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Dove

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:41 GMT

GOTCHA!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:53:01 GMT

This hawk is holding down a mockingbird it just snatched out of the air in my backyard. It flew away with its catch a few minutes later , followed by another 'rescue' mockingbird. I loved the fan effect of the wings.

Plover 04

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:03:53 GMT

Catch the worm

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:05:22 GMT

Dove

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:51:17 GMT

I Want That Worm...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:42:03 GMT

The second nesting only produced one baby and the male seems to be very protective..the young bird comes and
begs for worms from the male..but now
he is trying to get him to go after his own and after teasing him with this one he ate it himself and flew away..

Big Bird About to Land (ii)

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:48:26 GMT

While I like the overall pic, I was annoyed at losing the top of his/her wing - but there you go, shots taken in haste. Storks of course

hildebrandt's starling

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:17:00 GMT

Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The species is named for Johannes Hildebrandt, a German collector who obtained the first specimens.

drinking

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:23:51 GMT

a flamingo

looking for a landing spot

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:20:10 GMT

Bug Time

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:32:51 GMT

We have been having the hottest days of summer 103 today at our house and there isn't any wildlife to find so I've been having some fun doing some bug shots..hope you like this one..more to come I've been finding some most colorful and interesting
things..this one is more common...B

Happy Birthday to you...

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:38:24 GMT

Hope all the July birthday kids like this little swallow singing to them..
Have a most wonderful birthday and many more. Hope I haven't missed anyone if I have please let me know..Barb

JULY
July 2 Galal Elmessary
July 4 Ken Osborn
July 8 Jean Marc Rosseels
July 9 Northern Lights (Patty) Cristina F, Quinton Weeks
July 10 Eduardo Sánchez
July 11 Bonnie Steinbach, Edmund Czintos
July 12 Alfio Alonso, Angela Schaerer
July 13 GP Merfeld, Ingrid L Harris
July 15 Sergio Capanna, Sherif Hussein
July 18 Me Mar
July 20 Barb Frank, Colin Cartwright
July 21 Louise McGilvery
July 23 Alison DuFlon, Nadine Helm
July 25 Doug Bolton
July 26 Judy Kessler
July 30 Blanka Zalman, Lida Chaulet

Cassowary

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:59:07 GMT

Los Angeles Zoo.

Having internet problems at home; all PP time must be done at work for the next few days.

Hanging On A Wire

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:19:58 GMT

A red birdie

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:25:36 GMT

Pajarillo rojo que se me acerco mientras yo descansaba en una mesa de picnic. Se llama Summer tanager y me dejo acercarme bastante.
A red bird named summer tanager that approached me while I sat at a picnic table. He let me get pretty close.

thirsty gull....

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:50:24 GMT

June 23,2010

Butterfly

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:57:22 GMT

Took this shot yesterday at a wild
flower park....I was happy to get this one with such vivid color..
Hope you like it..Barb

Bird Is The Word

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:14:12 GMT

My Backyard, I finally decided to get the camera out after the birds. I will try later using my mono pod with my heavy lens, trying to hit a small target was a little tricky. This shot was hand held. If anyone knows what the flower is let me know. The hummingbirds like this flower and my lemon tree blooms.

Mom and babies in tow

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:04:26 GMT

A.

*/*

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:05:43 GMT

Sad Boy

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:00:09 GMT

Eagle Eye

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:55:26 GMT

On a drive yesterday. I looked up and this is what I saw.

Cygnets

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:45:34 GMT

We drove to Lake Como today and I was so disappointed not much around except swans..so we headed off to another favorite lake and found a pair of swans and their 5 cygnets..they appear to be maybe two weeks old as they are already getting quite large..

Bird House

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:55:32 GMT

Hawk

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:38:57 GMT

Female Cardinal in the Dalhia Garden

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:33:11 GMT

Caught this Female Cardinal picking up dropped seeds in my little Dalhia
garden.

