Awful Pics Vol. 8

I had a really bad one of the Northern Flicker, but must've deleted it. This one isn't much better...

That Osprey nest is so cool! I would love to see one.

I rarely see Northern Flickers, so any picture of them is always fun!

Good ones guys! Here is well part of a European Starling.

In saw Osprey nests for the first time here on top of the Lights on a sports field locally, I sometimes look in wonder when I see them flying around they are a protected species in UK. I never ever saw any there!

I can't be postive, but I THINK this might be a Pine Siskin.....

nope just the one pic....I'll bet it was a yellow-rumped....that didn't occur to me at the time!

Oh no, add another 'lil so that I can get confused with housefinches, pine siskin, and goldfinch, a yellow-rumped warbler? LOL

That is actually known as a PLB~pretty little bird! Honestly! That is the name for most of the birds that hide out in trees and bushes defying the usual identification! ;-)

I have tried for the last two days to get a good pic of a Yellow-rumped Warbler(Myrtle Warbler). It just never happened. I don't have any pics of one after they get their breeding colors. Maybe he will still be here tomorrow.

They are so much different looking.

The change in them is sooo amazing! I don't have a really good one of the in breeding plumage either.

Well, this Pileated Woodpecker had landed on my tree but before I could get a photo he left and flew waaaayyyy over there..... LOL! I am inside my house mind you shooting thru the silding door. DH thought I was nuts to even try....

Proves you saw it, and gives you something to post HERE! LOL.

Why couldn't he have landed there the day that I was visiting!

I did try my best to arrange something spectacular for you....and gee I could post pics here all day! LOL

Layman's Uncle was up here from Texas last Sunday. They are all really big on nature, wildlife, birds etc. We haven't seen any deer for months...he is getting ready to leave and we are all out in the driveway when 3 deer come strolling thru the woods across the road just in time for us all to see. Timing couldn't have been better!

Sure wish I'd been able to catch this photo of two Rufous hummers. I already had it named as my looking in the mirror shot.

Oh man, that would have been good!

Resin: I remember some years back, that therre was a nesting pair in Scotland and someone stole the eggs, there was a big hoo-ha in the papers about it at the time. Glad to know they have more over there now. They are frequently seen here flying around, and I don't get sparrows on my front lawn, but small egrets and red crested cranes. These two go strolling past in the morning making a lot of noise.

You will also note that it's a picture fit to be in this forum!

You guys make me laugh!

I just can't seem to get the flying birds. Either I can't get them in the viewfinder or I can't get the settings right fast enough and poof there miles away!

Luvsgrtdanes, that's true, as soon as you think you have them, they flip. The great danes that you love are they 4 legs or 2 ??

It's especially hard when there isn't a lot of light. I think you did good though luvs.

Well, here's todays bad Blue Bird pic!

Yes Lily, there are cute little Yellow-rumped Warblers (also known as 'Butter Butts') to found and photograph badly!

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gone bazzurk.............sorry about the dirty post, makes it an even more bad picture.

Seemama I guess in my case that would be 12 legs!! LOL

Thanks Pelle, it was extremely cloudy that day.

Luvs gt daens - next time I pass through PA, I must look out for them!!!

So many great bad pics and well worth the effort!

This goldfinch was singing his heart out but it was too shady to get a good pic.

Got to get this guy with a better background...

Watercan I think that's a great shot...here it is with a little editing...

Over exposed and very cloudy day! Terrible combination...

Can you see the Pileated Woodpecker here?? LOL

Only with a VERY vivid imagination!!! Sometimes auto focus is a bad thing, huh?

Hey that vulture is far too good for this thread!!! ;-)

Odd about the Pileated - with my camera, the autofocus always goes for the most distant item in the field of view. So if I'd taken it, the Pileated would've been in focus.

Resin

And you would have been posting the pix on the worst tree pictures thread? LOL>

Mrs. Ed...LOL!

Oh..I agree that vulure shot is NOT bad enough ...!! :)

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Oh me oh my!!! I just saw a flock of Cedar Waxings passing by! I snapped away, so I will have many 'awful pics' coming this evening. This is my 3rd sighting of the beatiful birds. I'm so excited, I'm beside myself!!! LOL.

Congrats on the waxwings. I just went looking for them and didn't see any today.

The Cardinals have been perching in the Lady Banks rose. I cannot get a pic of it though. It's way in the back of the yard. I tried last year too. In fact, I keep trying even though I know it doesn't work! Here the rose is almost finished and is turning brown, but still I'm trying to get the Mrs. in the roses.

Elphaba, the Mrs. Cardinal is looking good there! Sorry the Lady Bank's peak blooms was almost over? Do they rebloom for you? I've got a chance to get close and personal with the climbing roses today at my local nursery, and love them for the fact they're so beautiful and they've hardly any thorns!!!

Okay, here goes my Waxwing but too much bright light in the background:

Well, I have a series of bad photos for you...
This is the Carolina Wren