What's your most disappointing photo of the day?!

Well the days long from being over but this is my disappointment of a mature male Rubythroated Hummingbird.

Boy, I would be tickled pink with that shot! lol


Mine from yesterday...a hummer of course! I spotted this little female while on my walk. Although several didn't turn out great, at least they had been flight shots. In this one she is perched and and low too!

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Wow Pelle, that really shows how fast those wings are going.
Shan LOL love those toes, that's a good miss.
Rose, frustrating isn't it?
Marna oh bummer. but do like the contrast. Here's one of an overcast day and a blurred Osprey in the nest.

The toes! LOL!!!
Burn, cool Osprey and so almost perfect!
Pelle, I agree with Nanny. I'd be really happy with that pic.
Nanny, she's so cute anyway!

I wasn't going to take any pics today b/c it's dark and rainy, but then a Giant Swallowtail just posed for me and while I was taking pictures of it, this hummer buzzed up. How could resist.

Here's my demon hummer. I hope when they send us that CSI software, they send a cure for demon eyes.

I saw one Roseate Spoonbill yesterday and it was too far away for a decent picture. Darn it. Here's the best I could do. Imagine a really cool bird where you see that tiny pink spot.

I think I see it Elphaba!!

Here is mine from yesterday...just not quite fast enough.

So close! It kind of makes for an artsy shot though! I like it!

Here's a pic I took a while back . . . anyone want to try and identify it???

Resin

It's a bird; it's a plane ... it's a???? I would guess turkey vulture but I bet you were taking a photo of something more exciting so how about some kind of eagle?

Much smaller than that!

But yes, it was a mega-rarity over here.

Resin

Could it be a raven or a hawk?

How about a hen harrier?

Panda Bird!

Lot smaller!

A bee eater! I'm just guessing that one because I think they look really cool!

I'm guessing again! A Roseate Tern?

Some kind of water fowl????

What is the opinion of the posters on brown-headed cow birds? Leeflea51

Resin, the cow birds have been the bane of my being for years. They parasatize the nests of other birds and have practically wiped out our red-eyed vireos. They are terrible gluttons at the feeders, running off the other birds. I contacted a birding group and was told to take up the mixed seed when the cowbirds arrived and replace them with oil sunflower seed in Fall and striped ones in Spring. I've done so since and they soon leave at which time I can put back up the mixed seeds. Of course, they never bothered the niger because of the small slits in the feeders. I know they have a place in the animal world but I so dislike them. Leeflea51

Resin, how about a Marsh Sandpiper? -- should be white underneath though huh? Back to the drawing board! Something small, rare, and dark with long wings -- most perplexing!

Leeflea, Cowbirds...but what are you going to do? If you see one's egg in a nest, you could remove it. I don't have the heart for it personally even though I know they'll push out the others. It's a bad business.

Here's another disappointing shot from last weekend. The boat bobbed at just the wrong time, so I ended up with 1 1/2 pelicans.

It just occurred to me that Lea probably is guessing Cowbird???

Of course, I posted my clever answer somewhere in the butterfly forum!!!

Hummer??

How about a House Sparrow!

elphaba, were you at bay area park when you saw the spoonbill??? If so I need to get over there ASAP!!! I live right down the street.

rntx22, I don't know where we were. We were going in and out of bayous off of Clear Lake. My friend says that he sees them all the time. It was only the second time that I've seen one. The first time I saw one it flew over my car when I was on Beltway 8.

Resin, first ever eh? I guess your photo was pretty disappointing, but like Nanny said about the eagle photo, at least it's proof!

This was my most disappointing photo of the year. It's not a bird. Am I going to get kicked off the forum for that? I was at the Houston Arboretum which is at the corner of Woodway and 610 (Houstonians would say "inside the loop" meaning downtown). I read on their website that there were coyotes in the park but that they were so rare that even the staff rarely saw them. I went out on a pier over the bayou and when I came back this one was only 10 feet from me. In fact, I had the zoom out on my camera and couldn't focus on him until I withdrew it some. Auto-focused on the tree instead of the coyote, but it was proof!

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Okay heres mine for today. I think you'll all agree with me on this one.

Weeeeelllll.... but what is there looks nice!! LOL

The dreaded Headless Hummer, eh?!

Too right!

But what pretty tucked up feet you have!

Elphaba,

I thought your coyote picture could be enhanced a little, so here it is showing the coyote rather more clearly. Quite a nice shot even if it is a bit out of focus,

Kennedy

Thanks Kennedy. If only there were a way to change the focus after it's been taken! Still it's a record of one of those magical nature moments.

Well Nanny we must have the same camera, Mine take pictures just like yours do. :) except mine has a purple eye.
Pelle I cut part of the wing off, instead of the head. Yours is definitely much clearer.

A lot of hummer bummers on here... heehee

I am not sure how you guys even take pictures of the humming birds. The other night on the deck, two males were fighting and buzzing around me and DH in our chairs. It was like being in the middle of a star wars battle with light sabors...zooooom, zooooom.
I cannot even fathom how to take a picture of that. We both just sat there and enjoyed the show.

You wait until they slow down!! LOL

I think your right burn!

Hi cparts, I had about the same fight right in front of me the other day. They each had their own feeder but that wasn't good enough. They came down together under the latice roof of the deck where I was sitting and started fighting furiously. Just a foot in front of me and 2 feet higher the sound of their bills clacking together was amazing!