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scuffy b
climber
Stump with a backrest
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Dec 19, 2007 - 12:30pm PT
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TIG,
Are you saying you use eye position to differentiate between
Cooper's and Sharp-Shinned?
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TradIsGood
Recently unshackled climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Dec 19, 2007 - 12:43pm PT
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I hit this link
somehow looking for whether the red eyes in adult Cooper's was distinctive from Sharp-Shinned. Wish I could recognize the leaves to get size info. But the flatness of the head and hint of a crest, plus an uninformed guess on the leaf size...
led me to Cooper's.
But basically, to my untrained eye, size seems to be the most distinctive.
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Geno
Trad climber
Reston, VA
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Dec 20, 2007 - 06:30am PT
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Damn Riley those birds you posted are cool. I am going to research them today.
The raptors I posted are:
1-Eastern Red Shoulder. I took it in late March in a swamp in suburban Reston, VA. I There are remains of a frog at her feet so I had time to get a picture while she ate.
2, 3, 4, -The accipitor is a Coopers Hawk that built a nest behind our house. She is the mother of the babies next under. Scruffy caught it that it's the same foliage. The identification clues are hidden. You can't tell from the photo but, she is much bigger than a Sharpie. Her mate was tiny and I couldn't tell him from a sharp shin. At this point only she was tending the nest. However, he'd bring food to this transfer tree and she'd bring it in to the nestlings. My wife Laura and I watched this family every day for a couple months last year. The nest was hidden pretty well and people walking by had no idea what we were looking at. I used a Nikon 4500 through a telescope.
Geno
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Geno
Trad climber
Reston, VA
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Dec 20, 2007 - 06:50am PT
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Riley,
My best guesses on your birds are:
1. Ladderback woodpecker
2. Hooded Oriole
3. Brown Jay
4. Male scarlet Tanager
I am pretty sure you are going to school us on these though. Tell us where and when you took these photos. Great ones.
Geno
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Dec 20, 2007 - 12:59pm PT
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Alrighty, I'll chime in on a few of these. The woodpecker is a Red-cockaded. Note the clean white outer rectrices. The oriole looks like a straightforward adult male Baltimore to me, but there's not much to go on. Any oriole having that much blue-gray in the upper mandible is pretty classic Baltimore/Bullock's, and between that and the very orange underparts, I think we can discount Black-vented and Black-cowled (the latter of which I don't believe has reached the U.S.). I think I'm also seeing a little white lower wingbar, maybe some white below that (which would be the white edging to the primaries) and maybe some orange tail feathers. Just looks like a classic male Baltimore unless you can convince me otherwise. Another thing to note with Geno's nesting accipiter is head shape - flat-topped is good for Cooper's. Here's a few shots I took in my yard this summer, playing with exposures and natural light. Not an ID quiz (which if you're interested, this one's often good (http://www.americanbirding.org/photoquiz/);, just some fun shots:
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adam d
climber
CA
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Dec 20, 2007 - 01:58pm PT
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like the hummer shot, here's another. The neutrino of the bird world!
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Geno
Trad climber
Reston, VA
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Dec 21, 2007 - 07:30am PT
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Willoughby-Excellent exposures on those hummers. You froze the motion like a Winslow Homer painting of a jumping trout!
Adam. Beautiful. Calliope, right? You guys out West are lucky to have so many wonderful humming birds.
Riley, Please confirm that woodpecker and tell us about the mystery oriole. I gotta agree with Willoughby it looks like a Baltimore to me now.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Dec 21, 2007 - 08:50am PT
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I'm back in internet range and can see threads again. What a great thread to come back to! Great photos. Beautiful birds.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Dec 21, 2007 - 09:48am PT
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WOW, those hummer shots are amazing!
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Geno
Trad climber
Reston, VA
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Dec 21, 2007 - 10:02am PT
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Crimper,
Glad you popped in again on this. You got Laura and I inpired to look at birds in the first place a couple years ago. Thanks! We are still novices but we see so much now. Wish you were still out here.
Last Saturday we were on a boat cruise on the Potomac with folks from my office. Laura had the binos in her pocket. As we cruised by Old Town Alexandria, Laura scoped out a Great Horned Owl roosting on the top of an office building. It was great. I love seeing birds in unlikely places. Like you said earlier: "these little gems are all around us!"
