I’ve been experimenting trying to get pics of birds flying into my feeder, but so far, the results have not been so great. Later in this group of pics I finally figure out some better settings, so they start getting better toward the end. That should continue.
My wife notes there are repeats of species I've shot before. So I guess this is to be expected. Also, this is getting quite large, so I had better send it off.
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
March 17 - A Burrowing Owl showed up in the coast in Lincoln County, so I called Chuck Philo who was up for such a jaunt. I left home about 5:30 so as to stop at Darrel Faxon’s place to try for a Barred Owl, which was cooperative, barely. Then it was on to Chuck’s to pick him up and headed North to the Salishan Spit. We had to walk about 2 miles, but finally found it in the driftwood, a situation they sometimes patronize. He was quite cooperative, so these shots are under 10 feet. The next day I had to run some errands in town so took these shots of coots and a horned lark afterwards.
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| Burrowing Owl |
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| Burrowing Owl. You can tell he is in the shadow of a branch |
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| The diminutive American Coot |
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| American Coot |
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| Cinnamon Teal |
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| Horned Lark |
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| Horned Lark |
3/20/20
As it was Sunday and assuming there would be less traffic in Portland, I headed that way to work on that particular county. I had maybe 10 potential birds to look for, but it turned out to be a wash. Due to the virus, everyone and his brother were out getting fresh air in the various parks where I went, such that I think I saw more people than birds. But I did get one good one, a Western Screech Owl which has been wintering in a hole in a dead tree and even got a reasonable picture of him.
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| Western Screech Owl |
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| California Scrub Jay |
3/28/20
It is not often that you can see a Great Blue Heron and Wild Turkeys in the same field of view, but here it is.
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Female Red-Winged Blackbird |
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| Stellar's Jay |
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| Horned Lark |
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| Female Brewer's Blackbird |
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| Male Violet-green Swallow. A couple pair are nesting at my place now |
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| Cliff Swallows |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| A male House Wren just arrived at my place |
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| Brewer's Blackbird. Check out that irredescence..... |
5/4/20
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| Osprey fishing |
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Band-tailed Pigeon. This was after I finally figured out better settings for flying birds.
While the light was too bright and washed it out, the bird is in pretty good focus. |
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| Male Western Bluebird |
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| Black Phoebe |
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| Female Northern Harrier. This is the mate of the male which I posted last time. |
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| Same as above |
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| Female Evening Grosbeak |
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| Male Brown Cowbird |
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| A pair of Brown Cowbirds, with the male showing off for the female |
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| A pair of Bald Eagles |
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| Turkey Vulture. She looks primped for a beauty contest |
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| Male American Goldfinch |