BEYONCE AND I

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:00:05 GMT

Few days ago this "beautiful" turkey vulture chick appeared in the garden outside my house, aparently fallen from its nest in a nearby building.
My nephew Alvaro, took her home, wormed and bathed her.
Now she is a new and fun pet to which we affectionately call "Beyonce" because is a female, black and beautiful, like the ebony goddess who sing and dance, LOL!

Springtime

Fri, 28 May 2010 07:37:33 GMT

Caught this mother bluebird taking a minute away from the nest and taking time to smell the flowers..Hope you enjoy it..barb

Pigeon in flight

Wed, 26 May 2010 13:20:21 GMT

Plover 03

Tue, 25 May 2010 13:39:21 GMT

In flight

Plover 02

Mon, 24 May 2010 16:56:45 GMT

Plover

Sat, 22 May 2010 16:51:55 GMT

Give Me Five

Wed, 19 May 2010 10:33:14 GMT

Always Looking

Mon, 17 May 2010 00:53:16 GMT

I found this Cooper's Hawk in a friends backyard in Dallas Texas.

Duck parade

Sun, 16 May 2010 05:04:33 GMT

Geese

Thu, 06 May 2010 15:05:41 GMT

Crap

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:42:50 GMT

This was not a particularly difficult photo to take.
I used my Canon EOS 10s (<---see camera)with a 75-300mm zoom lens. Hell if I know where it was set at. The bird sat very still. Auto mode, on automatic focus, a circular polarizer and Velvia 100 film. It was shot in a zoo. This sort of image takes very little skill. I see hundreds of these on PhotoPoints...I am neither ashamed or proud of this image. I just like the colors...and the little bit of crap down in the corner.

Anywhere you find beauty, there is usually a bit of crap nearby. And sometimes, some people will inevitably find beauty in crap. And some people cannot even tell the difference between beauty and crap.
And then there are some people who will tell you that what you think is crap is really beauty...and they will get very upset if you tell them you still see crap.
This never happens on PhotoPoints, but it does happen sometimes, somewhere, with some people.
And not only do they insist on selling you the crap...but sometimes, some people, somewhere actually buy the crap.
Opinions are like assholes and assholes produce crap. It is the opinion of some that I am an asshole, so it shouldn't be surprising that there is sometimes crap in my images...or that some are pure crap.

Just don't blame the bird.

Crowd of birds

Wed, 05 May 2010 02:44:48 GMT

A.

Immature Great Horned Owl

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:08:46 GMT

Had a great opportunity this spring to watch a baby GHO and its Mom hiding in the branches of a huge tree. It was such fun but a difficult photo op as there were so many branches to contend with..now and then there was an open shot and you had to watch for it..we spent hours there watching and waiting..hope you like it..B

Just Another Bad Hair Day

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:59:43 GMT

Great Egret taken in Florida. I liked the funny hairdo..part of the
spring mating display..

Allen's Hummingbird

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:49:50 GMT

Just a little change from Greek temples and such ... one from the archives.

Coquette

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:03:18 GMT

Ruby-Throated hummingbird in Mesquite tree, Sonoran Desert
Special for Bianka Z

Yum....I Think..

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:16:26 GMT

Hello Dear Friends,
I'm finally back and beginning to
make a little progress in catching
up with some of the great photos
you have been doing while I was away.
I want to thank each and every one of you for your kindness..beautiful comments on my dedication for Michelle also your kind and caring notes..It's been a difficult time
but things are in place now for Michelle's memorial service on the 8th of May and all the family will be
together to say our goodbye.
Our bluebirds have been very active
and are mating its always fun to watch him feeding her a worm as part of it..I liked this shot as I caught her right as the worm was going down..There are 5 eggs in the nest box so hope we have little ones soon.
( )s Barb

Hover

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:46:51 GMT

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Sonoran Desert

Fly

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:01:59 GMT

Picaflor

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:35:00 GMT

Some one is watching

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:51:06 GMT

Patagona Gigas

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:16:08 GMT

Also know as Giant Hummingbird. The biggest of the hummingbirds family.

