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Post by tmanson on Apr 12, 2009 17:08:51 GMT -8
Hi all: Happy Easter. I'll post a few of the pictures I took on my recent trip through Southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. I lost my camera battery charger along the way, ( for the second time, as Murray knows ), so I was pretty conservative in the picture taking department. Most of the shots are of big birds, or birds who don't move around too much, as my digital point and shoot, with the telextender lens won't tolerate much. Also, I don't know how anyone has the patience to download pictures to the net. It takes so long!!! Time for an upgrade on the computer front, I guess. No particular order. Test <a href="http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u65/paulinike/?action=view¤t=P1050378.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u65/paulinike/P1050378.jpg" border="0" alt="Reddish Egret"></a> |
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Post by tmanson on Apr 12, 2009 17:12:00 GMT -8
Okay: So that didn't work: Try again <a href="http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u65/paulinike/?action=view¤t=P1050378.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u65/paulinike/P1050378.jpg" border="0" alt="Reddish Egret"></a> |
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Post by tmanson on Apr 12, 2009 17:15:23 GMT -8
That didn't work either: Will have to ponder.  Got it now: Reddish Egret- Off Rockport, in fairly close to breeding plummage. |
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Post by tmanson on Apr 12, 2009 17:48:16 GMT -8
2)  White Ibis: Aransas NWr. 3)  Roseate Spoonbill: High Island, Texas 4)  Plain Chacalaca: Brownsville, Texas. 5)  Whooping Crane: Off Rockport, Texas 6)  Ferruginous Pygmy Owl: San Miguelito Ranch, Texas 7)  Golden Cheeked Warbler: Lost Maples State Park, Texas. 8)  King Rail: Anuhuac NWR, Texas 9)  Boat Tailed Grackle; Tivoli, Texas- note dark eyes. 10)  Our friend from the Hope Airport; Scissor Tailed Flycatcher- this one- near Raymondville, Texas. 11)  Male Wild Turkey, Madera Canyon, Arizona- first time I have seen one in display. 12)  Common Black Hawk: Sunflower, Arizona. 13)  Whoops- What is this guy doing in the wilds of Texas?? 14)  Don't mess with Mother Nature- after affects of Hurrican Ike- Bolivar Flats, Texas 15)  The beauty of Arizona- I can see why people love Sedona. I have a few more pics, which I will try to share. Cheers, Thor Thor Manson Hope, B.C. |
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Post by butterfly on Apr 12, 2009 19:04:10 GMT -8
WOW! Thor, WOW! Beautiful photos! That Ferruginous Pygmy Owl and the Flycatcher are beyond compare! All of the photos are stunning. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Dave on Apr 12, 2009 20:10:57 GMT -8
Hi Thor! Great Photos. Nicely framed White Ibis and beautiful Reddish Egret.
I usually resize my pictures to something smaller before uploading them to photobucket. It goes much quicker.
Golden-cheeked Warbler....is that a tough bird to see or a gimme in its little Texan range?
Thanks for taking the time (lots of it too!),
Dave
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Post by Dave on Apr 12, 2009 20:13:28 GMT -8
P.S. Incredible variety in vegetation at Sedona! Never heard of the place...maybe next Spring  . Great King Rail photo as well. Typical habitat. Dave |
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Post by tmanson on Apr 13, 2009 7:40:07 GMT -8
Dave: Thanks for the tip about the re-sizing. I always scale mine as well; just couldn't remember the usual number I use, so pictures came out a little big.
I guess I was referring more to the extra step(s) Photobucket has introduced, and then the usual process of transferring them over to Fraser Valley Birding, but hey, why complain?? I'm retired and it's not like I have to get up at 6:00 a.m, at least to go to work, anyway!!
The Golden Cheeked was surprisingly easy to see, and I saw it in a number of locations in the Texas Hill Country. It is aggressively territorial, and will easily respond to a pish, or a tape, if allowed.
Its equally famous comrade in arms, the Black Capped Vireo, is another story. A real skulker, but at least this time of year it is singing, so can be tracked down that way. Also, although the two are often lumped together as must see birds in the Texas hill country, they prefer different habitiats, so a little work is involved in tracking them down.
Having said that, they can be found in same parks like Kickapoo, Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Lost Maples, etc.
Cheers Thor
Thor Manson
Hope, B.C.
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Post by murraybrown on Apr 13, 2009 14:24:45 GMT -8
Thor, as all the others have said. Those are super pictures of some super birds. Some day I hope to see them too.
Murray
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Post by onejay on Apr 16, 2009 5:31:57 GMT -8
Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing!
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