First Birds!! ID please?

DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
edited March 19, 2006 in Wildlife
so i'm super pumped because these are my first birding shots... taken with my 70-200... and yes, i know a couple are BBIF:rolleyes but i'm partial to the first.:D anyone got an I.D. for this one? he was the only one down on lake tanycomo in Branson and i could have sworn i've seen pics of him on here before.

my fav.
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i couldn't zoom out fast enough:wxwax
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leaving you with a BBIF:thumb
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No crop
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thanks,

Daniel
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2006
    Congrats Daniel on your first bird captures. You caught a great blue heron.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Yup you did, that is a Great Blue!

    And you got a bird in flight!

    Congrats..............you are catching the fever, FEVER!

    ginger
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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    thanks for the ID harry,

    thanks gingerthumb.gif
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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Nice shots. If that blue was like the ones I've seen, they aren't easy to get close to.
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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Jeffro wrote:
    Nice shots. If that blue was like the ones I've seen, they aren't easy to get close to.

    nod.gif, those were taken by jumping out from behind a car, then waiting to see where he flew, finding a car nearby, and repeating. about 5 times.lol3.gif
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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    DanielB wrote:
    nod.gif, those were taken by jumping out from behind a car, then waiting to see where he flew, finding a car nearby, and repeating. about 5 times.lol3.gif

    rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif Too funny! I had the same type of experience, but from a small boat. I spent about 2 hours trying to get close enough once...see my Birds gone south post. If it was easy, who'd care?ne_nau.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Jeffro wrote:
    rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif Too funny! I had the same type of experience, but from a small boat. I spent about 2 hours trying to get close enough once...see my Birds gone south post. If it was easy, who'd care?ne_nau.gif

    You Yankees just don't know how to approach those fellas. Down here its a tad easier

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    :lol4
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    You Yankees just don't know how to approach those fellas. Down here its a tad easier

    40268087.jpg

    :lol4


    You East coast Floridians make way too much work out of this bird shooting thing. I just open the patio door. Walk to the fridge....grab a cold one...go sit in a comfy chair in the livingroom...and WAIT FOR THE BIRDS TO COME IN FOR THEIR PORTRAIT SESSION. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > :D

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    <looks at the electronic counter> NEXT!!! <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/blbl.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > :lol4


    Congrats on your bird shots, Daniel.
    Mike McCarthy

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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Super job Danielthumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    DanielB wrote:
    nod.gif, those were taken by jumping out from behind a car, then waiting to see where he flew, finding a car nearby, and repeating. about 5 times.lol3.gif
    he will not forget that you knowumph.gif bird butt shots is all you will get if you are not a friend eek7.gif it gets easier and your technic will improve
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 18, 2006
    You done good, Daniel. thumb.gif

    Real wild GBHs in the midwest are not the easy, laid back birds seen in Florida. Th eones I see in Indiana, have a flight radius of about 75 yrds.ne_nau.gif
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    You East coast Floridians make way too much work out of this bird shooting thing. I just open the patio door. Walk to the fridge....grab a cold one...go sit in a comfy chair in the livingroom...and WAIT FOR THE BIRDS TO COME IN FOR THEIR PORTRAIT SESSION. rolleyes1.gif:D


    Well, now that the rest of us (yet-to-be-bird-shooters) know how easy it is (just open the door and holler "come on in!") it takes a lot of the pressure off!!! rolleyes1.gif Nice job, Daniel. Congratulations! I saw one of these standing in an empty baseball field on homeplate Friday as I was driving by. Looked like he showed up for the game and it had been called for rain! He was on off a busy street with no parking.......so no photo!!!
  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Great catches Daniel. Don't let them fool you. Acting like a concrete pipe takes years to perfect.:D
    I'm sure you have been to Arkansas before on vacations, but didn't this one seem a whole different ballgame from behind your camera? So much more to see.
    Dana
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    I don't know how GBHs behave in your neck of the woods, but around here they see you, they raise their head (I think that's their "alert" posture), and then they FLY. So, based on my experience chasing these birds, I would have to say clap.gifclap

    We have a WMA about 30 miles from the house that I like to go to. Last year, you could get within about 20 yrds of them (sometimes). I was just out there about 2 weeks ago and was skunked. I don't think I got within about 100 yards before they would take flight.
  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Great
    You managed to catch a Great Blue Heron! And a BIF! Congrats!
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Dee wrote:
    You managed to catch a Great Blue Heron! And a BIF! Congrats!

    *puffs out chest* thanks everyonethumb.gif
    Daniel Bauer
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 18, 2006
    Nice GBH shots Daniel thumb.gifthumb.gif

    I like your stalking technique too......lol Don't let that Harry fella bring you down. Not everyone walks around with a pocketful of baitfish rolleyes1.gif

    Not to worry about clipping a few wings. It happens all the time. Birds usually fly faster than you can zoom and/or AF.....lol But, that's part of the challenge clap.gif

    Good work and I'll be looking for your next series of bird shots :D

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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2006
    Nice GBH shots Daniel thumb.gifthumb.gif

    I like your stalking technique too......lol Don't let that Harry fella bring you down. Not everyone walks around with a pocketful of baitfish rolleyes1.gif

    Not to worry about clipping a few wings. It happens all the time. Birds usually fly faster than you can zoom and/or AF.....lol But, that's part of the challenge clap.gif

    Good work and I'll be looking for your next series of bird shots :D

    Steve

    thanks stevethumb.gif unfortunately the only birds we have around here in Kansas are ducks, geese, and a small asortment of birds that are hella hard to get close to.

    looks like its time for me to refine my technique for stalking.mwink.gif
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  • dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2006
    DanielB wrote:
    so i'm super pumped because these are my first birding shots... taken with my 70-200... and yes, i know a couple are BBIFrolleyes1.gif but i'm partial to the first.:D anyone got an I.D. for this one? he was the only one down on lake tanycomo in Branson and i could have sworn i've seen pics of him on here before.

    my fav.
    60312393-M.jpg


    i couldn't zoom out fast enoughumph.gif
    60313060-L.jpg

    leaving you with a BBIFthumb.gif
    60312394-L.jpg

    No crop
    60316245-L.jpg

    thanks,

    Daniel
    Yea Daniel, good captures. The BBIF shot is all I ever get, butt the exposure is right on the money. thumb.gif
  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2006
    I am going to, once again, demonstrate my ignorance:

    BIF = Bird in Flight?
    BBIF = ?

    Thanks
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2006
    I am going to, once again, demonstrate my ignorance:

    BIF = Bird in Flight?
    BBIF = ?

    Thanks

    bird butt in flight.lol3.gif
    Daniel Bauer
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