Happy Spring

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:27:23 GMT

This was taken last summer...looking forward to their return in a couple weeks. We've been having unseasonably warm temps & most of the snow is gone. Spring is in the air...

Have a wonderful week everyone.

in flight

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:38:05 GMT

Intruder

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:20:28 GMT

wings

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:43:37 GMT

twinflight

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:49:11 GMT

same birdy

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:49:22 GMT

another pose

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:31:08 GMT

a birdy in it's space

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:11:44 GMT

whooper swan

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:58:23 GMT

colibri

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:58:11 GMT

Snowy Blue Jay

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:38:33 GMT

Took this fellow waiting for some
peanuts a couple of weeks back when
we had our last snowfall..Hopefully
once we recover from all the flooding of the past weekend we'll have spring..Barb

face-out

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:27:44 GMT

Mute Swan

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:32:09 GMT

I went for a walk across to Chasewater, the reservoir is being drained down due to the risk of the dam failing, (and we local ratepayers have got to fork out £3,000,000 to foot the repair bill, despite the fact that it is the British Waterway's canal system which uses its water!!!!!!).

The wild life now have to adjust to the lack of water and the local boating pool is overcrowded, giving us the chance to observe them at close quarters.

A Well Deserved Rest

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:12:14 GMT

"Deja vu" resting after several free flights to my fist.
PHOTO BY BETTY.

FINALLY FLIYING FREE!

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:25:56 GMT

14 days ago "Deja Vu" was a very wild and savage bird, today , after 14 days training him with lot of love and patience, finally he fly free at 5:50 AM.
He came several times to my fist from more than 80 mts far.
Im very happy :))
Betty took this pic that is not so good due to the dawn light , the difficult exposure and the velocity of the hawk.

Critter

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:52:52 GMT

I have no idea what it is but it's cute.

still

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:43:57 GMT

Peruvian Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:48:03 GMT

Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) belonging to "EL HUAYCO Raptor Research " OF my good friend Jose Antonio Otero.

cute

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:54:11 GMT

floating #2

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:59:53 GMT

Preening For The Party

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:02:53 GMT

Caught this Male Common Merganser yesterday at Spring Lake..He was preening and preparing for the big party for the March kids..Wishing each of you a very Happy Birthday and many wonderful years ahead...( )s
Barb

Mar 1 Pat Nighswander
Mar 3 Jose Eduardo Cruz
Mar 7 Viorel Teodorf
Mar 10 Owen O'Meara
Mar 11 Melinda Schneider
Mar 12 Mary Bloom
Mar 13 Fernando Mondino, Martin Amm
Mar 14 Sergio Cardenas Chris Panagiotidis
Mar 16 Mark Zurek
Mar 19 Harlan He
Mar 23 Adriana Patricia Smith

The Cry

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:51:23 GMT

Larus michahellis
Gabbiano reale zampe gialle
Yellow-legged Gull

8.8

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:30:37 GMT

Thank to all my PP friends for their words in my submission previous to the Chilean earthquake. I just recovered electricity at home and now I'm answering mails and visiting PP.

Yes, an 8.8 earthquake is not something you want to experience. The previous big one in Chile was in 1985, but I was traveling and the other BIG ONE (in fact the biggest recorded in modern history with a magnitude of 9.5) was when I was 3 years old in 1960.

Well, fortunately my family, friends and respective houses are OK, but unfortunately, thousands lost their lives and millions their houses.

There is a big task in front to first/urgent; help those that lost everything and second: reconstruct our Country.

If you can help do it. There are many ways to donate, but the easiest are via your cell phones. To donate $10 to the Red Cross relief efforts, customers can type the word “CHILE” and send it to 90999 via text message from their mobile devices (in USA only).

Out On A Limb

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:37:42 GMT

Blue Heron

I'll Get the Fish...You go Home..

