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10/02/2013 09:42PM  
I find bird photography to be very challenging but I enjoy it. Let's see your best bird shots, songbirds to raptors, hummingbirds to waterfowl.











After I started looking, I have a lot of bird photos...more to come. Comments/critiques welcome.
 
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10/02/2013 10:57PM  
Some more bird shots...













 
10/03/2013 07:16AM  
 
10/03/2013 10:55AM  
Barn Owl
 
10/03/2013 11:31AM  
 
10/03/2013 11:40AM  
 
hobbydog
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10/03/2013 07:10PM  
I could fill up a page of my favorites. Hard to pick just a few.

 
10/03/2013 09:27PM  
Nice pics everyone...hobbydog some great shots there, keep em coming. I have a few more...




















As hobbydog said it is hard to pick one but I like this cuz it is sharp and different from most loon shots. Taken from a distance with a long zoom...
 
10/03/2013 09:49PM  
hobbydog, love the mallard landing, great shot. Also the owl hunting. I hear sandhill cranes a lot but don't see them much; don't have a single good shot of them. Nice stuff.
 
10/04/2013 11:16AM  
quote lindylair: "hobbydog, love the mallard landing, great shot. Also the owl hunting. I hear sandhill cranes a lot but don't see them much; don't have a single good shot of them. Nice stuff. "
Very nice!
 
10/04/2013 01:41PM  
 
10/04/2013 07:47PM  
Cool shots Brad...what kind of bird is that on the ground?




























 
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10/04/2013 07:52PM  
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quote MHS67: "
quote lindylair: "hobbydog, love the mallard landing, great shot. Also the owl hunting. I hear sandhill cranes a lot but don't see them much; don't have a single good shot of them. Nice stuff. "
 
10/04/2013 08:06PM  
Some interesting bird related shots...






Kinda tells a story doesn't it?





Hmmm,I'm hungry but...





A Cedar Waxwing convention



Duck Silhouette



Sunrise Loon
 
10/04/2013 08:31PM  
quote lindylair: "Cool shots Brad...what kind of bird is that on the ground?






















killdeer



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10/04/2013 08:49PM  
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Wood ducks are my nemesis. I have a few but nothing to really show. I really like this one.
 
10/05/2013 10:54AM  
 
10/06/2013 09:21AM  
Tell me when to stop...I guess I had more "decent" bird photos than I thought. I camp, hike and explore a lot in Northern MN and the BWCA. Living in a southern suburb of the Twin Cities, I think I get more and better bird shots hiking the natural areas around here than I do up North. All of these were taken at Lebanon Hills Regional Park or Fort Snelling State Park.





Another Cedar Waxwing



















 
10/06/2013 09:35AM  
Eagles...taken in Northern MN and WI








 
10/06/2013 12:10PM  
Adult Barn Owl.
 
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10/07/2013 06:55PM  
 
10/08/2013 12:28AM  
 
10/08/2013 11:42AM  
Baby Barn owl in owl house.
 
10/12/2013 06:30AM  
 
10/14/2013 10:46PM  
My father-in-law with his pet turkeys. They stayed in a cage at night and in the morning he would go down open the cage. The turkeys would get in the jeep for the ride up to the house. At the end of the day he would open the jeep door, turkeys would get in for the ride back to the cage for the night. Really!!
 
10/22/2013 12:31PM  
 
10/22/2013 01:33PM  
i used to be obsessed with birds
 
10/22/2013 04:14PM  
 
11/05/2013 04:26PM  













 
11/05/2013 07:21PM  
 
11/14/2013 06:29PM  
seagull over lake superior
 
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11/14/2013 06:53PM  


I just carry a point and shoot camera in my front pocket on canoe trips (am working on changing that next trip) but this is the best I could do without getting too close to mama loon on the nest on Omega Lake a few years ago.
 
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11/27/2013 02:18PM  


Is there a way to load pictures directly from my smugmug site?

Bob
 
11/27/2013 03:02PM  
Nice Crane
 
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11/29/2013 08:06AM  
Canadian geese in Canada
 
12/11/2013 01:27AM  
Only photos of birds in the bwca I have from what I recall.
 
12/13/2013 02:14PM  
 
12/13/2013 03:13PM  
quote cowdoc: " "


what kind of birdy is this?
 
12/13/2013 03:34PM  
Chipping Sparrows
 
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12/20/2013 09:02PM  


Double-crested Cormorants.
 
