Post your Bird Portraits (2)

Hi Eric--Thank you for the information and helpful tips for identification. I looked hard at my picture and compared it to photos of Golden's. Now that I know what to look for -- especially the axe like beak---that will help. I do find that living here in western wa. on Puget Sound provides wonderful opportunities and right out my back door (so to speak)!
Thanks again--Eric,
All the Best
rich

Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina

robamy wrote in post #19250822

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This is truly a ten star shot, Rob. Beautifully composed!

steveb108 wrote in post #19250863
The Common Nighthawk is an uncommon sighting here and much younger eyes than mine were needed to pick it out...an extremely talented teenage birder showed it to me.

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I can definitely see where this guy would be quite difficult to spot. Nice shot of this uncommonly seen bird, Steve!

fotoi wrote in post #19250865
A Mallard hen.

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Terrific close-up shot of this hen mallard, fotoi!

Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19250887
Cooper's Hawk...

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This chap is lean and mean looking, Tom. The perch is unusual looking, but very attractive. Excellent capture!

Bill in Texas wrote in post #19250921

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Wonderful capture of this cool looking titmouse, Bill! Beautifully composed.

Bill in Texas wrote in post #19250978
Ladder-backed woodpecker

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First-rate shot, Bill! Beautifully photographed.

Melissa6 wrote in post #19251081
First puffin of 2021.

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Beautifully captured, Melissa! Great color.

fotoi wrote in post #19251082
Canada goose.

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Excellent close-up shot of this Canada goose, fotoi!

paul katinas wrote in post #19250815
That's quite a beauty Mike, nice shot.

Thank you very much, Paul.

MatthewK wrote in post #19250836
Very well shown, the low angle really makes for a strong composition, and your signature color palette style is demonstrated here nicely, Mike Were you crouched or in the prone for this capture?

It doesn't matter when people say "it's a dry heat"... 112 is brutal, to the point of being unbearable. I'm miserable over here in our chilly 95, like you I mostly skip these sorts of days. Bring on the Autumn, please.

What an extremely nice compliment, Matt! I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness, and taking the time to comment in such an encouraging manner. I was sitting at the edge of my little pond on a three-legged folding stool, hunkered over my camera (which was near ground level) using my flip screen in live view mode to focus and shoot.

Matt, when we get dry heat over 110, it is truly brutal. Fortunately we generally don't have long runs of heat at such high temperatures. We might get two or three days of it, but usually not much more than that. Now that I'm an old codger, I stay home if the temperature gets much over 100. I agree with you...lets bring on autumn.

Black-necked Stilt

while getting surf shots at San Onofre today, got this guy doing some fishing

Field sparrows

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BirdsofBC wrote in post #19251275

Excellent, I can hear it.

Female orchard oriole

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Vermilion flycatcher

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Lame-Duck wrote in post #19251211
Beautifully captured, Melissa! Great color.

Thanks, Mike!

BirdsofBC wrote in post #19251275

Nice capture!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19251211
This is truly a ten star shot, Rob. Beautifully composed!

I can definitely see where this guy would be quite difficult to spot. Nice shot of this uncommonly seen bird, Steve!

Terrific close-up shot of this hen mallard, fotoi!

This chap is lean and mean looking, Tom. The perch is unusual looking, but very attractive. Excellent capture!

Wonderful capture of this cool looking titmouse, Bill! Beautifully composed.

First-rate shot, Bill! Beautifully photographed.

Beautifully captured, Melissa! Great color.

Excellent close-up shot of this Canada goose, fotoi!

Thank you very much, Mike.