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    Tampa/St Petersburg

    Despite the fact the thread is old...many tourists want to know about birding hot spots in the Tampa St Pete area. Wanted to point out for everyone... Fort De Soto Park offers locals and tourists one of the country’s premiere beach destinations. Less well known it the fact that birding Fort De...
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    Flycatcher Fever

    My vote goes to the Tyrant Flycatchers as just about the nicest birds anyone could hope to meet. Standing in their presence provides them with a perfect excuse to fly close and perch on a nearby tree. Many species regularly frequent residential areas and consequently do not spook easily in the...
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    Three Steps to Better Butterfly Pictures

    Spring and summer usually bring out butterflies, and with them the widespread use of digital cameras for butterfly pictures. see also: Green Nature A quick tour of relevant internet sites easily shows that all butterfly pictures are not created equal. Some butterfly pictures look stunning...
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    Knowing Your State Birds Still Fun

    Knowing your state birds reached the level of parlor game some time ago. Here's a refresher on three different state birds. New Jersey Birds Most bird quizzes covering New Jersey begin and end with a question of the state bird, the American Goldfinch, also called the Eastern Goldfinch. A...
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    Id Please - Eastern Shore of MD

    The markings on the side of the abdomen along with the color in the wings suggests some kind of scoliid wasp. http://greennature.com/article294.html
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    Bird ID, Wagon Wheel Gap, CO, USA

    Flycatcher The teardrop looking white eyelid of the bird in the 2nd picture almost led me to Pacific Slope Flycatcher, however I tend to agree with the Cordellian guess of the previous post after I read this http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/cordilleran_flycatcher/id
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    Help with these fungi please.

    the second fungi looks to be aleuria aurantia, although they do not always form nice looking cups http://greennature.com/gallery/mushroom-pictures/
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    Neil Hayward's ABA 2013 Big Year

    very quick....wtg
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    Here we go again: cooper's or sharp-shinned hawk? USA

    thanks, I did not get another shot, it flew away four seconds later...but I did think sharp shinned
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    Lots of ID help from S. Florida

    slender, dark bills usually serve as a good "rule of thumb" for pintail field identification, along, of course with the extended tails. http://greennature.com/article2625.html
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    Here we go again: cooper's or sharp-shinned hawk? USA

    Cooper or sharp-shinned Redux One of life's unending mysteries. I too had a similar dilemma with the attached bird. Cooper's or sharp-shinned. My guess was sharp-shinned because it was in a forested area, and I read that cooper's prefer more open spaces and sharp-shinned preferred more...
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    Tips for Approaching Birds

    A good rule of thumb, although it does not always work, is never look at the bird as you approach. I've slowly approached many a bird, including hawks, by planting the tripod on the ground, setting up the shot and keeping my eyes focused on the view finder. After a shot or two, I keep my eyes...
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    Birding Etiquette?

    Another of the binocular versus photographers threads. As a photographer, I tend to be a solitary birder so as not to bother the binocular birders. I notice that it's easier to approach birds when birding solo. I've taken to notice that binocular birders are social birders who enjoy talking...
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    Field guides for American birds.

    Maybe there are different ways to bird....and most of the field guides suggested are the hard copy sibley and Kaufman standards. There's many good online guides, with and without apps for the smart phones and tablets. All About Birds My personal favorite.... and Green Nature my personal...
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    Garden Morel ??

    Morels Wow, home mushroom cultivation might be hot at the time, yet it's rare for morels. In my area at least morels are associated with many hardwoods, including fruit trees, so once I found some morels and then sprinkled them around the edges of the yard near the fruit trees in the hopes that...
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    Spiders

    Spider Size Hard to determine by the picture if the spiders are the same species. Many spider species do exhibit sexual dimorphism, so the size difference might point to the fact that they are male and female. types of spiders
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    Identification - USA

    hard to tell with the angle, however, given the orange spot at the back of the hind wing, along with the jagged meredial line and brown wing feathers, the butterfly might be a female gray hairstreak.
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    Triple Thrush Rush

    Best day of birding so far this year took place outside my window. During a warm, early spring day, my yard was graced with a triple thrush rush, an American Robin, Hermit Thrush and Varied Thrush. Anyone every has a quadruple thrush rush day?
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    Humpbacks and Orcas Of North America

    Ocean Animals on the West Coast The entire West Coast is experiencing an odd ocean animals kind of winter. Along with the abundance of whales off the southern coast, there's also an influx of giant squid along the entire California Coast. Sea Lion populations are moving north in search of...
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    Dragonfly ID Pointers

    Dragonfly Pictures For your consideration....my Dragonfly Pictures section was organized around this thread's Dragonfly Identification theme. It focuses on North American dragonflies, and in most cases, species field identification tips are provided along with pictures of male and female...
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    Raptor, Central Florida, USA

    Red-shouldered Hawk Here's a recent picture of a Red-shouldered Hawk Notice the horizontal lines on the tail, ending in a white fringe at the bottom of the tail? Your hawk also has it.
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    Lesser/Greater Scaup - western South Dakota

    Lesser Scaup ID Lesser Scaup Hard to tell because both species look similar, especially from afar. Size is the best indicator and you can not tell that from the photos.
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    What do they eat in winter, when nothing is in bloom?

    Some Anna's also live year round in Oregon. They tend to be a bit less energetic, but they do eat insects and many people keep feeders out for them.
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    Owls vs. Hawks/Falcons

    Types of Owls and Types of Hawks The question might not be fully conceptually thought out. Does it matter which type of either owl or hawk might be stronger? What is important is that each is designed to catch the prey it seeks. Otherwise, if you are looking at sheer force, I'm with the...
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    Orlando area bird photography

    Bird Photography Around Orlando If you do not mind the drive... One hour to the east, via the Beeline xpress way is Merrit Island National Wildlife Refuge. Mornings are wonderful photography opportunities http://www.nbbd.com/godo/minwr/ About one and one-half hours to the west, mostly via I4...
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