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:21:40 GMT

Caught a series of shots of these
Immature Bald Eagles in a heated
discussion..Finally Mom left and went back to watch the nest..Hope
you enjoy...

Mallard

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:48:20 GMT

Take Off

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:56:14 GMT

face to face

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:51:34 GMT

May I Have This Dance

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:23:19 GMT

While we were in Florida we had a really neat experience late one
afternoon I spotted 4 Sand Hill Cranes in an open area so I pulled off the road and got the camera out.
I sort of moved up on them staying behind a tree and they went into the most amazing routine..What I'm told is their mating dance.I watched and took about 25 different shots of them
doing the most amazing jumps, bows and contortions. The other 2 just kept looking for food and when the dance was done they all took off for a wooded area...hope you enjoy just a peep at this..We're in the midst of a huge snow storm here in NJ.
Have a great weekend..Barb

Mr and Mrs Cacklers

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:54:48 GMT

Trio

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:06:51 GMT

A Brown Pelican Brings Birthday Wishes

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:57:23 GMT

Another of the interesting birds that are so plentiful in Florida.
NJ seems so boring after all the wonderful wildlife on our trip..hopefully the spring weather will help..this guy is stopping by to
wish all those born in Feb a very happy and healthy birthday and a wonderful year ahead...hope I haven't missed anyone..

Feb 1 Brad Bradley
Feb 3 Sean Nel
Feb 5 Armando A, Sandra Pyke,
Feb 6 Rodney Deal
Feb 7 PhotoshotUS
Feb 9 Evangelina G
Feb 12 Oscar Meszer
Feb 15 Jaume Ventura
Feb 16 Jon Sigureirsson
Feb 17 Ana R
Feb 19 Alan Dawkins
Feb 21 Ronald Broom
Feb 23 Hesham Abouzekry
Feb 27 Chris Miles
Feb 28 Asaad Elnidani

Iridescence

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:54:31 GMT

conference

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:19:22 GMT

Immature Bald Eagle in Flight

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:48:34 GMT

Hello All,
It's good to be back home and back to my PP's friends..we have been home for a while but its been busy..
Sadly we found my sister Michelle very ill when we arrived in Florida..
she is a fighter and won't give up but things are very bad for her now so she can certainly use all your prayers..I can't thank you all enough for your kindness and caring..

I'll try to catch up a bit today and hopefully it won't take me too long..
Hope you have all been well and getting some great photos..the Florida weather was cold at times but we did manage some photo time too..( )s Barb

feeding

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:01:53 GMT

BIF

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:34:07 GMT

The catch

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:49:55 GMT

La princesse

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:13:44 GMT

Bulbul

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:12:09 GMT

in a branch

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:10:05 GMT

Geese

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:26:01 GMT

hb profile

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:23:03 GMT

Lift off

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:02:18 GMT

Gulls fleet

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:55:02 GMT

Hurry up

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:30:05 GMT

Departure

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:00:09 GMT

Mid Day Light

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:43:09 GMT

..."Plain" Titmouse

1/800
f7.1
ISO 640
Spot Metered
200 mm

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Corrected the name of the bird 1/30/10

King fisher

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:25:07 GMT

not a pelican (for Leslie)

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:52:49 GMT

FOR LESLIE COHELAN

I admire Leslie Cohelan's work capturing hummingbirds. For years I only looked at her gorgeous pictures and I was lucky enough to get a beautiful calendar with Leslie's HBs pictures from her one year ago.

Since then I was planning to do a HB
picture, but there are no HBs in my city (Santiago). Now that here is summertime, we are at our beach house in Zapallar ... and there are hummingbirds!!!... so my son helped me bringing a HB feeder to attract them. The rest was not so easy... focusing, high ISO, 70-200mm lens + 1.4x extender, a tripod a remote control...and a lot of patience waiting the HBs. Here is one of the pictures I was able to capture.

Definitely for Leslie and her inspiration.

