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kartsahoo wrote in post #19212734

steveb108 wrote in post #19212413
We likely all prefer natural settings for birds but never having photographed a Peregrine Falcon, I dashed to an abandoned water Tower in Baltimore where a pair was nesting.

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That's a really cool shot.
Very nice expression on his/her face.

Thanks so much, Kartsahoo! I like the expression too, though it seems he's thinking he'd rather have me anywhere but there.

kartsahoo wrote in post #19212734

steveb108 wrote in post #19212413
We likely all prefer natural settings for birds but never having photographed a Peregrine Falcon, I dashed to an abandoned water Tower in Baltimore where a pair was nesting.

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That's a really cool shot.
Very nice expression on his/her face.

Kartsahoo, your comment prompted me to go back and figure this one's gender. I'm pretty sure it's a she. First, under the neck and on the upper breast is a reddish beige color rather than the whitish color for the male; second, females are larger than males and the one on the right (the subject of the posted image) appears larger.

Female brown headed cowbird, world's most uninteresting bird appearance wise.

Edgar in ATL wrote in post #19212794
Female brown headed cowbird, world's most uninteresting bird appearance wise.

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No mistaking their call though

Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina

American Goldfinch starting plumage change

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An old Mallard.

brian_sp wrote in post #19211228
Hooded Merdanser - hen

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Ring-necked duck

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Brian, nice shots. With that yellow eye the Hoodie is a juvie male.
Don

Littlefield wrote in post #19212855
Brian, nice shots. With that yellow eye the Hoodie is a juvie male.
Don

awesome...Thanks for the correction Don

Borbet wrote in post #19212551
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This is absolutely superb. An extraordinarily beautiful bird photo that is technically perfect. Wow.

The bald eagle was not very close. I used image stabilization setting 2 and cropped the images. Yes this lens on a mirrored DSLR is heavy but worth the effort.

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American Coot

The great-tailed grackle girls started to show up in earnest. The boys were definitively paying attention.

male Superb Fairy Wren