Got any bird pics?
- Thread starter Wadin' Boot
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Isn't it great? So helpful to learn who's making some of the bird calls we've been hearing our whole lives, in some cases.
I really loved using it in Costa Rica, too.
SilverFly
Legend
Surprised and pleased at how well it works. Still have a bunch of calls I haven't been able to pin down. Just missed getting a Belted Kingfisher, but no mistaking that loud chattering call.
Hadn't thought about using it for travel. Yeah, Costa Rica is on our radar. Looking like my other SIL (not your neighbor) will be getting married to a great guy who has a condo in Jaco.
Bajema
Life of the Party
Went on another pelagic trip out of Westport on Saturday. Lots of great birds, including two Scripp’s Murrelet (no pictures unfortunately) which are quite rare to see this far north (and that was a new bird for me!)
Black-footed Albatross
Sabine’s Gull
Sooty Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Black-footed Albatross
Sabine’s Gull
Sooty Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Excellent, what a trip!
Coach Potter
Life of the Party
this is really funny (long)
I started it and was enjoying it. I'll have to watch the rest, thanks for the reminder.
Breck
The Whisk(e)y Dick
If you were to capture a tern and then trade it for a sausage, it would be a tern for the wurst. nyuk nyuk.
With the phone… flew right over me.
While I was visiting family on Lopez Island this summer, I heard a VERY upset male robin repeatedly calling. I thought that there must be a hawk or an owl close to its nest. Armed with binocs and camera, I scanned the lower branches of the Douglas first near the robin and picked out a barred owl that was trying to nap in the shade.
The hubbub that the robin was raising must have disturbed the quiet that the owl was seeking as the owl flew a short distance away, out of the robin’s territory, and in a clearer view for me. Armed with a telephoto lens, I was able to capture some great shots while not disturbing the owl.
A human can turn his head at most 90o from a forward-facing position (or 180o in total, left and right). While an owl cannot turn its head a full 360o from a forward-facing position, it can turn its head 270o from that position (though commonly, it won't exceed 180o to a position where its beak is over its backbone).
And because an owl can rotate either left or right, its full range of rotation is 540o (270o left plus 270o right).
Steve
The hubbub that the robin was raising must have disturbed the quiet that the owl was seeking as the owl flew a short distance away, out of the robin’s territory, and in a clearer view for me. Armed with a telephoto lens, I was able to capture some great shots while not disturbing the owl.
A human can turn his head at most 90o from a forward-facing position (or 180o in total, left and right). While an owl cannot turn its head a full 360o from a forward-facing position, it can turn its head 270o from that position (though commonly, it won't exceed 180o to a position where its beak is over its backbone).
And because an owl can rotate either left or right, its full range of rotation is 540o (270o left plus 270o right).
Steve
Gyrfalcon22
Legend
Getting closer to the best birding of the year in my book. That would be Fall migration and arriving Winter raptors and waterfowl watching season !