Details:
ISO 800
Lens Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L + Canon 1.4x extender (total 280mm)
RAW format
f/5.6
1/1000s
EV +0.67
Aperture Priority mode

Happy Birthday Biz

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:02:21 GMT

Taken last Fall, just before they left for Winter. I like the way you can see the eye through the wing.

Have a great week everyone and a special Happy Birthday to Biz.

Male Harliquen

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:02:48 GMT

Another of the interesting ducks we saw the other day at our trip to the beach. I caught this guy with one
foot off the rock ready to hit the water..

Air raid

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:22:11 GMT

Landing

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:01:39 GMT

No Room at the Inn

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:25:25 GMT

Taken this afternoon in the yard. We've had so many Goldfinches this Winter and they seem to hit the feeders even harder during a snowstorm. It's been snowing here in Maine all day.

Good Flying Weather...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:27:02 GMT

This is another image from our trip to the beach on Friday..I had a little PS fun with it..Hope you like it..We'll finally be getting off on our trip to Florida in about 9 days..
Stan had his check up with the surgeon in Philadelphia on Wed and doc said his vocal cords look great..we were so happy with the good news.. ( ) s Barb

Big catch

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:21:21 GMT

Winter's Gem

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:40:16 GMT

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280 mm

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Flying gull

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:08:12 GMT

Red Tail on a Winter Day

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:07:47 GMT

A winter shot of a red tail hawk..I think he thought he was hiding from
me in the branches..He is stopping by to wish all those born in January a very Happy Birthday and many more..Barb

JANUARY

Jan 1 Gregory McLemore Jr., Simo Sivonen
Jan 3 Rob Ernsting, Kita McIntosh
Jan 4 Alla Gilbourd
Jan 6 Ice Rock, Pedro G Casas
Jan 7 Ergo T Dez, Martin Witt, Mario Ciiccio Natalie
Jan 11 David Swanson
Jan 14 Gedumans Gege
Jan 15 Zhang liQun 1960, Jan Jendras
Jan 17 Giorgio Goretti, Maxim Reider
Jan 20 Jack Shaerer
Jan 23 Biz…, Larry Hammond
Jan 24 Gustav Miller
Jan 25 Jose Salas (age 100), Margaret Sturgess
Jan 26 Craig Robinson, Ahmed Maher, John More
Jan 27 Aly Magorazata
Jan 28 Stig Findholm
Jan 29 Urs Blickenstorfer, Sharon Bernabeu
Jan 30 Den Thompson, Larry Fosse

=

The Pelican Itch

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:09:55 GMT

December Colors

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:35:31 GMT

...taken on a very cold December day, this little guy is still hanging around...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ICE ROCK, ARE YOU THERE?

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:52:01 GMT

He Is "Pepo" my Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)and my headache in this days, because we have new neighbors and the strong screams of Pepo in the morning become they crazy!!
So Maybe I have to take him to a friends Macao's breeder center to have fun for some time with a beauty Hyacinth Macaw Lady :)
PS: Betty is already 100% well and from today she will receive new chemotherapies secions more soft than the previous ones , but weekly , Looks like all is going excellent :)
Thanks for all your continuous support and encourage for us, we need always your positive energies :D

King Fisher

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:37:45 GMT

on the snowy branches

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:49:15 GMT

Merganser

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:41:47 GMT

I think this is a "first Spring male" of the species Hooded Merganser.

Take off

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:54:15 GMT

Eagle on a Perch

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:14:32 GMT

Eagle Silhouette

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:40:27 GMT

Shooting into the sun, so shot for a silhouette and converted to B&W in lightroom

Flight 4

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:23:22 GMT

Flight 3

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:22:15 GMT

Flight 2

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:21:47 GMT

Flight 1

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:20:57 GMT

Low flight

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:41:15 GMT

FF

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:03:15 GMT

Means Flying Flamingo

Bird watching

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:36:05 GMT

The contortionist

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:13:36 GMT

D.