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12/20/2013 09:08PM  


Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
 
12/21/2013 05:08AM  
quote cowdoc: "Chipping Sparrows"


YEp chipping sparrows
 
01/30/2014 12:28PM  
Red tail hawk
 
02/09/2014 05:07PM  
 
03/04/2014 08:57AM  
 
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03/04/2014 11:56AM  


Creepy pelican on a bait dock
 
hobbydog
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03/08/2014 01:28PM  
A few from this morning.










 
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03/16/2014 08:24PM  


 
03/16/2014 09:27PM  
what is that second bird? at first glance I thought it might be a hummingbird
 
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03/17/2014 03:14PM  
quote Mocha: "what is that second bird? at first glance I thought it might be a hummingbird"


It is, female ruby throat. It was shot through my dirty front window, it was probably 3 feet from the window. It was sitting in a bush next to a feeder. I cropped the photo, so you could see the bird.


 
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05/17/2014 11:26PM  
 
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05/22/2014 07:22PM  
Some from last week

 
08/25/2014 07:38PM  
Couple of new ones from our August BWCA trip...























 
08/26/2014 08:10PM  
 
08/26/2014 08:56PM  
 
08/27/2014 03:53PM  
Road Runner.
 
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02/17/2015 11:11AM  
 
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02/18/2015 09:19PM  
Not in the bwca, and I wish these shots had better backgrounds (as opposed to my backyard), but I like them nonetheless.

 
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02/18/2015 09:28PM  
 
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04/11/2015 11:40PM  
 
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04/17/2015 10:04AM  
quote MHS67: " Barn Owl"


Is that an Eastern Screech Owl?
 
04/17/2015 08:07PM  
quote AJ2008: "
quote MHS67: " Barn Owl"



Is that an Eastern Screech Owl?"


Just checked in our Sierra Nevada field guide. I'm pretty sure you are on to something. Its not a barn owl like most we have around here. The book says its a Western Screech Owl. Don't know the difference between the Eastern and Western, or if there is a difference. Thanks for the correction. Larry
 
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04/18/2015 05:22PM  
quote MHS67: "
quote AJ2008: "
quote MHS67: " Barn Owl"




Is that an Eastern Screech Owl?"



Just checked in our Sierra Nevada field guide. I'm pretty sure you are on to something. Its not a barn owl like most we have around here. The book says its a Western Screech Owl. Don't know the difference between the Eastern and Western, or if there is a difference. Thanks for the correction. Larry "


Hey, no problem. I didn't mean to have it sound like I was correcting you; in fact, I didn't know where you were located. We both learned something.......great shot!!!!
 
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04/26/2015 10:04PM  


Just a quickie today
 
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04/27/2015 10:36AM  
 
04/30/2015 06:54PM  
Florida, backyard, Yellowstone, and BW/Q
 
04/30/2015 07:07PM  
We needed a White Throated Sparrow
 
05/29/2015 04:08PM  
 
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05/29/2015 07:50PM  

I found some very photogenic ducks last weekend.


 
10/12/2015 07:55PM  
Got a few decent ones on my trip last week...














 
11/10/2015 12:31AM  
I took this on my last fishing trip of the year.

 
11/11/2015 05:58PM  
junco, nov 2015




juvenile robin?
 
11/12/2015 08:19AM  
Gunflint Trail
 
11/15/2015 03:29PM  
snow bunting out on a morning stroll
 
11/26/2015 12:41PM  
i love the colors of the blue jay
 
11/26/2015 03:29PM  







There were hundreds of blue jays at Big Bog SRA this fall, took many shots of them.
 
11/26/2015 03:45PM  



A bevy, flock or bunch (actually i think its called a pod) of Pelicans flying over our campsite
 
01/04/2016 07:11PM  
 
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01/25/2016 09:46AM  


Indigo Bunting



Gold Finch



Grackle



Blue Heron



Robin





Hooded Mergansers
 
01/25/2016 10:05AM  
Chilly Blue jay
 
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01/27/2016 06:03PM  
 
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06/20/2017 01:04PM  


Little Blue Heron
 
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11/19/2017 04:47PM  
 
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11/19/2017 04:48PM  
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. Lucky Egret, unlucky frog.
 
11/19/2017 06:17PM  
very cool photo!!
 
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11/19/2017 08:32PM  
One from the snow day a couple weeks ago.

 
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11/19/2017 09:10PM  
Black-crowned Night-Heron on a fly by at Horicon National Refuge.

I have not had a BW trip for three years now and Horicon Marsh was my "go to" place to get away this summer. Got quite a few pics there and hope to share them over the winter.
 
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11/20/2017 04:38PM  
I thought of this poster when I took the picture of the egret and frog.
 
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