Here are more examples of that.
Red shoulder after eating some creature on a roof in our neighborhood this morning.
Even common birds are cool.
This big Barred owl was at the beggining of a driveway in New Paltz last Christmas. All we could get was this snap shot, but it's a great memory.
In Feb 06 a Snowy Owl was hanging around Dulles Airport. We went there 5 times and saw it only once at a distance. But this guy caught it sitting on the ail of this plane. Great photo I think. The bird was obviously unfazed by all the air traffic.
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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Dec 23, 2007 - 10:48am PT
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Dec 23, 2007 - 12:57pm PT
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Nita's husband, Andy here,
I can't resist a bird thread.
Looks like some Lower Rio Grande specialties. In no particular order;
red cockaded woody, Brown Jay, Altimira oriole, scarlet tanager.
I just did the Chico Audubon Christmas Bird Count. 118 species total for the group. Some personal highlights; 19 Hooded mergansers, Prarie and peregrine falcons, rufous crowned sparrow and lots of wood ducks.
Next Saturday is Oroville's CBC
good birding all, Andy
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Brock
Trad climber
RENO, NV
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Dec 23, 2007 - 01:08pm PT
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One of the prettiest birds in the Sierras is the Western Tananger...Rarely see them any more.
Climbing up in Tahoe I had a black-capped Chickadee follow me around and landed on my arm & head several times...Cute & friendly liitle bird.
Like the speed & acrobatics of the peregrine falcon while climbing the Captain. Several times I thought they were rocks whizzing past me.
Can somebody post some pics of these birds please.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Dec 23, 2007 - 01:57pm PT
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Geno:
So happy to see how birds have become part your your life. They are beautiful aren't they!?!? Speaking of, I'm heading to Costa Rica in a week. 850 species of birds to be had there. I am hoping for a Resplendent Quetzal and other amazing birds. Bob - are those photos from CR?
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 23, 2007 - 02:09pm PT
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Crimp...some are from Ecuador.
I saw Resplendent Quetzal in Nicaragua...one of the few times I didn't have my camera. You need some beta on CR...give me a call.
Geno...miss you guys...have a good holiday season.
My son and I spend a few days birding in Mindo, Ecuador...walking up along the Rio Mindo this deer was fighting for his/her life...I snap a few quick shots and thought the thing was going to drown..he somehow made it to the bank, shook himself off and headed back into the woods.
Crimp...bag CR and go to Ecuador for birding over 1500 different beauties to be had there.
r
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Dec 23, 2007 - 06:20pm PT
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Radical - look closely at the extent of black on that bird; it's a complete hood. Crimson-collared Grosbeak has a crimson collar (in the ad. male), which would be vis. in this shot. Females, and juvs have even less black, and they're greener also. Plus, no age/sex combo should be this orange. Regarding your quest for all the woodpeckers, have you seen the Ivory-billed? Yeah, me neither.
Brock - no Black-capped Chickadees in Tahoe; they're Mountain Chickadees. I'll dig for some photos of those three species you mentioned.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 23, 2007 - 06:35pm PT
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Caught this pair in the San Luis Valley.
Riley...not a c*#k of the rock. I think of the name when I check my notes.
Sun Grebe is right.
Riley...Whooping Cranes???
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Dec 23, 2007 - 07:46pm PT
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Bob: Ecuador looks awesome. Dave has been already so we opted to head somewhere he hasn't been. Not a small task. I think we have our itinerary hammered out for CR. Starting NW (Samara) and heading south along the coast to Corcovado, then to Chirripo, and finally to San Jose to fly back to the real world. Less than 12 hours after arriving home I teach the first class of the Spring semester. Hee hee!
My camera took a digger (three inches onto the dining room tables????) a few days ago and is now en route to the Canon hospital. So photo duty is all Dave's. Actually that is a good thing given I can't take a focused photo to save my life!
Any MUST DO'S along that trail Bob? I so can't wait. :)
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 23, 2007 - 07:53pm PT
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Crimp...Samara is beautiful little beach town... rent a horse and go look for monkeys...Corcovado is one of the best National Parks in the world...so enjoy. Manuel Antonio is close to San Jose and lot's of wildlife..Ricon de Viejo near Liberia is great for hiking and wildlife. Climb up the volcano and you can see both coasts on a clear day.
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