Green Heron

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:01:59 GMT

Cooper's Hawk

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:31:35 GMT

This guy has been hanging around in my yard and I suspect he is the reason that the usual birds are not
around very much..Just thought I would give him a little Christmas
spirit even though he is here today to wish our December birthday kids a very Happy Birthday..

Dec 1 Greg McLemore Jr.
Dec 2 Colobri
Dec 11 Jose Sierra JR
Dec 12 Mohamed Banna
Dec 16 Barb Kite
Dec 19 Giorgio Cardoni
Dec 21 Janos Gehring
Dec 22 Ray Elsworthy
Dec 25 Judy Bernard

Pair

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:18:56 GMT

Friz

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:34:25 GMT

Duck

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:21:50 GMT

Just a Duck.

Show-Off

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:39:19 GMT

He had lots of fun taking a bath...the water was flying all round. I think he was having fun showing off in front of me & didn't mind me or the camera at all.

Have a great week, everyone.

Eastern Kingbird or Bee Eater

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:40:51 GMT

Interesting little bird taken this
summer at the Jersey shore...There
were quite a few of them perching on
these stalks and looking for bees.Several people have commented that he looks like an Eastern Kingbird and I believe that is what he really is..just loves those tiny
bees...

Happy Thanksgiving

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:38:21 GMT

A Black-capped Chickadee in the sunflowers last week. Happy Thanksgiving to all and have a great week.

Immature Bald Eagle

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:45:06 GMT

Taken this past winter while on a
trip to Florida..I watched this bird
in the tree for about an hour and the minute I turned away to say something to a friend..he dove into the water for a fish..and flew off to the other side of the tree so there was no picture..sometimes the
wait pays off and sometimes it doesn't.

Alone

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:09:05 GMT

PPL

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:25:48 GMT

PPL - Poop Production Line

OUR NEW BABY HAWK

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:08:19 GMT

it is a baby male Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor)that born in our small birds of prey breeder center 20 days ago, yo can see our breeder center ring in one of his tarsus.

~~

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:59:32 GMT

D.

Egrets

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:28:17 GMT

Egrets fishing on bird Island @Port Orange Florida

Ibis

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:01:25 GMT

Ibis @ Bird Island in Port Orange Florida

Pintails at Bombay Hook

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:41:15 GMT

Took this shot of some Pintails at
Bombay Hook a few weeks back..It's a
great place to go for migrating
snow geese and ducks at this time...

mr. cock

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:20 GMT

Indian Peafowl (pavo cristatus)the national Bird of India.

Peafowl have been called "urban guard dogs" because their distinctive cries can act as a warning of approaching people. Several British stately homes keep peafowl in the grounds.

This one i met i the garden of a scottish castle and his behavior was indeed very royal:-)

Andean Pygmy-owl

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:23:28 GMT

Adult Andean Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium jardinii) from our birds of prey breeder center, at lunch time.
You can compare it's incredible little size with the thumb of the globe.

SYMMETRY

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:46:27 GMT

Flight at night

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:02:45 GMT

Hurgada , red sea of EGYPT

Natures grace

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:57:22 GMT

mr. quickley

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:04:33 GMT

no time for a posing, but i got him nevertheless:-) pheasant in the highlands of scotland

Sparrow

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:31:26 GMT

D.

Snowy egret

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:56:44 GMT

Demonistration

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:20:18 GMT

American Black Duck

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:04:07 GMT

Spent some time on the shore at camp a couple weeks ago...this American Black Duck put on quite a show...at first I thought it was a mallard. He was fun to watch.

400mm
1/2000-F/4
ISO:800

Roseate Spoonbill

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:49:23 GMT

A photo of a Roseate Spoonbill taken
at on our last trip to Merritt Island
Florida.. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Barb

PS Just a little follow up..Stan and I went to visit his surgeon in Philadelphia yesterday for his first
3 month post surgical visit..every thing had healed nicely and doc said
the vocal cords looked great..we are so thankful to all of you for your good wishes, and prayers.

