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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #75 on: May 19, 2010, 09:43:10 PM »
Marmot - thanks!

Eagle - those are REALLY cute little ducklings!  I've got a soft spot for ducklings ;)
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #76 on: May 21, 2010, 11:56:33 AM »



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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #77 on: May 22, 2010, 01:40:47 PM »
Quote from: DragonSpeed on May 19, 2010, 01:25:09 PM
Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird

We seem to get a lot more female birds around the hummingbird feeder than males... Finally got one far enough from the actual feeder. They don't seem to like the sun :( Without much further ado, here she is:
 


You know what, this is not a ruby throated... she's a female rufous after looking closer...pretty sure anyways. 
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #78 on: May 22, 2010, 10:53:49 PM »
Mamot - spot on... I noticed that just a bit ago too - was kind of hoping nobody would notice ;)
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #79 on: May 22, 2010, 10:54:41 PM »
Lead - down visiting at Reifel?  I'm suprised you didn't get attacked by the cranes!  :o
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #80 on: May 23, 2010, 08:05:57 AM »
I was surprised to see such tame cranes.I  never see them out in Pitt Polder where they they are supposed to nest.
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #81 on: May 25, 2010, 11:02:17 AM »


could not find the insect thread lol
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #82 on: May 26, 2010, 08:10:58 AM »
That bee picture is sic, I really like how the background matches the bee!  Actually there is an insect thread http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=21243.0
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #83 on: May 26, 2010, 10:13:30 AM »
Quote from: Eagleye on May 26, 2010, 08:10:58 AM
That bee picture is sic, I really like how the background matches the bee!  Actually there is an insect thread http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=21243.0

I'm pretty sure that's a wasp and not a bee  ;)
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #84 on: May 26, 2010, 10:24:13 AM »
Quote from: leadbelly on May 23, 2010, 08:05:57 AM
I was surprised to see such tame cranes.I  never see them out in Pitt Polder where they they are supposed to nest.


They just look tame...

those cranes can get quite agressive.  I had one jump up and down and flap towards me when I walked down a path it didn't want me to walk down (probably had little ones hiding in the grass).  Pretty neat to see them so close though considering they are not too common of a species as far as I recall.
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #85 on: May 26, 2010, 11:08:09 AM »


Quote from: Nina on May 26, 2010, 10:13:30 AM
I'm pretty sure that's a wasp and not a bee  ;)


lol  :-[ I will get it right one of these days...
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #86 on: May 27, 2010, 07:48:04 PM »
male hummingbird
female ruby throated hummingbird stretching
same bird cleaning up
unknown bird


woodpecker unknown type
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #87 on: May 27, 2010, 09:44:35 PM »
Fly fisher that's a male and a female rufous you have there.. were they there together?  They might be a pair :)  Isn't the color on the male just crazy??  I was misidentifying them as the same right up until last week.

The woodpecker is red breasted sapsucker...pretty sure.  I've never seen one even though they are fairly common.
 http://whatbird.wbu.com/obj/332/overview/Red-breasted_Sapsucker.aspx

not sure if you care for identifying them but if you do, my mum who has been birding for 40+ years gave me a good tip thats helped me quite a bit... if you use illustrations rather than photos for ID'ing birds it can make the task easier as the illustrations are more "iconic" whereas photos will have a lot of variation.  I still suck at ID'ing them while out, I have to take a pic and then look at it later most of the time.
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #88 on: May 27, 2010, 11:47:25 PM »
Quote from: marmot on May 27, 2010, 09:44:35 PM
Fly fisher that's a male and a female rufous you have there.. were they there together?  They might be a pair :)  Isn't the color on the male just crazy??  I was misidentifying them as the same right up until last week.

The woodpecker is red breasted sapsucker...pretty sure.  I've never seen one even though they are fairly common.
 http://whatbird.wbu.com/obj/332/overview/Red-breasted_Sapsucker.aspx

not sure if you care for identifying them but if you do, my mum who has been birding for 40+ years gave me a good tip thats helped me quite a bit... if you use illustrations rather than photos for ID'ing birds it can make the task easier as the illustrations are more "iconic" whereas photos will have a lot of variation.  I still suck at ID'ing them while out, I have to take a pic and then look at it later most of the time.
i actually saw this guy first i snapped the pic he moved and out of nowhere another one lands in the same tree and they started going at it, the humming birds were chasing each other away from the feeder.
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Re: 2010 Birds
« Reply #89 on: May 27, 2010, 11:56:50 PM »
Quote from: fly fisher on May 27, 2010, 11:47:25 PM
i actually saw this guy first i snapped the pic he moved and out of nowhere another one lands in the same tree and they started going at it, the humming birds were chasing each other away from the feeder.

I have a buddy who had "hummingbird wars" at his feeder last week.  


hope this works:
http://www.clintonkallies.com/P1190282_b.MOV
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