Mockingbird Tosses A Berry. Docforestal : From the archives - Sanderling... Kayaking at Dead Creek Vermont. Oregon deep water pelagic trip. On Friday, August 2, 2013, twenty-three experienced seabirders boarded the 43 foot charter boat "Gracie K" and headed west at high speed from Newport, Oregon.
This was a specialty trip, advertised as a "Leach's Storm-Petrel and Scripps's Murrelet Search Trip. " These two species are rarely found closer than 60 mile from shore, thus not often seen on our typical 8-10 hour pelagic trips that go only 25-30 miles off shore. The goal in chartering this smaller, faster boat for 12 hours was to spend as much time as possible in deep water, beyond 60 miles of shore. Thus, we would not stop for common birds or marine mammals near shore. The sea was calmer than most days. For the first 25 miles off shore of Oregon, the sea floor drops slowly until the water depth reaches 100 fathoms (600 feet or approximately 200 meters deep).
By 9:30 a.m. we were 25 miles off shore passing our usual trip endpoint in 200 fathoms of water. Red Phalaropes replaced the Red-necked Phalaropes. More trip photos. A Smiling Face. Nature & Travel Photo of the Day, Hermit Thrush – 7/30/13. Hermit Thrush View my Birds Gallery See a Larger Image or Purchase a print of this photo Visit my Photo Destinations Page for more great photography locations.
Focal Length: 700 mm Aperture: f5.6 ISO: 640 Shutter Speed: 1/1600 second It was a slow day at Magee Marsh. There were not many warblers to be found. Then this Hermits Thrush jump up on this twig for a great photo ops. Related Blog Posts Photographing the Great Blue Heron Rookery at Cuyahoga Valley National Park Photographing the Spring Bird Migration at Magee Marsh Walking the Towpath at CVNP – Tips for Wildlife and Bird Photography.
11 Plants to Attract Birds and Other Wildlife to My Brand New Yard. My wife and I recently moved to rural northern Illinois (zone 5b), in a house we designed ourselves.
What was once corn and soybean fields is now our front and back yards. Since moving in just two months ago, we have planted 21 trees, most of which are the beginning of a windbreak. The rest of our landscape is a barren. Seapinesnature : Green Heron perched in a Live... Today's photo - Long-billed Dowitcher... This is a much better photo of the Long-billed Dowitcher that I found last Thursday.
Photos forensics indicate the same bird. I have better photos, but I have yet to get to them, so enjoy this one with a Short-billed Dowitcher in the same frame for comparison. Tags: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bachman's Sparrows. Mallards in Flight. My birds and their habitat. Just a little introduction about me, I live in central Maryland not too far from the Pennsylvania line with my hubby, son and a Golden Retriever.
Some fellow contributors may already know me thru my blog but, I see a few new names. The new reason for my introduction. I work full time and love to go bird watching on the weekends and on my vacations. I am animal lover and I enjoy nature and the great outdoors. The Painter's Palette. As a new contributor to this site, let me first introduce myself.
My name is Stephen Pollard and I am from Texas. I suppose I am a birder, photographer, no a birdographer. Common UK Garden Birds. I appreciate that many readers of this blog are located in the USA so I thought for this post I would introduce you to some of the more common small UK garden birds with which you might not be familiar.
These are birds that are typically seen up and down the country in back gardens, particularly where bird feeders have been put out. I have concentrated mainly on photographs rather than text for this post on the basis that a good photo is worth a 1000 words :). Underappreciated Sparrows. Many people go out looking for warblers and shorebirds, but not often do birders go out specifically looking for sparrows.
Maybe it is there cryptic coloration or nature, or their LBJ status. I am guilty myself. This past spring, while participating in the birdathon, I came to the realization that I have never seen many of the sparrows that are on my life list. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. It's the most wonderful time of the year! With the bird numbers swelling, They seem to be telling you "Be of good cheer! " It's the most wonderful time of the year! It's the hap-happiest season of all! With those warblers arriving and empids contriving, Oh birds come to call It's the hap- happiest season of all. Spotted Sandpiper Stand-off. So a couple of Spotted Sandpipers meet up at a local pond with a lovely waterfall nearby.