Silhouettes

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:39:56 GMT

harassed bird

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:57:10 GMT

Follow Me

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:13:54 GMT

A Tasty Treat

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:20:44 GMT

Yesterday morning we took a ride over by the river and I was out of the truck taking photos of some flowers when I saw Stan get out and start waving to me to come back..he had the binoculars out so I started to look in the same direction he saw
this red tail hawk dive down and grab
this little snake..I was fairly upset I only had my little 70-200 lens with me and was sure I wouldn't
get a shot but I was able to get in pretty close and he never flew off till he finished his lunch. It was kind of difficult to see the snake as he was in a lot of grass and weeds so I did a little PS fun..Barb

Good Bye Friends

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:08:08 GMT

The Mallards

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:44:30 GMT

This is another shot I got at Bombay
Hook last summer..I can't wait to go
back in the fall at migration time I had email from them today and the ranger gave us dates when they expect
the most birds and water fowl there..
A little PS work to give it the soft tones..and just a tiny touch of color..

L'acrobate

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:51:13 GMT

Seeing Eye to Eye

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:16:40 GMT

One of our bluebirds enjoying a cricket this past summer..Fall is
in the air and summer leaving us
for another year. Hope you like it..

Happy Hummer

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:06:03 GMT

Taken yesterday in a patch of wildflowers that I planted in the spring. They'll probably be heading south next week, if they're on schedule like previous years.

Hoopoe 06

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:19:03 GMT

Bald Eagle

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:11:07 GMT

This young bald eagle was learning some new moves. I found him on the Madison river in Yellowstone Park.

Night flight 2

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:07:34 GMT

Safe Landing

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:41:05 GMT

Fighting

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:52:22 GMT

Sea gulls , Hurgada , red sea , EGYPT

Carl has Something to Crow About

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:34:46 GMT

Happy Birthday, Carl Main...I hope you have a great day and year ahead, my friend! I was driving down the country roads for fun when I spotted this Rooster running around a farmyard. I managed one shot and that was it! ~

For September Birthdays

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:05:37 GMT

Happy Birthday..Many Happy Returns

2 Tiffany Krzywicki

3 Carl Main / Robert Gaither

5 Gerhardt Thompson / Csaba Gabor

9 Anita Van Breda

10 Dick Van Breda / BartFay

12 Eddie Meusseusse

14 Marielou Dhumez/ Liesbeth Buisman / Detlev Duerkop

15 Kay Prather

20 Jan Jendras

Dora Bruce

Who's there?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:12:43 GMT

D.

*for all my friends*...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:56:24 GMT

Taken in Turin August 2009

Follow the leader

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:02:13 GMT

Do I look nice?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:42:57 GMT

Cattle egret 05

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:03:46 GMT

drying out

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:29:46 GMT

Oh Evie

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:47:38 GMT

Attack

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:01:31 GMT

I'm counterlight..

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:36:10 GMT

Turin August 2009

Fly Me

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:07:46 GMT

Night flight

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:54:13 GMT

Air raid

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:05:48 GMT

I CAN FLY

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:11:57 GMT

Checked on the Ospreys yesterday...the young ones can fly...love those big feet. They came back to the nest when the parents showed up with lunch. Their nest is at the other end of the post that this one had just lifted off from. The mosquitoes are still quite thick, thus the specks in the sky.

Will catch up when time permits...sorry I'm so far behind. There are just not enough hours in the day.

Gone Fishin'

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:08:07 GMT

Dana Point, California.

For August Birthdays

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:10:22 GMT

Aug 2 Ana Erceg

Aug 6 Pat Snelling Weiner

Aug 7 Philip Armitage Andrea Vieth

Aug 9 Ursula L

Aug 10 Dorca Eatch

Aug 12 Steve Carter

Aug 13 MandoeLynn Chuck Freeman

Aug 14 Bill Lee

Aug 18 Grandpa Frank

Aug 20 Erna Roest

Aug 23 Daniela Fortino

Aug 26 Anna K

Aug 27 Claudio Mondino

Aug 28 Fransesco Raciti

Aug 29 George Fay

Aug 31 Barb Langer

Many Happy Returns.

