Snowy Egret, Van Nuys, California by my friend Richard Wanderman, on Flickr. Richard wrote, “Japanese Garden … This little egret had this wild iris area all to himself and was fishing for small fish when we came by. He put on quite a show, moving around the small area to avoid us but also to get the best place to fish.”
Tag Archives: Birds
Duck Day Afternoon
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| Alex writes: Lunch at Foster City | |
Color stills and scenics from a lunch at Foster City, California. Click images for large 1024×768 viewing. Also browse all images in Alex’s Gallery.
The Birds
“The Birds” … opposite Coyote Point, SF Bay. Leica C-LUX 2 mini digital … Click image for larger file.Also browse all images in Alex’s Gallery.
Wild Life Series #3
Swan writes: “Not exactly man-eating: hummingbird up-close and personal.” … Click image for larger file.
Wild Life Series #2
Swan writes: “Egret eating man droppings” … Click image for larger file.
Two Hungry Hummers
Swan writes: “Two hungry hummers. (Notice tongue in the first photo.)” … Click images for larger files.
Bottoms Up & Bok Choy
Contributed by reader Terry W. from Thailand. Terry writes: “I experimented with depth of field with the shot of Bok Choi growing in my garden. The other shot I couldn’t resist and entitled it “Bottoms Up …” Nikon D50. Click images for large desktop-size files.
Mr. PopSlider Revealed
European Starling. After almost a year of trying to identify this bird in our Arizona back yard, we determined – with much help from our friends?on the astronomy forum?Cloudy Nights – that it is the common European Starling.
A few of you have no doubt followed our almost obsessive quest to ID this elusive bird. Last year, we had nothing to go on but its call, which sounds something like a party whistle or Spike Jones sound effects – hence our “Pop Slider” nick name.
The birds disappeared around July, confirming they’re migratory. This year we caught their visit earlier in the season, and one morning I found the entire yard filled with an invasion of the little critters. There was no mistaking what kind of bird was making the distinctive sound! Roger Tory Peterson’s “Western Birds” quickly identified the suspect as the European Starling, the good guess of friends as far away as Alabama.
And here we have several of them in a neighbor’s tree. This was shot with the Nikon D70 and handheld 70-300mm zoom, and the image is here cropped to feature them. I really need to start shooting telephotos with a tripod, but this turned out not bad.
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A little bit of Tampa Bay
Swan writes: “A little bit of Tampa Bay: a pelican straight on.” Click image for larger file.
Male cardinal calling for mate
Swan writes: “Male cardinal calling to his mate …” Click image for larger file.
