Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
Congrats, John!
Got any bird pics?
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That top picture is OUTSTANDING.
Steve
Gyrfalcon22
Life of the Party
Thanks guys. Lucked into this one. Adding a couple more just to show a couple more angles about the bird. Pretty fun time indeed !
I took over 1000 shots I think so I should have found one more in focus to show with the wingsuit but will eventually get around to full sorting them all.
That is all I could think of when it would sort of hang in the air- deciding whether to land or seeing if a bug would come by first.
I took over 1000 shots I think so I should have found one more in focus to show with the wingsuit but will eventually get around to full sorting them all.
That is all I could think of when it would sort of hang in the air- deciding whether to land or seeing if a bug would come by first.
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I'd like to think that inside that suit is Old Man Jim
Outstanding!!!
I'm a bird revival specialist. They fly into my windows, and if they don't die right away, they get the spa treatment.
Usually 15-30 minutes to shake off the cob webs. I've found most the time, they seem content to sit on my hand indefinitely. So after a while, I throw em up in the air, and make em fly away
Usually 15-30 minutes to shake off the cob webs. I've found most the time, they seem content to sit on my hand indefinitely. So after a while, I throw em up in the air, and make em fly away
Or he will soon be hanging out with old man Jim
(I didn't know him, RIP)
Crossbill & goldfinch (maybe a tananger) hard to get an idea of size- I think.
Yes, they can somtimes recover from window strikes.
Yes, they can somtimes recover from window strikes.
A few crappy cell pics from our Mt Adams trip. Love the camera on my phone but it's limitations with wildlife became abundantly clear.
Mountain (or Western?) Bluebird.
Meadowlark photo bomb.
California Quail
An unknown wren, flycatcher, or ... ?
Sandhill Crane (actually not a bad cell shot at 200+ yards).
Missed good, close range shots at a wild turkey, and a Pileated. We were driving out after a hike through mixed fir/pine forest when I spotted a flame red crest on the ground only 40' off the road. Stopped the car and it took off the instant the car backed up.
Lesson learned. Cant get good wildlife shots, even with the best camera gear, if you arent ready.
Mountain (or Western?) Bluebird.
Meadowlark photo bomb.
California Quail
An unknown wren, flycatcher, or ... ?
Sandhill Crane (actually not a bad cell shot at 200+ yards).
Missed good, close range shots at a wild turkey, and a Pileated. We were driving out after a hike through mixed fir/pine forest when I spotted a flame red crest on the ground only 40' off the road. Stopped the car and it took off the instant the car backed up.
Lesson learned. Cant get good wildlife shots, even with the best camera gear, if you arent ready.
The crossbills are the dumbest. 95% of the time, it's them who hit the window. Always the yellow headed females. No red headed males have hit yet.
Seems maybe 30% of the time they survive. Try to keep windows a little dirty to help em see them anymore.
Silverfly - Not a meadowlark, it' a yellow rumped warbler. The bright blue on the bluebird would make me think western bluebird, just can't quite see the breast. The LBJ (little brown job), is a wren. not sure it it has a eye strip or not - if so Bewick's wren.
Jim F.
Still a Genuine Montana Fossil
One of those would be hard on windows . . .
Divad
Whitefish
I use these to help with bird strikes, they are still see through and do not impede vision drastically like others.
True story. My co-worker once came into work to find an injured but mostly okay heritage breed tom turkey from the neighbors across the street cowering under a desk, and the window above the kitchen sink busted out, glass everywhere. A review of the security camera showed a turkey running through the frame, then a coyote. Then back the other way--turkey, coyote.One of those would be hard on windows . . .
If the bird had flown through one of the full length glass double doors it might've ended differently for him. Not sure if it was smart, dumb, lucky, or maybe all three!
Lovedtp gobble another day.
Thanks for the correction. Pretty sure yellow rumped warbler is a first for me.
Can't see clear eye stripe but the bird was a bit larger and lighter than the Bewicks I'm familiar with here on the wet side.
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