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Discussion of other Raptor species; their anatomy, biology, ecology, etc.
Topic Started: Sep 16 2007, 11:04 AM (18,110 Views)
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Patti,Dec 27 2007
05:34 PM

Carole, I wish I could take photos as nice as yours are, even if we can't see markings. I can't even see to zoom in like you have & only get a glare on my screen--cannot focus to video. My few videos are...awful.

Patti - Thank you. I have so much to learn about this camera but my BIL is coming down here in January and he is a real camera buff who will teach me step by step.
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Naturegal,Dec 28 2007
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Patti,Dec 27 2007
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Carole, I wish I could take photos as nice as yours are, even if we can't see markings. I can't even see to zoom in like you have & only get a glare on my screen--cannot focus to video.  My few videos are...awful.

Patti - Thank you. I have so much to learn about this camera but my BIL is coming down here in January and he is a real camera buff who will teach me step by step.

Carole, is yours a digital camera? One big problem I have had trying to take pictures of raptors with mine is that with the digital viewfinder, it can be really difficult trying to find a moving distant bird against clouds or blue sky.
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ostrich2,Dec 28 2007
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Naturegal,Dec 28 2007
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Patti,Dec 27 2007
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Carole, I wish I could take photos as nice as yours are, even if we can't see markings. I can't even see to zoom in like you have & only get a glare on my screen--cannot focus to video.  My few videos are...awful.

Patti - Thank you. I have so much to learn about this camera but my BIL is coming down here in January and he is a real camera buff who will teach me step by step.

Carole, is yours a digital camera? One big problem I have had trying to take pictures of raptors with mine is that with the digital viewfinder, it can be really difficult trying to find a moving distant bird against clouds or blue sky.

Yes it is a digital and it is difficult Ian.
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I saw another red-tail today right near my dad's house - and the pigeons weren't happy! I even wonder whether the RT was looking for a victim - it kept slowly gliding around in a circle right near an apartment building and as it kept gliding around, it kept getting close to a group of pigeons flying in a group, which made the pigeons turn again and scatter away. This pattern was repeated several times. The RT never actually made a move to chase any of them, and it eventually drifted across the street and away, but I do wonder whether it was waiting to see if one of the pigeons would blunder too close.
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Even though I've been logged in for hours, I've not really been here...away from pc.

Ian--I get a black glare and can't see to focus off my small Sony digital cam. Also, have not read backwards to yesterday, but will say, I think your Maine I.D. bird is a Cooper's, due to size of prey. I don't see Blue jays here...that I know. Scrub jays in my yard.

Want to read backwards to where I left off yesterday & also copy some info on the Sharp-shinned from my Brown & Amadon. Had something interesting about the difference is size of prey birds--between the male/female Sharp-shinned. Have not had mcuh time for anything today, unfortunately, but I'm already hooked on going to I.D. Bill's new photo after my chores are done. Very nice markings which should help, I hope.

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Raptorman/Bill - Thank you so much for taking the time to try to identify the bird photos I posted and also to do your photo magic :lol: :clk: I will check out my field guides tomorrow. At one point I thought it might be a Red-Shouldered Hawk as its underside was a tawny colour but at that distance it was a wild guess. Thanks again :)^
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Patti,Dec 28 2007
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Ian--I get a black glare and can't see to focus off my small Sony digital cam. Also, have not read backwards to yesterday, but will say, I think your Maine I.D. bird is a Cooper's, due to size of prey. I don't see Blue jays here...that I know. Scrub jays in my yard.


I'm interested in why you think Coopers based on the prey size? I came to the opposite conclusion :D , although I am still unsure how to interpret. Certainly the Coopers being a larger bird would seem to go with a larger prey. But then the length numbers that Bill posted seemed to fit the sharp-shinned more closely than the Coopers. This continues to be conundrum that I am as yet unable to resolve.

Bill is there something specific that made you think kingfisher for the prey? I thought blue jay based on the very bright blue plumage that was visible, but blue jays are only similar bird that you commonly find here in the city. I used to see them many times at the bird feeder.
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Raptorman,Dec 28 2007
08:40 PM
Speaking of opportunistic opportunities and uncommon prey for a species. Here is a photo of a Redtail on a Heron (unfortunately not easy to make out). The Redtail was observed diving at a Heron rookery and while the other members of the colony fled this Heron was not successful.


I believe I had read last year during the Saanich nesting season that predation by balds on the heron rookeries in the urban Vancouver area was having a significant impact on the herons.
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