Post your birds (2)

[Marilynne]

Sorry but nope its not , you dont have to see the legs , this bird has both the breeding plumage of the egret , not the heron , and the bill on a heron is straighter on top with the lower curving up to it.
( theres other differences as well ) keep looking though , they arent exceedingly unusual down there. I got one on merritt island even.
Frankly Id rather get a shot of a Würdemann’s Heron, which is white morph great blue with dark morph great blue.

I didn't think it was, but I wasn't going to argue with the guy. The last couple of years there was a Wurdemann's hanging around, but not when I was there.

 

[Grumpa]

We saw more robins than all other birds combined today. They're year round residents here but their numbers go way up during the winter and they hang out in large loose flocks whereas during the rest of the year they aren't particularly sociable.

 

[dh photography]

Not bad for a completely overcast day with a 500mm and on camera flash.

 

[mikew_RIP]

We saw more robins than all other birds combined today. They're year round residents here but their numbers go way up during the winter and they hang out in large loose flocks whereas during the rest of the year they aren't particularly sociable.
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Nice captures,your starting to tame that lens then

 

[Grumpa]

your starting to tame that lens then

Thanks Mike, I think I'm gaining on it.

 

[Marilynne]

Why are they always sleeping when I find them??

 

[Marilynne]

I've seen them do this when they can't see the fish in the water, kinda like using sunglasses to see or he could just be stretching.

 

[Marilynne]

Haven't been right lately, so correct me if I'm wrong - this looks like a juvenile Cooper's Hawk - what do you think?? Luckily it moved after my first shot since it was in a really bad place.

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[Marilynne]

Don't think I've ever seen an Egyptian Goose by itself. Sitting in the shade with a touch of sun on its face.

 

[Kevin H]

Haven't been right lately, so correct me if I'm wrong - this looks like a juvenile Cooper's Hawk - what do you think?? Luckily it moved after my first shot since it was in a really bad place.

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You like the hard one's to ID don't ya

 

[wev]

No one wants to play today

 

[Stoshowicz]

Haven't been right lately, so correct me if I'm wrong - this looks like a juvenile Cooper's Hawk - what do you think?? Luckily it moved after my first shot since it was in a really bad place.

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Nope , its a young red-shouldered hawk, the eye is not yellow , the primaries have distinct alternating bands of dark and light as seen in this view..

 

[Marilynne]

You like the hard one's to ID don't ya

To many species!!

 

[Marilynne]

Nope , its a young red-shouldered hawk, the eye is not yellow , the primaries have distinct alternating bands of dark and light as seen in this view..

Thanks, I'll never get them right.

 

[dh photography]

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[mikew_RIP]

Fed up now with this overcast dull light and lack of subjects.

 

[mikew_RIP]

Pigeon bath time

 

[mikew_RIP]

Couple of close ups

 

[Stoshowicz]

Thanks, I'll never get them right.

Sure you will, hawks are often difficult ,,, just like the man said.
Going by general impression , is where one gets distracted from the salient points.
For instance , the all 'skinny white' of some birds - just stands out , its what one initially sees,
or the general 'hawk brown pattern' , or the 'little yellow' of warblers, the black and white of penguins etc.
Many Birds just are Not easy to differentiate, for various reasons,
and even once you do learn the particular field marks to look for you still have to keep in practice.
Doing what you are , taking a photo, looking it over perusing which it might be
.. and then seeing if you were correct first time out, that exactly how you learn it.
The personal interaction of taking the photo, your own photo, makes a difference in what you see.
Just scanning a book , isnt as effective. IMO
​and folks with binoculars just cant go back and check if the ID they made was correct.

 

[Marilynne]

American Kestrel

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