enough of this bird snobbery

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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Another Mockingbird.
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    Thomas :D

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Hate to be boring by reposting, but what the heck.

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    Sid.
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  • imaximax Registered Users Posts: 691 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    A Couple Of Birds From This Morning


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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 3, 2005
    Duck, Duck, Goose :-)
    Common birds huh? Can't get more common than ducks and geese.

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    Good idea Andy thumb.gif These common birds usually get overlooked cuz they are so common. But, as this thread illustrates, they can make for some outstanding pics. I'm in awe looking at all these "non-rare" birds. Great job all that contributed clap.gifclap.gif


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:

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    really nice, steve!
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  • david_hdavid_h Registered Users Posts: 463 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    No Egrets Here.......
    Nothing new this weekend, so I delved into history, my trip to visit the family in the UK at Christmas.
    Mistley Walls, near where I used to live has had a swan colony for years. When I was a kid, taking old bread to feed the swans was a special treat. People still do it today.
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    This year there was a black swan, which I believe is native to Australia:

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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    This is great Andy.
    Here are a couple I posted a while back.

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Heres your sea gull

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  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Took this yesterday, not worth posting it in its own right so I put it in here
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  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Took this yesterday, not worth posting it in its own right so I put it in here
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Very cool, Steve.

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    Sid.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Dixie and I spent most of yesterday afternoon shooting egrets, and you have decided that now you don't want them????

    Geez.

    ginger

    I like the overexpose idea, but why doesn't the bird get blown?
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    This was my entry in the tryptich challenge. A bird so common, and so commonly presented that it didn't even make the finals, but I like it. g

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    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Dixie and I spent most of yesterday afternoon shooting egrets, and you have decided that now you don't want them????

    Geez.

    ginger

    I like the overexpose idea, but why doesn't the bird get blown?

    i know. ain't i a stinkah? peeeeeeyooooooooooooooo!

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 3, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Dixie and I spent most of yesterday afternoon shooting egrets, and you have decided that now you don't want them????

    Geez.

    ginger
    Ginger,
    You're a day late and an Egret short :lol Anyways, April is Porta-potty month. Did you and Dixie get any good potty shots yesterday? :lol4

    Jus' kiddin' mwink.gif You know we love Egrets and you can post em anytime thumb.gif But, as with anything else, posting the same old subjects can lead to a stagnant forum eek7.gif So while I will always go out of my way to view a nice Egret, Heron, Crane, Stork, or Raptor shot, I am really enjoying this thread.

    I really liked your gull triple header thumb.gif along with Troy's always interesting Gulls, Dave's tough exposure Vulture and Goose, Sam's Gull and most excellent Parrot shots, Stan's beautiful little bird, Thomas' very nice Mockingbirds, Sid's outstanding B&W gull, Ben's little sparrow amongst the green and red foliage, Jeff's reflecting Gulls and Commorants, Ian's Gull shots (especially the one from above), Allen's wonderfully detailed Mourning Doves, Ed's Gulls and brilliantly colored Ducks, PF's supersharp Grackle and Robin, Marloff's peaceful water scene with the Geese and Swan, Gus' carpet with a head and his Teradactyl shot:lol , Khaos' well exposed Red Winged Blackbird, Max's Cool bird shots, David's regal Swans, John's Gull ballet shots, and last but not least all those fine Gull shots that Andy started this thread off with clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif Man, you guys and gals do some fine work thumb.gif

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  • david_hdavid_h Registered Users Posts: 463 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Here's one more. My daughter and I went to Plum Island in Mass which is well known as a birding spot a few weeks ago. This was the only bird we saw......
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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Very cool, Steve.

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    Thomas :D

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,950 moderator
    edited April 3, 2005
    Pigeons. Doing what they gotta do...

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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    How about Mr. and Mrs. Lesser Scaup?

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2005
    Gosh, does anyone have a partridge in a pear tree?

    ginger

    good shots all.
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited April 4, 2005
    A female House Finch
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    Her other half - a male House Finch
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    A little sparrow in a Japanese Maple tree
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    All shot with a Canon 300mm lens and a Canon 2x telextender and a 20D
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2005
    Gas Station Birds: May 3, 2005
    I don't know what these birds are, but they were by our car where I was editing photos I had taken. They were eating red berries. ginger

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    Comments, help with identification, praise, anything you want to get off your chest, so to speak...........please.

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 4, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    I don't know what these birds are, but they were by our car where I was editing photos I had taken. They were eating red berries. ginger
    Comments, help with identification, praise, anything you want to get off your chest, so to speak...........please.

    ginger
    Nice ones Ginger thumb.gifthumb.gif They look like Cedar Waxwings to me ne_nau.gif Who definitely have a fondness for berries :D


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  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Gosh, does anyone have a partridge in a pear tree?

    ginger

    good shots all.
    A partridge is a groung nesting bird and rarely seen in trees let alone pear trees, I can however do a Starling in a pear tree in the rain, so the light is horriblerolleyes1.gif
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  • OlgaJOlgaJ Registered Users Posts: 146 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2005
    I don't know what these birds are, but they were by our car where I was editing photos I had taken. They were eating red berries.
    Definitely Cedar Waxwings. That second one is a great capture. Beautiful!

    Olga
  • OlgaJOlgaJ Registered Users Posts: 146 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2005
    How about UGHHH..ly!!
    A female grackle:

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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2005
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    Common birds huh? Can't get more common than ducks and geese.



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    Steve
    Steve - this may be a common bird, but certainly not a common shot. This is MINT! clap.gif
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  • JamesJWegJamesJWeg Registered Users Posts: 795 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2005
    I'll play too.

    HEAVY crop.
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    The ugly one
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    Where's the chow?
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2005
    To con't with the common touch :D And yes Oh so common you'll want your Egrets back :lol

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    And just to remember our most common friend:lol4

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  • billwbillw Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2005
    Is a Blue Jay common enough?
    Hey! Quit pointing that thing at me!

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