birding

tags: Pink-breasted Lark, Mirafra poecilosterna, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Pink-breasted Lark, Mirafra poecilosterna, photographed near the Pangani River Camp, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen, 13 January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D300, 600 mm VR lens, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec, f/7.1, Exposure compensation 0.. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. HINT 1: this species is in the Alaudidae family and was first described by a German. HINT 2: anagram of scientific name included in comment…
tags: Great Thick-Knees, Greater Thick-Knees, Esacus recurvirostris, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Great Thick-Knees, also known as the Greater Thick-Knees, Esacus recurvirostris, photographed on the Kosi River, Ramnagar, North India. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Adrian White [larger view]. Nikon D40x with 70-300AF. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: blue shank, American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] American Avocet, also known as the blue shank, Recurvirostra americana, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Richard Ditch, 25 February 2010 [larger view]. You are encouraged to purchase photographs from this photographer. I am happy to email his contact information to you. Exposure Time: 1/400 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 200 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus, photographed flying over Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Adrian White [larger view]. Nikon D40x with 70-300AF. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
it doesn't get better than this. The part at about 1.45 where he gets the stick stuck in the strings: Really takes off there. ; © Extracts from Ariane Michel's film, Les Oiseaux de Céleste.
tags: Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica, photographed at the Machias Seal Island, Maine. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Paul Sweet, 26 May 2008 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
I've been following a new birding blog lately, "The Daily Wing," kept by Vermont bird guide, dragonfly follower, and writer Bryan Pfeiffer. It's a nice mix of ⢠birding how-to, with guidance both basic and intricate, such as his lovely entry on a bird-attraction technique he calls spishing (especially effective in winter): The woods were otherwise silent. Vacant. But I suspected otherwise. So I stopped and spished. "Spshsh-spshsh-spshsh-spshsh. Psssp-psssp-psssp-psssp-psssp. Spshsh-spshsh-spshsh-spshsh." Two white-throated sparrows jumped into view from a tangle of catbrier. Then several…
tags: Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes, Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes (L), and Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla (R), photographed at the Lake Thompson in Kingsbury County, South Dakota. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours] Image: Terry Sohl, 2 September 2007 [larger view]. You are encouraged to purchase photographs from this photographer. I am happy to email his contact information to you. Canon 20D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification…
tags: Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Grey-headed Kingfisher, also known as the Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, photographed near the Pangani River Camp, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen, 13 January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D300, 600 mm VR lens, ISO 800, 1/1000 sec, f/7.1, Exposure compensation -.7. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Pygmy Batis, Batis perkeo, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Pygmy Batis, Batis perkeo, photographed near the Pangani River Camp, Tanzania, Africa. The photographer writes: "I was incredibl[y] lucky to get such a good view of this little fast-moving guy. He actually responded to pishing, and sat there exposed for 10 seconds or so, allowing photographs in the late afternoon sun!" [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen, 13 January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D300, 600 mm VR lens, ISO 400, 1/250, f/6.3, Exposure Compensation 0. Please name at…
tags: African Grey Hornbill, Tockus nasutus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] African Grey Hornbill, Tockus nasutus, photographed catching a dragonfly at the Pangani River Camp, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen, January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D300s, 600 mm lens, ISO 640, 1/2500 sec, f/5 0 exposure compensation. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. The photographer writes: There seemed to be quite a lot of interest in the African Grey Hornbill's bill. Since it was partially obscured…
tags: Vermilion Flycatcher, Galapagos Flycatcher, Darwin's Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Vermilion Flycatcher, also known as the Galapagos Flycatcher or as Darwin's Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, photographed on the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 11 November 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.…
tags: Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus himantopus mexicanus, Himantopus mexicanus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Black-necked Stilt chick, Himantopus (himantopus) mexicanus, photographed on Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston County, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 27 May 2007 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/1.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Grey Plover, Gray Plover, Silver Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Black-bellied Plover, also known as the Grey (Gray) Plover and the Silver Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, photographed at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Rodanthe, North Carolina. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Paul Sweet, 3 August 2007 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: education, public outreach, BirdNote Radio Program, Bird Note, birding, Bird Watching, birds, nature, environment, conservation, NPR, National Public Radio, Seattle Audubon Society, mp3 Are you trapped on a crowded subway or in a traffic jam of honking, stinking cars? If so, you might be interested to know that you can transport yourself to a different world, a cool green space where you can feel the earth breathe in time to the music of birds. Your personal vehicle is BirdNote, a 2-minute radio program about birds and nature. "We want to help people connect to the natural world and…
tags: Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus, photographed at PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: GrrlScientist, 24 February 2010 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Eastern Black-headed Batis, Black-headed Batis, Batis minor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Eastern Black-headed Batis, also known as the Black-headed Batis, Batis minor, photographed at the Pangani River Camp, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen, January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D300s, 600 mm lens, ISO 1000, 1/160 sec, f/5.6 -0.3 exposure compensation. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Juvenile Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio, photographed about 5 miles away from the Pangani River Camp, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen, January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D300 600 mm lens, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec, f/7.1 -1 exposure compensation. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Photograph 1: [Image 1] Juvenile Isabelline Shrike (?), Lanius isabellinus, photographed about 5 miles away from the Pangani River…
tags: Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis, photographed at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Anahuac, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 31 July 2007 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Masked Bobwhite, Common Bobwhite, Rufous-bellied Bobwhite, Black-headed Bobwhite, Bobwhite, Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Northern Bobwhite, known by a bevy of common names including Bobwhite, Common Bobwhite, Rufous-bellied Bobwhite, Masked Bobwhite, and Black-headed Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (thank science for scientific names so we all know what we're talking about!), photographed on the Katy Prairie, Waller County, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 April 2007 [larger view…