes must have been dilated, too, because they show up as a white dot on both birds.
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Ha ha ha, pollen garden, that really is awful. Saying that, I can certainly recognise the osprey (in the edited shot).
Loons from our summer place in MI and a couple of Ravens from last night. The Loons are visitors and one of our lake pair.
This could have been a great shot, if the day wasn't cloudy, if the window frame was not in the way, if the camera was set for cloudy conditions, if the Kestrel was upright and if those branches were not in the way. :D Merlin on the wire, Kestrel on the post.
Second picture still shows both birds in the same shot, but they were so far apart and the cloudy conditions were no better. :P
Third photo is after a lot of photo editing to show the size comparison of the two.
haha
add a speech bubble to pic 2 "Can you hear me now?"
What was amazing about this is the birds were still doing their thing at the feeders.. I mentioned this to a birding friend and he was amazed as well. Normally, birds recognize the threat Merlins are. All I could guess is that our little friends have become accustomed to "our" Kestrel that never bothers them and with similar shape and appearance, they didn't feel the need to hide. ??
I tell you, if Miss Kestrel ever runs short of rodents, she could very easily catch a bird... thus shocking us all. We were starting to have at least one or two mice a day that were caught by the traps. Even though the cold has really set in, the traps have been nearly empty for a week or more. The mice never go to waste, since we take them to the raptor rehab place, but I really would like them to stay outside to feed the healthy raptors, too. :)
what a brilliant forum this is...
I am not in the same league as the regulars here but this thread gives me hope :)
1) rear end of a Waxeye
2) might be a juvenile Blackbird?
3) Waxeye peekaboo...
Oh, those Waxeye shots are lovely. :o)
pic 1 - where's the birdie?
pic 2 - missed him by [....] that much ;)
http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/silvereye
whether you call them a Waxeye or a Silvereye depends on where you grew up.
This naughty bird is a leucistic Red-tailed Hawk. We thought it was a Gyrfalcon, so it created a little excitement, until the let down.
Pied Contortionist
Robin convention
looks like the convention is on break with everybody scattered to the restroom, snack table, go have a smoke.....lol
lol. They certainly were busy about whatever their business was.
The photos I took before this needed the low light setting, but I forgot to put it back to my usual setting, so got this lovely specimen. While I was fiddling with the camera, I begged the hawk to stay right where he was, but nope. He had to fly all the way to the neighbour's. We think it was a Cooper's based on the size.
This male House Finch had one of the brightest crowns I have seen in awhile, so I tried getting a picture of him. I missed. :)
so close... that's a big worm by the bird ;)
Well, a Cardinal was there a minute ago.
ooohh, I love this thread! I wish I hadn't deleted the worst of my bad bird photos.
1) Good thing this bird is bright blue and white
2) Lots of half-birds and blurry feathers
3) Find the birdie
Muddy1, this is probably my favourite thread. :) I have that same bath, but we didn't get the base. The birds here seem to prefer the baths on the ground.
I believe you, Cville_Gardener. A friend of mine posted a blog entry titled, "Where the Wild Things Were", sharing several photos of branches where a bird used to be.
dalfyre, that "worm" made the photo even better. The children decided to use the extra long extension cord to hook up the heater. I noticed the camera did focus clearly on his tail. :)
Dang autofocus!
Second pic, the focus worked, but the bird shook its head in disbelief at the first!
A Eurasian Nuthatch.
Resin
I bet it was rolling its eyes, too.
My hands were shaking from the cold and I only got one shot before it flew away.
The underside of its tail was creamy white and looked square.
I'm thinking this is a juvenile Cooper's. Can anyone tell without seeing its tail, eyes or legs?
Definitely looks like the Cooper's we have here.
