Ornithology (Bird) Thread

[Quick Steel]

Spectacular photos Mel. Just great.

[doglegg]

Whoa Mel, I like it. Great photo of a beautiful bird.

[Dinadan]

Thanks fellows. For every decent photo I have a lot like this one. If you look real close, maybe with a magnifier, you can almost see the eagle in this photo!

[doglegg]

Mel, it is knice to see them even at a distance. I thought when they were flying that they came with crows pestering them.

[doglegg]

These two showed up at the feeder today and I could not resist pic's of them, especially the male. I think him to be a male house finch.

[Quick Steel]

Great, great, shots. Beautiful.

[Steve Warden]

Some great pics, fellas!

[basser5]

An American Goldfinch

[Quick Steel]

Beautiful bird and beautiful photo Tim.

[basser5]

Thanks QS!

[Steve Warden]

Great pic, Tim

[basser5]

Thanks Steve!

[doglegg]

What a great photo Basser! That goldfinch is wonderful.

[FRJ]

Great pictures, doglegg, Mel and Tim.

Here's another Redwing Blackbird.
The red in the wing is so much more beautiful than in the photo.

[doglegg]

Redwings have always been a favorite. Love to see their nest in a bunch of reeds. Great photo.

[treefarmer]

My deer camera captured several bird this time. I hadn't checked the camera in about 3 weeks and found 2 hawk pictures, a female Cardinal and one Red-headed Woodpecker all in flight. The AM/PM is reversed on the pictures. Click on the pictures to enlarge.

Red-Headed Woodpecker

Female Cardinal

Red shouldered Hawk (?)

Red shouldered Hawk (?)

Can one of you Ornithologists I.D. the hawk for sure?
Treefarmer

[doglegg]

Those are really cool Philip. I haven't had much luck with in flight pics in my efforts. Those are great.

[Steve Warden]

From Google images of red shoulder hawks, that certainly looks like one to me.
Cool pics!

[Doc B]

Great feeder / hawk pictures!

[Dinadan]

Very good photos on the last couple of pages. The male Gold Finches and Blackbirds are really in fine plumage at this time of year!

I really like that second hawk photo, Treefarmer. I agree with you that it is a Red Shouldered Hawk. Of all the hawks that I see, the Red Shouldered is one the hardest for me to positively identify. Part of that is that they are usually in woods or swamp, so I usually get a bit of a brief glimpse. But a bigger part is that field marks are not as obvious, to my eyes anyway, as with many hawks. This time of year, a large Buteo here on the Gulf Coast is most likely a Red Tail or Red Shoulder, and that is definitely not a Red Tail.

[doglegg]

Some pics of a couple of flickers that frequent my son's back yard in Des Moines, Wa.

[Quick Steel]

Fine photos. Great in flight shots.

[doglegg]

Some dark eyed junco pics from our Washington trip. The last one played in the water sprinkler for better than 15 minutes. Acted like a little kid.

[Dinadan]

Nice Flicker and Junco photos, Doglegg. Flickers are common in this area, but for some reason we do not have a population in our neighborhood. I love seeing their wings flashing in the sunlight.

Mostly we have Red Bellied Woodpeckers in our garden. Here is an elegant lady checking out the sunflower seed.

[doglegg]

Mel, that is a great shot. What a pretty little bird.
I've never seen flickers around Dallas/Ft.Worth. Was glad to see them in Washington St. We do have various woodpeckers but I usually only hear them and not see them. I sure like yours.