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[alisademartino]

Great horned owl, Cormorant, baby say flycatchers

 

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Beautiful pictures, alisademartino. I especially like the first one.

 

[Maximilian]

Great horned owl, Cormorant, baby say flycatchers

Hello and welcome to canonrumors, @alisademartino.
Really nice debut here in the Bird portrait thread. Keep posting.

Beautiful pictures, alisademartino. I especially like the first one.

Same opinion here.

 

[josephandrews222]

...judging by his chirping, this noisy guy remains without a partner. He did a great job playing hard-to-get from my 5DMk3 + 100-400 II (at 400) + 1.4x II TC combination, a rig which enabled lots of pixels and a pretty sharp image on a bright-and-sunny (and windy) day.



Red bird, white blossoms and a bit of blue sky--maybe spring has sprung in our area of the midwest USA: the tree this Northern Cardinal is perched 'in' is a few days later than 'normal', as far showing its white blossoms are concerned.

 

[josephandrews222]

I use the app "BirdNet" from the TU Chemnitz in cooperation with the Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. It's a crowd science project.
(see press report)
You can record calls and then the recording can be directly analyzed. Results depend from background noise but I am pleased.
It is free for android and iOS. They only ask you to share your location anonymously and birds you have detected, gathering data which birds have been localized where.

Edit: Latest press report is from March 2021.

I’m a few days late here and this has probably already been mentioned, but I’ve had good luck with the sounds portion of an iOS app called ‘Merlin Bird ID’.

Holding my phone in the air in our backyard for a minute or so six weeks ago resulted in this:



…on more than one occasion using this app has helped me find birds. I can attest that the birds listed above were indeed in our yard at that time.

I’m now going to check out ‘Birdnet’.

 

[ERHP]

One of the local Yellow Crown Night Herons had brought back a 'massive' stick and was looking around just before hopping down to the nest.

R5 RF600 f/4L w/1.4x 1/1600 : f/5.6 : ISO 1250

And a poser

R5 RF600 f/4L w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

 

[Maximilian]

One of the local Yellow Crown Night Herons had brought back a 'massive' stick and was looking around just before hopping down to the nest.

Beautiful birds. Wonderful pics.

 

[Maximilian]

I’m a few days late here and this has probably already been mentioned, but I’ve had good luck with the sounds portion of an iOS app called ‘Merlin Bird ID’.

Holding my phone in the air in our backyard for a minute or so six weeks ago resulted in this:
...
…on more than one occasion using this app has helped me find birds. I can attest that the birds listed above were indeed in our yard at that time.

I’m now going to check out ‘Birdnet’.

Thanks for sharing!

As that app is also provided by Cornell Lab of Ornithology it seems that "Merlin Bird ID" and "BirdNet" are siblings or even twins. The UI also looks similar.
But "Merlin Bird ID" seems to have a picture ID as well. So maybe even more useful.
Please let me know, which works better for you. I'll do my own comparison.

 

[shire_guy]

One of the local Yellow Crown Night Herons had brought back a 'massive' stick and was looking around just before hopping down to the nest.

R5 RF600 f/4L w/1.4x 1/1600 : f/5.6 : ISO 1250

And a poser

R5 RF600 f/4L w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

Great shots !

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, ERHP.

 

[macrunning]

One of the local Yellow Crown Night Herons had brought back a 'massive' stick and was looking around just before hopping down to the nest.

R5 RF600 f/4L w/1.4x 1/1600 : f/5.6 : ISO 1250

And a poser

R5 RF600 f/4L w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

Nice shots. What good looking bird.

 

[jmeyer]

Warbler season is just about here in Wisconsin, but today a Yellow-throated Warbler showed up in a local park. They are rare to the state and it's a great way to start the season. Can't wait for them all to get here! Taken with 7D mkll / EF 600 F4 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy

 

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Very nice series, Jeremy.

 

[macrunning]

A couple of young sibling Great Blue Herons playing HOT (Herons on Thrones)

 

[josephandrews222]

Thanks for sharing!

As that app is also provided by Cornell Lab of Ornithology it seems that "Merlin Bird ID" and "BirdNet" are siblings or even twins. The UI also looks similar.
But "Merlin Bird ID" seems to have a picture ID as well. So maybe even more useful.
Please let me know, which works better for you. I'll do my own comparison.

There are several links on the 'net like this one:

Birding by Ear with help from AI – Golden Gate Bird Alliance

goldengateaudubon.org

...apparently at least some birders prefer Birdnet...(works better with soft sounds?)

In my hands they both work about the same, on my iPhone 12 Max...

I must confess I am not much of a birder...what little birding I do is mostly due to this very forum!

At the end of the linked article, the author states that these sorts of apps are good for newcomers to birding.

Ding ding ding!

 

[AlanF]

Beautiful shots today guys - a joy just to see. It was my birthday today and I spent it in a lecture theatre at a conference I was organising, and so nice to see this evening that every one has been out having fun.

 

[OskarB]

Beautiful shots today guys - a joy just to see. It was my birthday today and I spent it in a lecture theatre at a conference I was organising, and so nice to see this evening that every one has been out having fun.

Happy birthday, Alan!

 

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Happy birthday, Alan!

 

[Chig]

Matuku moana (White-faced Heron) hunting for jewels at dawn on Saturday , Ōrewa Estuary, Auckland New Zealand Canon 7Dii EF 400L f/2.8 (non IS) with 2x extender 1/800th, f/8, -2/3 EV
Really pleased with the optical performance of this 30 year old lens even with 2x extender although the autofocus is a bit slow with the 2x but plenty snappy with the 1.4x

 

[Click]

I really like this shot. Well done, Ching.