Richard got back from his trip to Death Valley and commented on a few of
the photos.
ann sanfedele wrote:
Glad you posted all the specific bird info from your friend ID's...
Easy recognizeable for me were the stilt and the Egrets and the Great
Blue of course
thought your Grebe was Western Grebe . I wasnt sure about the female
blackbird (thought cowbird? I get those confused . Yellow legs are
tricky indeed! It is a kind of bird watchers joke... Had no idea about
those.
Wasn't going to comment until I could come up with more ID's but you got
'em
Too bad the Grebe was so far away -- they really seem to know you are
trying to get a shot..
Enjoyed the whole bunch of 'em - I'm sure you will prune out some of the
near dups in the future
to make it a bit more manageable..
I wonder if you friend knows about this book: It's hillarious - you'd
enjoy it too...
https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Little-Known-Seldom-Seen-America/dp/0934601585
I thought of it because of the yellowlegs especially... :-)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/38566093736
Greater Yellowlegs. The very similar Lesser Yellowlegs has a straighter
bill that is not nearly as long in relation to the width of the bird's head.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/38590094162
This is an immature White-crowned Sparrow. A young Golden-crowned
Sparrow would have a darker cap without such a distinct line behind the eye.
ann
On 11/24/2017 4:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
I spent a bit of time yesterday playing with the bigma on the K-3II at
Moss Landing. I got a bunch of a great egret right by hwy 1, a couple
snow egrets, something grey, a bunch of LBBs and one of a sea otter.
I don't have any stand out amazing ones, but a fair number that are
clear enough to ID the birds.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157690939491486
I posted a link to facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ellarsee/posts/10155971366479673
And a friend took a go at IDing the birds:
You are right about the egrets, great shots all around! After the
first series of Great Egrets, you caught photos of a Clark's Grebe
(look up the similar species Western Grebe), followed by a
Black-necked Stilt (who has really long legs, but its standing in
water so it doesn't look tall in your photos). Next bird looks like a
female Brewer's Blackbird, but blackbirds are tricky... The stripe-y
sparrow looks like a Golden-crowned Sparrow, followed by the Snowy
Egrets. The one after that is tricky, but I think it's a Yellowlegs
who is hiding it's distinctive bright yellow legs. They come in two
sizes and can be hard to tell apart. The Great Blue Heron is the last
bird in your series. Looks like you had a great day! Thanks for
tagging me! It was fun to ID the shorebirds hiding their legs.
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