We don't have Osprey here

Rick50 · Oct 21, 2014

but we have an abundance of these: (seagulls)

snerd · Oct 21, 2014

Pretty nice! One nit.......... try framing so there is more view of the direction they are looking/moving. Otherwise, nice captures!

JacaRanda · Oct 21, 2014

We definitely have Osprey here. Osprey

Rick50 · Oct 21, 2014

JacaRanda said:
We definitely have Osprey here. Osprey

Wow! Very cool. Birds are a whole new avenue for me. I guess I need to look.

JacaRanda · Oct 21, 2014

Rick50 said:
JacaRanda said:

We definitely have Osprey here. Osprey

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Wow! Very cool. Birds are a whole new avenue for me. I guess I need to look.

You are in a great place. Lots of migrants stop down in your area.

Rick50 · Oct 21, 2014

Too bad the Tijuana river estuary is such a long drive for me. I like the Salton Sea but need to find something closer. Some of the reservoirs maybe.

Hunter58 · Oct 22, 2014

Nice shots. I don't see any Seagulls though. I'm pretty sure you don't have any seagulls.

JacaRanda · Oct 22, 2014

Rick50 said:
Too bad the Tijuana river estuary is such a long drive for me. I like the Salton Sea but need to find something closer. Some of the reservoirs maybe.

Are you closer to North County?

Rick50 · Oct 22, 2014

JacaRanda said:
Rick50 said:

Too bad the Tijuana river estuary is such a long drive for me. I like the Salton Sea but need to find something closer. Some of the reservoirs maybe.

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Are you closer to North County?

Yea, I'm in Ramona. I did some research and there are bird watching locations in a lot of places. 1 in town here. I'm going to check it out.

Rick50 · Oct 22, 2014

Hunter58 said:
Nice shots. I don't see any Seagulls though. I'm pretty sure you don't have any seagulls.

Oh Oh, someone knows his birds. :aiwebs_016:

Hunter58 · Oct 22, 2014

Rick50 said:
Hunter58 said:

Nice shots. I don't see any Seagulls though. I'm pretty sure you don't have any seagulls.

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Oh Oh, someone knows his birds.

When you tell people there is no such thing as seagulls they look at you like you have two heads. :laughing:

Even though I'm a birder and know better, the phrase is so common that it'll slip out on me now and then.

Rick50 · Oct 22, 2014

OK ,so now I looked it up. Technically a Pacific Gull:
Pacific gull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If you search seagull in Wikipedia it redirects you to:
Gull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

To an average joe like me the technical terms for many birds and flowers compared to the names we used is just plain confusing.