walkswithblackflies
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Aug 14, 2023 6:05:09 GMT -8
I walked over by my woodpile along the creek, and I startled a Great Blue Heron that was on the bank 5 feet away. Which in turn startled me. Living pterodactyl.
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Post by downriver on Aug 14, 2023 17:04:52 GMT -8
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Aug 15, 2023 18:02:18 GMT -8
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Aug 15, 2023 18:02:18 GMT -8
I walked over by my woodpile along the creek, and I startled a Great Blue Heron that was on the bank 5 feet away. Which in turn startled me. Living pterodactyl. Did it make that hilarious outraged honking sound? That’s second only to those silly head tassels for the great birds serious loss of style points.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Aug 16, 2023 5:10:10 GMT -8
Did it make that hilarious outraged honking sound? I didn't hear one, but my profanity could have drowned it out.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Aug 16, 2023 5:17:35 GMT -8
Australian Black Swans (Cynus atratus) are one of three swan species native to the Southern Hemisphere, and the only known black colored swan species on Earth. ... Black Swans have been introduced in New Zealand, Japan, and a few different parts of Europe, including the U.K. ... In the United States, it is extremely rare to see this bird outside of captivity. More often than not, if you spot a Black Swan in a U.S body of water, it escaped from whoever was trying to keep it privately.birdsanctuary.kbs.msu.edu/2022/02/10/meet-the-black-swans/Many moons ago, I spotted some black swans while kayaking on our creek (a few miles downstream from my house). After looking them up, I figured they wandered over from one of the adjacent farms. Same kayak trip (of about 20 miles), I saw what appeared to be a European red deer. I instantly knew what I saw... it was huge, and looked like the archetype of the species I had imprinted in my brain. I immediately called a couple of friends who are hunters, and they said it probably just a whitetail that had a more reddish coat than normal. But no way was it a whitetail. I called the DEC, and the ranger said that a couple had escaped a local zoo, and the owner would be thrilled to know where they were. Vindication!!!!
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Post by cweston on Aug 16, 2023 7:46:21 GMT -8
Pelicans from my paddle last night (they migrate through):
Turkeys that just walked through my back yard:
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Aug 19, 2023 18:14:41 GMT -8
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Post by downriver on Aug 21, 2023 7:39:41 GMT -8
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Post by GaliWalker on Aug 28, 2023 6:57:43 GMT -8
White-breasted nuthatch, doing a bit of down-climbing (taken yesterday):
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Post by downriver on Sept 13, 2023 11:44:38 GMT -8
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Post by cweston on Sept 13, 2023 12:07:13 GMT -8
Nice! The white pelicans are currently migrating through our lake (in NE Kansas). Not a great pic, but I got these two in flight from the kayak last night...
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Post by downriver on Oct 3, 2023 17:43:27 GMT -8
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Oct 18, 2023 18:20:10 GMT -8
Sandhill Cranes in Delaware (Bombay Hook NWR)! 400mm with a 2x teleconverter with a bit of cropping. indirectly off my Nikon Z mirrorless via the Nikon app SnapBridge that auto transfers small (1.4 mb) jpeg files to my iPhone instead of the 50MB original image file on the camera card. Wonderful birds but a LONG ways away. It’s a good thing they’re sorta huge.
Heres a normal view of the cranes with my iPhone.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Oct 18, 2023 18:29:25 GMT -8
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Post by rebeccad on Oct 19, 2023 3:49:44 GMT -8
High Sierra Fan, love the fox. But I especially love the light catching the tail of the eagle in the second shot.
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