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May 7th, 2008 at 06:46 PM
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Purl One
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I've mentioned in other posts that my husband spent much of this past weekend photographing the rosey breasted grosbeaks that appeared on Friday here and stayed the weekend. He also captured a few other birds on the camera and I thought I'd share some with you all.
Male purple housefinch
Male red bellied woodpecker
Male hairy woodpecker
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Male cardinal
Titmouse
rose breasted grosbeaks
Various birds eating sunflower seeds
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Frogger
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Lynne--tell Don those are some very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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Well done Don.......Guess I arent the only bird crazy photo taker.. Blame it on Thorn and his adventures..... Now I have everyone watching birds, around us. I love the red cardinals..And the red parts of all the birds......So vivid. Thanks
PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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Your Hairy Woodpecker is actually a Downy Woodpecker. The two are virtually Identical, EXCEPT, the bill on the Hairy is about 3/4 the length of the head, while the bill on the Downy is 1/3 to 1/2 the length of the head. ALSO, the Hairy is about half again as big as the Downy. Looking at the bill on YOUR Woodpecker, the bill is about 1/3 the length of the rest of the head, so your Woodpecker is a male DOWNY. Your VARIOUS birds left to right are; male Downy Woodpecker (red on head means male), female Downy Woodpecker (NO red on head means female), two male rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, and a female Red-Bellied Woodpecker (gray cap on head means female [males have a RED cap])
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The Bird Man
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Also your male purple housefinch is actually a male HOUSE Finch. Male Purple Finches ae more of a raspberry color with reddish wings. Your bird is a reddish-orange with brown wings, which tells us it is a male House Finch.
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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They are all very pretty birds. And very good photography. I love watching birds. I seldom wonder what type they are. I just never got the bug for that. I have a hard time remembering what my ordinary plants are called.
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Patriot
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boy, your husband takes great, clear pictures.
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The pictures are fantastic. clear sharp good lighting. I love them. I don't mean to be a jerk. I just like trying to help folks ID their birds. And in the area of Downy versus Hairy , and Purple Finch vesus House Finch, it can drive you crazy. I like to let people know the Easiest way to tell them apart. And by the way, I've only seen ONE Purple Finch in my life. And it was a female which look very little like the males.
Kingdoms RAGE and go to war...but the PEasants plant potatoes.. EARTH FIRST! (we'll strip-mine the OTHER planets later.)
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Lynne, these pictures are SPECTACULAR!!!!!
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They are all very pretty birds. And very good photography. I love watching birds. I seldom wonder what type they are. I just never got the bug for that. I have a hard time remembering what my ordinary plants are called. Hope you remember what us ordinary people are.
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we all know what type of bird you are dodge. A cuckoo.
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Hot Rod
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Correct...........
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A Gnome's Best Friend
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Lynne, these pictures are SPECTACULAR!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSs they are!! Great job Don!!!!!!!
By seeing such clear pictures and having given Id's between all of you I am learning to ID some birds here!!
*Sheri your are sooooooo funny!! = Dodge = Cuckoo bird,, Dodge *
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YOur photography is spectacular! Thanks for the eye candy.
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#207589
May 9th, 2008 at 04:28 AM
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Purl One
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Thanks so much for all the kind words everyone!
I'm not sure which camera Don used, but I will ask him when he comes home tonight, and relay all the messages to him. I do know he had a tripod set up with a pretty good sized telephoto lense, and he sat on a stool on the deck very still for quite some time!
Cindy - I, too, had a Pentax with all the accessories - my dad owned a camera store way back then! I still have it all, but don't have the patience to use it unfortunately.
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