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Coooooool!
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Love them as well. The way they use the feeder does make it harder for me to catch a photo. Unlike finches and sparrows who tend to loiter at the feeder, chickadees will fly in, grab a seed and fly off to the nearby tree limbs, where they will poke away at the seed to open it. They are take-out-only birds. They were really good with self-distancing during the lockdown.
The red-bellied woodpeckers also self-distance well but that is only because when they swoop in everybody jumps off the feeder. The woodpeckers used the seed feeder to grab and go, then hide them in a hole in the trees (nuthatches do the same). When the various woodpeckers want to eat and not just hide seeds, they loiter at the suet feeder.
On their chickadee-dee-dee call, if I hear them do 5 or more dee's, I start looking around for a hawk, though sometimes it is just the cat who comes by from time to time.
The red-bellied woodpeckers also self-distance well but that is only because when they swoop in everybody jumps off the feeder. The woodpeckers used the seed feeder to grab and go, then hide them in a hole in the trees (nuthatches do the same). When the various woodpeckers want to eat and not just hide seeds, they loiter at the suet feeder.
On their chickadee-dee-dee call, if I hear them do 5 or more dee's, I start looking around for a hawk, though sometimes it is just the cat who comes by from time to time.
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My son and I got that picture at Montrose Point. We went to test out the new camera set up I got him for Christmas. (A beginner DSLR consisting of a used, but in excellent condition Canon E EOS D7 mark I and a refurbished zoom lens.)
Montrose is great because you can get right up to a lot of the birds.
Montrose is great because you can get right up to a lot of the birds.
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Wow! Lovely.
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On a walk in a nature preserve, I caught a pair of chickadees In flagrante delicto. Yeah, they were cute.
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Awwww... A Hairy Woodpecker! We use to have them turn up from time to time but I have seen one in a really long time.Chilidog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:42 pm My son and I got that picture at Montrose Point. We went to test out the new camera set up I got him for Christmas. (A beginner DSLR consisting of a used, but in excellent condition Canon E EOS D7 mark I and a refurbished zoom lens.)
Montrose is great because you can get right up to a lot of the birds.
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I was corrected by Chilidog for making that mistake once. I've learned (and did eventually see and hear a hairy woodpecker about a year ago, but did not have a camera capable for getting a usable picture).
As for the camera mention, I am loving my Powershot SX70 HS. While it is classified as a compact, it is a bit larger than most but the 65x zoom is amazing and better than using the 70-350mm lens on my DIgital Rebel.
With it, and a close feeder, I can do stuff like this (sorry for reposting, I think it is above but I wanted to use the same type of bird). He's a regular. He likes the suet feeder even better. Too, also, if the sparrows go to the suet feeders while he is there, he will take a poke at them.
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Chilidog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:42 pm My son and I got that picture at Montrose Point. We went to test out the new camera set up I got him for Christmas. (A beginner DSLR consisting of a used, but in excellent condition Canon E EOS D7 mark I and a refurbished zoom lens.)
Montrose is great because you can get right up to a lot of the birds.
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And a snowy owl was spotted in Southern California. Interested onlookers even snatched his/her regurgitation to see what his diet was:
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HARRY POTTER!!!!!!! Someone is getting an invitation to Hogwarts!!!!!
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Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:46 pm HARRY POTTER!!!!!!! Someone is getting an invitation to Hogwarts!!!!!
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Either an immature or a female, probably an immature.humblescribe wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:34 pm And a snowy owl was spotted in Southern California. Interested onlookers even snatched his/her regurgitation to see what his diet was:
Snowy Owls which are almost pure white are males. Females and immatures of both sexes are heavily marked with black. Females because they need to blend in with melting snow patches when they nest, and the immatures because they also need to blend in until their adult molt comes in.
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Cool, Aza! Thanks!
I think our errant friend nibbled on a gopher, based upon the fangs that were discovered when analyzing the regurgitation. But I am no rodentologist.
I think our errant friend nibbled on a gopher, based upon the fangs that were discovered when analyzing the regurgitation. But I am no rodentologist.
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It is really hard for me to get a shot of them. Granted, I need to work on the camera settings for fast shots but even then, I still end up with lots of (his tail his in the upper left): I finally got one but it was not the best shot. They move fast so I need to start playing with settings. So I guess I have to stick with these 2 Or maybe another house finch Note to self, clean window.
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Chickadees are one of the hardest birds to photograph because they are always on the move. All the little flitty birds are hard, though. Bushtits, kinglets, warblers.
But you did get a photo, and threw in some perfectly lovely photos of not-quite-so-flitty birds, and that makes us happy!
But you did get a photo, and threw in some perfectly lovely photos of not-quite-so-flitty birds, and that makes us happy!
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We had a discussion earlier about the difference between a male and female downy woodpecker. I was "this" close to getting both in one shot but they can also be a bit flitty and with a zoom, getting them in the shot is tough to do quickly.
So, since Chilidog and I both had male ones above, here is the female. The big difference, not seen well in the above, is the lack of the red at the back of the head, as you can see here. For the photography types out there, sorry for the bird being rather far to the right (mainly on the second one). I had to get it quickly and did not take the time to crop.
So, since Chilidog and I both had male ones above, here is the female. The big difference, not seen well in the above, is the lack of the red at the back of the head, as you can see here. For the photography types out there, sorry for the bird being rather far to the right (mainly on the second one). I had to get it quickly and did not take the time to crop.
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Downy woodpeckers are interesting in that they have regional plumage character differences.
In the PNW, our Downys are darker overall, with a dirty white breast and less white spotting on the wings than the eastern variety.
Rocky Mountain Downys have more overall contrast, with the wings being almost solid black, and a clean white breast.
Eastern Downys have more white spotting in the wings than the PNW Downys, and also are whiter on the breast, but they don't have the sharp black and white contrast of the Rocky Mountain Downy.
In the PNW, our Downys are darker overall, with a dirty white breast and less white spotting on the wings than the eastern variety.
Rocky Mountain Downys have more overall contrast, with the wings being almost solid black, and a clean white breast.
Eastern Downys have more white spotting in the wings than the PNW Downys, and also are whiter on the breast, but they don't have the sharp black and white contrast of the Rocky Mountain Downy.
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