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[Click]

Click or anyone. This bird is common here in north-central Alberta but I'm not very good at ID'ing these flycatcher types. My guess, Least. Heavy crops, no time to be patient today.

Jack

Not 100% sure, but I think it's an Eastern Phobe.

Nice shots BTW.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Regret that I'm unable to name the creature.
But, Jack, nice conversation between the birds. Great photos.
-r

Click or anyone. This bird is common here in north-central Alberta but I'm not very good at ID'ing these flycatcher types. My guess, Least. Heavy crops, no time to be patient today.

Jack

Thanks and now that you point it out they'd do well together on a single stick talking. ;D

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Click or anyone. This bird is common here in north-central Alberta but I'm not very good at ID'ing these flycatcher types. My guess, Least. Heavy crops, no time to be patient today.

Jack

Not 100% sure, but I think it's an Eastern Phobe.

Nice shots BTW.

Thanks click. Looking in the book I see nothing that would prove you wrong. Still, I don't know how I would ever come to a definitive conclusion based on the number of birds that are so similar.

Jack

 

[Michael_P]

Do you guys know a good source for identifying birds / mammals of Africa? This was shot in Kenya last year.

7DII + Sigma 150 - 600 Sport

 

[DJL329]

Do you guys know a good source for identifying birds / mammals of Africa? This was shot in Kenya last year.

7DII + Sigma 150 - 600 Sport

First off, nice timing on the shot!

Whenever I need to look up something I've shot (bird, insect, flower, etc.), I just do a web search using a physical description of the subject.

In this case, searching for 'large black African bird red throat and eyes' returned a number of images, including this:

http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-southern-ground-hornbill.html

 

[7DmkI]

Tree Swallow...very hard to capture in flight...

Totally agree. Here are a couple of barn swallows from last week.

 

[clbayley]

Here is another barn swallow...sitting still for me.

 

[Click]

Nice one, clbayley.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Here is another barn swallow...sitting still for me.

Precisely where I photographed mine. Miquelon, little bridge with the steel tube railing, right?

Those guys are far less common these days - used to have them yearly under my deck.

Jack

 

[IslanderMV]

Osprey with catch. Taken from Kayak.

Canon 7d and Sigma 150-600mm - 1250/sec at f/6.3 iso 250

Very pleased wth the lens so far, had it for a month.

 

[Click]

Nice capture, Jeff.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice capture, Jeff.

You should be pleased!

Jack

 

[Click]

Green Heron fishing

 

[lion rock]

Nice prominent colors. Sharp.
It's ready for action.
Excellent photograph.
-r

Green Heron fishing

 

[Click]

Thank you for your kind words, Riley.

 

[lion rock]

;D ;D
-r

Thank you for your kind words, Riley.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Very striking, click!

Jack

 

[Mikehit]

Green Heron fishing

Cracker !

 

[Click]

Very striking, click!

Jack

Thanks Jack.

 

[Click]

Green Heron fishing

Cracker !

Thank you Mike.