Little bird thread...your mission Mr Phelps

jcdeboever · Apr 12, 2016

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That one is cool. I bet you were a little surprised how that one rendered. Love it.

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squirl033 · Apr 14, 2016

a few recent "little birds"...

bushtit with moss for its nest...

a white-crowned sparrow...

a Bewick's wren...

and a spotted towhee...

jcdeboever · Apr 14, 2016

squirl033 said:
a few recent "little birds"...

bushtit with moss for its nest...

a white-crowned sparrow...

a Bewick's wren...

and a spotted towhee...

Gorgeous

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wfooshee · Apr 14, 2016

Some from this past Sunday, including a new one for me.

Female Red-winged Blackbird, deep in the brush. Focus was challenging......

Carolina Chickadee. I got several shots, but only one out in the sunlight

My new one for my list, Prairie Warbler

Almost a new one, only my second-ever sighting, Blue Grosbeak. This one was much closer than the one I posted before. This one allowed me to follow it around and stay within 15 feet or less, so minimal cropping, unlike the previously posted bird which was quite distant. Pop-up flash on this one, he was in a darkly shaded area under some brush.

and out in the sunlight. This time the catchlight is the sun, not my flash.

pjaye · Apr 14, 2016

This is such a great thread. Heard the bird bander today talking about all these birds, and half of them are in this thread. Nice to know what he was talking about.

wfooshee said:
Some from this past Sunday, including a new one for me.

Female Red-winged Blackbird, deep in the brush. Focus was challenging......

Carolina Chickadee. I got several shots, but only one out in the sunlight

I'm new to this bird thing, but I have to say, I would never have guessed that bird for a female red winged blackbird. I'm assuming I've seen one since we have all kinds of (now I know *male*) red wings around here.

I'm jealous of your Carolina Chickadee. Chickadee's are my favorite bird and we don't have that one around here. Great shots.

jcdeboever · Apr 14, 2016

My chickadee are real curious. Darn near can feed them out of my hands. They are the cutest little puffballs.

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pjaye · Apr 14, 2016

jcdeboever said:
My chickadee are real curious. Darn near can feed them out of my hands. They are the cutest little puffballs.

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I feed the black capped ones all the time, especially at a local conservation area. If you don't feed them, they dive bomb your head! I always carry seed in my car and camera bag. I cannot get the boreal's to eat out of my hand yet but heading up to Algonquin Saturday and hoping they will still be around.

wfooshee · Apr 14, 2016

symplybarb said:
I'm new to this bird thing, but I have to say, I would never have guessed that bird for a female red winged blackbird. I'm assuming I've seen one since we have all kinds of (now I know *male*) red wings around here.

There are several birds where the female is completely different in colors than the male, but Red-winged Blackbird is pretty far out there. Several orioles, the cardinal, and many ducks, among others, are quite different male to female. Others are only slightly different. Here's one that took me a LONG time to ID; female American Redstart.