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BirdForum http://www.birdforum.net Free bird watcher discussion forum and photo, galleries. View photographs of birds in the wild, discuss bird topics, read reviews on all kinds of equipment and post your bird photographs in the gallery en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:25:59 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.birdforum.net/images/misc/rss.jpg BirdForum http://www.birdforum.net Attractive colourful birds http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157255&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:06:23 GMT Seeing a perky grey wagtail with distinctive dark throat and stunning yellow front yesterday got me thinking about the beauty of it all. It can change the day for me! Seeing a perky grey wagtail with distinctive dark throat and stunning yellow front yesterday got me thinking about the beauty of it all. It can change the day for me! ]]> alanrawlinson http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157255 Nikon ED82, what camera? http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157254&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:03:46 GMT I would like to get a small camera I can simply hold to my scope when I need to. I use a 30x eyepiece. Can someone please give me advice as to what camera I should get. Tx! Peter www.pbase.com/peterericsson I would like to get a small camera I can simply hold to my scope when I need to. I use a 30x eyepiece. Can someone please give me advice as to what camera I should get. Tx!

Peter
www.pbase.com/peterericsson ]]> Digiscoping cameras Peter Ericsson http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157254 Indiana in the shadows http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157251&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:09:47 GMT Took this bird at the end of September. Any hope for an ID? Took this bird at the end of September. Any hope for an ID?

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]]> zoutedrop http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157251 moth id for san diego county california http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157249&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:05:50 GMT Hi,
I found this moth on my dinner plate in South San Diego County. I googled and found it looks like a nemoria, but I couldn't find which one. Can anyone tell me exactly what I have?
Thank-you,
Sue

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]]> Butterflies and Moths ID SueO http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157249 I.D. Santa Barbara birds (12 pics) http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157247&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:00:48 GMT Hi,

I recently went up to Santa Barbara, CA in Aug 29th of this year. I snapped a few shots of the birds I saw there and would love any help confirming my amateur I.D.s! Sorry for the yucky point-and-shot photos. I don't have a very good camera yet. Thanks!

My guesses are:
1. Domestic Mallard
2. Least Sandpipers probably (but because of the prominent white eyebrows, they might be juvenile White-rumped Sandpipers? But those are rarer.)
3. Great-tailed Grackle
4. Female Grackle?
5. Different shot of #4 (notice one of the sandpipers in #2 in flight at the top of pic)

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]]> hojpoj http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157247 greetings from Manhattan http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157246&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:40:24 GMT Hi. I've been a member of NYC Audubon for three years. I joined right after I took up bird photography in Central Park, one of the best places for spotting birds in the country. I learned from another member that this was someplace I could post pictures of birds I can't identify and get help with that.

Which I plan to do as soon as I find out where it's appropriate. It seems to be a very, very big site! ]]> Say Hello spenyc http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157246 HELP what kind of eagles and vultures are these? http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157245&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:38:22 GMT PICTURE ONE http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2405/2185833162_7c741ecd91_o.jpg PICTURE 2 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3177121417_aaf2f28b31_b.jpg PICTURE 3 PICTURE ONE

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PICTURE 2

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PICTURE 3

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PICTURE 4

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PICTURE 5

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OK i know it is very hard for some of them to tell what kind of birds these are? anyways hpefully a raptor expert will know! THnx ]]> scuba0095 http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157245 Hello from Southern California! http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157244&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:26:37 GMT I'm new to this forum, and just got introduced to it by a fellow birder. I've only met 2 bird enthusiasts my entire life and would love to meet more! I have loved birds ever since I was little, studying bird books and collecting feathers, as well as keeping birds as pets. During my middle school entrance interview, I proudly described myself as an "avid ornithologist" (very nerdy). I never knew the whole hobby of "birding" existed until recently and it excited me to no end knowing that there are others out there who are fascinated with birds. It has inspired me to take up my bird hobby again and pursue it more seriously now that I am an adult! I hope to purchase a good camera soon. Any suggestions for me just starting out? I'm leaning toward Canon.

Some of my bird highlights:
- Seeing a rare, migrating Peregrine Falcon at a nature reserve in Hong Kong.
- Raising Budgerigars and having one born right in my cage.
- Being in one of the fishing boats on Erhai Lake in China watching Great Cormorants catching fish for our lunch. Afterwards, I got one to stand on my arm.
- Baby-sitting a young Blue-Fronted Amazon for 2 weeks
- Watching a Black-Crowned Night-Heron catch a catfish
- Rescuing a baby sparrow who had fallen out of its nest during a hurricane, nursing it back to health, and releasing it back to its home.

I hope there will be more to come as I take my birding hobby up to the next level! o:D

-Hojpoj ]]> Say Hello hojpoj http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157244 Thoughts of members and moderators http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157243&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:45:17 GMT Probably an unusual request but here goes: (I certainly dont want to start a frenzied backlash) Topic: I have a lovely portrait of a Bald Eagle, taken by myself in a bird of prey tourist type place. The place is fantastic in that its owner does a lot of work saving and working to save Vultures in... Probably an unusual request but here goes: (I certainly dont want to start a frenzied backlash)

Topic:
I have a lovely portrait of a Bald Eagle, taken by myself in a bird of prey tourist type place.

The place is fantastic in that its owner does a lot of work saving and working to save Vultures in africa. It also gives the general public a hands on with birds of prey. My partners son loves raptors and had a very special day learning about owls vultures and eagles

The above does nothing more than give those reading a small insight to the work this place does, however my point is now would it be right for me to show this picture in my gallery as it has come from a captive source?

I wouldnt want to offend anyone and certainly wouldnt want to break forum rules.... but it is a cool portrait

Regards
Dave ]]> Bananafishbones http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157243 Late Red Admiral http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157242&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42:33 GMT A somewhat battered female Red Admiral was active at Babbacombe near Torquay at mid-day today (20th November). A somewhat battered female Red Admiral was active at Babbacombe near Torquay at mid-day today (20th November). ]]> Butterflies and Moths speckled wood http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157242 More help needed with Florida birds please http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157240&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:33:05 GMT Any help please with these 3, they were taken at Corkscrew Swamp Santuary in Florida
Is the 1st shot a Downy or a Hairy Woodpecker
the 2nd is of bad quality but could this be a brown-headed nuthatch
and the 3rd isn't too great either but don't know which warbler this could be
Thanks
Deb

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]]> Deb335077 http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157240 Bookmarks http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157239&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:14:50 GMT Hi All, How many of you have BirdForum on your bookmarks toolbar?:t: Hi All,

How many of you have BirdForum on your bookmarks toolbar?:t: ]]> borealowl47 http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157239 Owl? http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157238&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:52 GMT I hear this sound most nights. Not for the last few nights as its been too windy. Is it an owl? I did a recording of it.

http://www.upload-mp3.com/files/1217...Recording1.mp3

Am in the UK

thanks ]]> ballistic1 http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157238 hobby or peregrine http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157237&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:50 GMT I know it's not a very good shot,it was a way off,but I can't make my mind up just what bird it is,I'm sure it's one of these H or P.
and as I am only a part time birder, I know one'a you ow boys will know,
thanks for your help...Ian

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]]> spock http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157237 Portland, Oregon - hawk or falcon? http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=157235&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:12 GMT This small hawk/falcon flew up near my office window, and he seemed so much smaller than the cooper's hawks that I occasionally see around here that I struggled to get a shot. I am pretty sure this is a Cooper's or sharp-shinned, but when I saw him through the binocs, I thought I was looking at a merlin. Can anyone discern fieldmarks to discount the merlin theory on this guy?

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