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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Looks like the rivers have a little water again, that is surely nice to see!
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plund
Social climber
OD, MN
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Thanks for the sharp-shinned hawk photos, y'all..
Had a 44-bird vee of sandhill cranes fly over the other day; they are BIG & LOUD!!
Got to watch the lead bird end his shift & drop back down the middle to the tail of one leg; it was cool how the whole "leg" kind of slid up to restore the point position.
Great pics, everyone!
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john hansen
climber
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DMT, those are cliff swallows.
They love to nest under bridges.
Edit: I have never been able to take a photo of one in flight that was in focus,,
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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They live on the same diet as trout. I wonder why we don't catch and release them?! Although I have on at least 2 occasions. But then I have catch and released a duck or two too.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Nice all! Thanks for the Tri-Colored Blackbird - I've yet to see one in real life.
Swallows and swifts are really amazing pilots.
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john hansen
climber
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A female Cardinal, I have been luring them in with some seeds and trying to catch the eye's.
I wait until 2 oclock before I put the seed out when they are in the perfect light and then snap away. They are only 10 feet away through the glass. It is always a learning process.
I finally figured out today to keep going up on shutter speed, 200,400 up to 2000. As long as the light is good enough. I think this one is at 1000 or so.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great shot John and nice series from DMT.
I feel your pain John, shooting birds has been a huge learning curve for me, I very rarely ever shoot below 1000 of second any more and having a prime long lens helps so much. I just picked up a Sigma 500 F4.5, great lens for the money. I think it is going to help me get better photos in the future.
Here is one of my first shots with it, a shy Virginia Rail.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Very nice, Bob. Have lots of fun with the lens!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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hey Bob and John - this should give you guys lense envy!
Too bad I wasn't able to capture the machinegun-like buzzing of shutters on automatic. I'm here at La Selva and a friend is guiding this group of Taiwanese nature photographers. He says each person has about 25 k $ worth of gear between multiple camera bodies and lenses, plus tripods and binos. There's about 10 of them so he's driving around the countryside in a van with about a quatrer of a million dollars worth of stuff. Says he can't sleep during one of these tours because he's so nervous.
the Great Curassows say hi again
and yet another nesting Great Potoo, this one with a youngster. Reilly, yes potoos are hard to find, but both these birds have nested at these same sites in the past (I've posted photos of both before). It's still amazing, but not that amazing.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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That funny Little Z, at Bosque del Apache in the winter times that by at least ten. Western Bluebird gathering nest material along the Rio Grande near Pilar, NM today. Also a good day of climbing, cranked off a new 11D.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wow - a potoo chick! If memory serves they just lay the egg in a crook?
Will someone hear my confession. On my second trip to a park in Pasadena
today I used my iPod to entice the Clay-colored Sparrow from his thicket.
I'm a bad person. He didn't appear too put out.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Reilly, I forgive you.
I've done worse!
Yes, Cliff Swallows.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Got Pileateds?
Close by...
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Reilly that is one wild looking tree. Wow.
A few from this morning walk.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Reilly, we all know that Pileated Woodpeckers are indigenous to Joshua Tree. :-)
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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wow - stellar photos in the last few pages.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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and a couple from today in Santa Cruz
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Apr 12, 2016 - 03:54pm PT
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Gobble, gobble, gobble.
He's the guy Ben Franklin wanted to be our
national symbol!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 12, 2016 - 07:33pm PT
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That is one big Tom, DMT.
Beautiful photo of that Red-shoulder Hawk Mike.
Black-crowned Night Heron and Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler on the hike.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 12, 2016 - 08:07pm PT
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Raptor bait.This young pigeon visited this morning, sort of taking us both by surprise. I was lucky to have my camera right then and there.He jumped just after the second shot clicked.
I've noticed two characteristic features of young pigeons. One is the color of the claws on adults is pinkish. The other is the bulge on the beak on the young. Is this a commonality among certain birds, all birds, what?
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