From the picture, it looks like they might be about to have a friendly chat about how migration went, but oh no. Had you been there, as I was, you would have heard them screaming and yelling at each other. Stretching out their necks and bodies to posture and try to dominate one another. The Biggest Week in American Birding 2013.
I just returned from The Biggest Week in American Birding, 2013 edition.
If you haven't been, this is a wonderful festival on the south shore of Lake Erie in northwestern Ohio, held in May of every year. The birds are fabulous, and the Ohio birders are wonderful and welcoming. You should go! Blue Grosbeak: My Favorite Summer Passerine. I like and love lots of things and really don't have favorites of very many things. However, I do consider the Blue Grosbeak to be my favorite summer passerine. It is a highlight during late spring or early summer when I see my first male of the year. It's Spring, so Sing! In The Moment. DSC_0118. Birds and Birders at The Biggest Week. Robert's Recent Birding. P.ost. Eurasian Wigeon...a common rarity. The Eurasian Wigeon is a handsome duck.
It appears to be most abundant (or most frequently reported) in northern Europe, especially in Denmark, the UK, and Iceland. Japan appears to host them in good numbers too. The Eurasian Wigeon is also a regularly occurring vagrant in North America. Considering how frequently they are seen on the east and west coasts of North America, it is surprising that we have yet to discover a mating pair in the new world. They are sometimes known to hybridize with their American Wigeon (anas americana) cousins.
Every fall/winter, Boise area birders begin the "Where's Waldo" game of searching through huge flocks of grass gobbling American Wigeons in search for "The Red-headed One". Fun with some Utah winter birds. For my post this month I wanted to share some of the birds I have been photographing in Utah so far this winter, we have had very low temperatures, snow and our infamous inversions but that has not stopped me from getting out as often as possible. Yesterday while showing a friend and fellow bird photographer from Arizona around we found this cooperative juvenile Rough-legged Hawk perched on a bush at Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area.
The Wasatch Mountains are in the background but the haze of the inversion we are currently having muted the mountains. This American Coot was also photographed at Farmington Bay WMA in early January, I love how this image shows the huge lobed feet of this species. The coots hang around open water and when it finally freezes over completely they will move to wherever they find open water. Not Bad For Office Birding!
Several years ago I worked in a facility on the edge of Spanish Fork, Utah. Red Crossbills - a new Yard Bird. Lynn Davenport is the guy who got me into birding. A Trip to the Arctic. Red Knots - A species on the edge. American Kestrel Partnership. Guest post from Matt Giovanni, research biologist and director of the American Kestrel Partnership at The Peregrine Fund. Go Nuts! Chickadee Wings. Chickadee Wings. Cruisin' For Birds at the Santa Cruz Flats. If you live in Phoenix, Arizona, you must, must necessarily and without hesitation be of the opinion that Tucson is, like, the worst place ever in the world always.
If you live in Tucson, you must, must necessarily and without hesitation feel the same way about Phoenix. At least, this seems to be a common consensus around the cities. Sharp-shinned Moments. Female Cardinal Perched in the Pines. Red-Tailed Hawk Ready for Take Off. Male Surf Scoter, San Diego Bay. P.ost. Backyard Birding is Fun! Drum roll please.....and year bird number 400 is? I started 2012 off with the idea of seeing 400 or more bird species before December 31st. American Kestrel. Not a Dirty Bird Here! When you watch birds, what is it that excites you? One of the things I love to watch (and photograph) is birds taking a bath. TED Talk on Vultures. Northern Gannet Bonanza. Get "Birding is Fun!" Gear! A Fleeting Moment. A Fountain of Birds. Carolina Wren in the Autumn Forest. Beaks, Butts, and Bird Behavior. Share photos and videos on Twitter.
One of the world's great migrations: neotropical warblers and other songbirds. Thinking about a Big Year?! How You Can Help Birds. Views From the Water's Edge. Landfill Birding. Caring for our most important birding optics. More on the Evening Grosbeak. Harlequin Duck Pair. Birding's Power Couples.
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