Hummingbird

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:11:40 GMT

Movin' In

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:19:23 GMT

Raw Conversion, contrast, color adjustments and crop

1/1600
f5.6
ISO 200
200 mm

Thank You for viewing

Avocet at Bombay Hook

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:56:07 GMT

We took a ride the other day to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Preserve and there was so much beautiful wildlife to observe..sadly the time we stayed was cloudy and rainy most of the time so because many of the water birds were such a distance the light wasn't the best for photos..we had just a little sun
one day and I got a few shots I was
happy with..

Eagle View

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:31:57 GMT

A composite taken five minutes apart.

Mother Comes to Feed The Young

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:54:41 GMT

Another shot of the Robin's nest
with Mother Robin this time she had just fed the little ones some juicy
worms..Barb

"How-DEE!"

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:45:21 GMT

...as Minnie Pearl might say...yes I'm dating myself

RAW Conversion, crop...

1/1600
f6.3
ISO 400
200 mm

The Shadow Of The Gull

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:26:02 GMT

Ready to Fledge

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:04:38 GMT

This was taken yesterday morning.

I would not be surprised if I went back tomorrow and the babies would be gone.

All those specks around mom are ravenous mosquitoes...they were driving her crazy.

Robins Nesting in the Trumpet Vines..

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:34:14 GMT

These robins have been nesting in our
trumpet vines..they fledged the other day but I was able to get a few photos before they left..I'll be away for just a couple of days should be back Friday..will see you all then..Barb

Great Crested Flycatcher

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:09:43 GMT

Captured this fellow nearby. Very unusual to see in a nest box, according to a bird expert friend. He was fun to watch...carrying every kind of bug you can imagine to the nest.

I am not talking to him

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:37:50 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRISTINA

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:13:13 GMT

Happy Birthday Cristina...I hope you have the best birthday ever.

There are definitely three chicks in the nest. I'll be checking on them tomorrow to see how much they've grown.

A funny note that I read about the Ospreys: John Steinbeck found 3 shirts, 1 bath towel, 1 arrow, and his rake in a nest in his garden. Also seen in nests: rope, broom, barrel staves, hoops, fishnet, toy boat, old shoes, fishlines, straw hat, rag doll, bottles, tin cans, shells, sponges, etc.

Wood Pigeon

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:39:51 GMT

A native of New Zealand, once almost disappearing due to its tastiness. Now protected and becoming more common. 100mm series E lens, manual everything, 50% crop. They show nice colours with the sun on them

Flying gull 10

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:37:54 GMT

Osprey Today

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:11:18 GMT

I checked up on the Ospreys this morning...they've got two chicks (maybe 3).....I'll keep you posted. I'm so happy that all is well with them, as we've had so much rain. I saw both parents coming & going & watched them feed the chicks. According to our weatherman we had upwards of 11 inches of rain in the month of June.

For July Birthdays

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:24 GMT

July 2 Galal Elmessary

July 4 Ken Osborn

July 8 Jean Marc Rosseels

July 9 Northern Lights (Patty) Cristina F Quinton Weeks

July 10 Eduardo Sánchez

July 11 Bonnie Steinbach, Czintos Edmund

July 12 Alfio Alonso, Angela Schaerer

July 13 GP Merfeld, Ingrid L Harris

July 15 Sergio Capanna

July 18 Me Mar

July 19 Garold Jennings

July 20 Barb Frank, Colin Cartwright

July 21 Louise McGilvery

July 23 Alison DuFlon

July 25 Doug Bolton

July 26 Judy Kessler

July 30 Blanka Zalman, Lida Chaulet

Also in July is Nadine Helmy but I don’t know for sure when the date is.

Mum checks

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:13:26 GMT

D. for Alison :-)