Comments | jadecat9: Wet Birds

jadecat9

Wet Birds

Feb 26, 2006 19:57

Today was a birding outing with a couple of friends. We were hoping that the weather held out, and that it wouldn't rain until late afternoon, as we had planned on an early morning start ( Read more... )

photography, weekends

Comments 7

didjiman February 27 2006, 06:27:41 UTC

You need to bug your BF to get you a 600mm telephoto :-)

kk1raven February 27 2006, 16:17:12 UTC

Nice pictures, especially the hummingbird. However, "Rock Dove" ("Rock Pigeon" officially) = the common pigeon seen in cities all over. Your doves aren't pigeons. If they had pointy tails, they're Mourning Doves. (I can't see quite enough in the picture to rule out some of the other possibilities, but I'm not sure that any other doves should be where you are anyway.)

jadecat9 February 27 2006, 17:03:41 UTC

TY, they are Mourning Doves. I found out after I posted. I'll have to edit that. Just getting started on this "birding" thing.

kk1raven February 27 2006, 17:11:42 UTC

One of the great things about birding is that no matter how long you do it, there's always something new to learn. If you ever have any questions about IDing the birds in your pictures, feel free to ask me.

whitemare February 27 2006, 16:31:56 UTC

Ooo, wish you have gotten all the hawk's wings on the take off. Were you up in the NBay? It was raining early at the beach.

jadecat9 February 27 2006, 17:04:24 UTC

Yeah, we were up near Tiburon.

trystbat February 27 2006, 16:56:24 UTC

Missed shot? I dunno, I rather like the spontaneity conveyed by the takeoff & clipped wing.