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Post by franco on May 3, 2021 2:18:56 GMT -8
One aspect of bird photography that I am starting to enjoy more is discovering just how colourful some birds are , compared to the way we see them. Often it's the feathers but the eyes can also be very different too, Depending on the angle of the light , the eyes of the Black Cormorant appear to be a dull brown or..  the common Welcome Swallow looks black and white but...  |
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Post by cweston on May 4, 2021 7:14:38 GMT -8
The summer birds are arriving to our yard in Kansas now. Two of my summer favorites are the indigo buntings and painted buntings. painted bunting:  |
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Post by BigLoad on May 4, 2021 12:42:39 GMT -8
That bird looks like it flew into a loaded palette. |
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Post by franco on May 5, 2021 14:02:59 GMT -8
From yesterday. I spotted this Hobby at the top of a dead tree. As I was getting there it flew to another tree, then did the same again. When I arrived at the last spot it had disappeared. So I waited around and within a few minutes it arrived back with that bird. I took a few photos then as I was checking the images another Hobby arrived there causing the first to fly away. I had seen those two on the same tree a few days ago but I don't know as yet what the relashionship is.  |
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Post by rebeccad on May 6, 2021 7:19:31 GMT -8
Some neighbors a few blocks away have free-range peacocks. I finally saw one displaying for a female, though of course I was driving, not walking, so had to just shoot from the car. Still, I like the way the female is checking him out!  |
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Post by GaliWalker on May 7, 2021 6:33:09 GMT -8
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Post by High Sierra Fan on May 7, 2021 6:41:05 GMT -8
Great Blue Herons really don’t look like they belong perched in a tree.
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Post by GaliWalker on May 7, 2021 7:09:31 GMT -8
Great Blue Herons really don’t look like they belong perched in a tree. They don't like they belong anywhere, except wading in a stream!  They shouldn't even fly; they should just glide. |
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Post by cweston on May 7, 2021 7:23:58 GMT -8
Great Blue Herons really don’t look like they belong perched in a tree. True. We live on a lake and they typically nest all along our shore. One sees them in trees occasionally, and it always looks so wrong. |
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Post by trinity on May 7, 2021 8:00:27 GMT -8
We've had some nice migrants come through this past week. Here are a couple I was able to photograph. Yellow Warbler  Blackburnian Warbler  |
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Post by rebeccad on May 7, 2021 9:10:54 GMT -8
Great Blue Herons really don’t look like they belong perched in a tree. True. We live on a lake and they typically nest all along our shore. One sees them in trees occasionally, and it always looks so wrong. It was really wild when I realized that the peacocks also perch in trees. |
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Post by GaliWalker on May 7, 2021 9:21:03 GMT -8
Peacocks should only just stand around, with minimal movement, looking pretty. |
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Post by walkswithblackflies on May 7, 2021 9:44:43 GMT -8
Great Blue Herons really don’t look like they belong perched in a tree. Then you've never seen turkeys roosting in trees. |
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Post by High Sierra Fan on May 7, 2021 11:26:22 GMT -8
Great Blue Herons really don’t look like they belong perched in a tree. Then you've never seen turkeys roosting in trees. Sure I have, their legs make it a lot more appropriate. Now how they get into the trees? FAR more unnatural. |
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Post by franco on May 7, 2021 14:34:38 GMT -8
Great Blue Herons really don’t look like they belong perched in a tree. True. We live on a lake and they typically nest all along our shore. One sees them in trees occasionally, and it always looks so wrong. We have a similar type here called White Faced Heron. They both perch and nest on trees. 
with a couple of Egrets  This is one of two Herons born on that tree. The nest is visible above it.  |
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They shouldn't even fly; they should just glide.
