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 Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:42 pm
I like that last one RD.... 
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:43 am
So it turns out there is a 57ha bird sanctuary just a few kilometres from town, complete with a small lake and a couple of blinds by the lake. Here's one of the birds I saw yesterday. Of course, now I need a bigger telephoto lens.  I'm going to have to buy a bird book so I can learn what I'm looking at/taking pictures of. I have no idea what this is.
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:31 pm
Well, you have a black bird a little bigger than a Robin, with a yellow head sitting on a cattail, from the looks of things, what you have there is a Yellow Headed Blackbird......  As for a bird book I would highly recommend the Golden Field Guide - Birds of North America. My copy has served me well for a number of years. Where is this bird sanctuary located?
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:04 pm
Huh. That was way too easy.  I'll look into that book the next time I'm in Penticton. The sanctuary is 6km east of Princeton. It's a great place, with the rolling hills and interpretive signs for the types of plants in the area.
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:31 pm
Hyack Hyack: Well, you have a black bird a little bigger than a Robin, with a yellow head sitting on a cattail, from the looks of things, what you have there is a Yellow Headed Blackbird...... As for a bird book I would highly recommend the Golden Field Guide - Birds of North America. My copy has served me well for a number of years. Where is this bird sanctuary located? If you have an IPod, there is a great field guide on it - includes pictures, ranges, and calls. I love it.
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:53 pm
Gunnair Gunnair: Hyack Hyack: Well, you have a black bird a little bigger than a Robin, with a yellow head sitting on a cattail, from the looks of things, what you have there is a Yellow Headed Blackbird...... As for a bird book I would highly recommend the Golden Field Guide - Birds of North America. My copy has served me well for a number of years. Where is this bird sanctuary located? If you have an IPod, there is a great field guide on it - includes pictures, ranges, and calls. I love it. What!!! No app where you can point your Ipod at the bird, or have it listen to it's call, and it will tell what species it is? 
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:03 pm
raydan raydan: Gunnair Gunnair: Hyack Hyack: Well, you have a black bird a little bigger than a Robin, with a yellow head sitting on a cattail, from the looks of things, what you have there is a Yellow Headed Blackbird...... As for a bird book I would highly recommend the Golden Field Guide - Birds of North America. My copy has served me well for a number of years. Where is this bird sanctuary located? If you have an IPod, there is a great field guide on it - includes pictures, ranges, and calls. I love it. What!!! No app where you can point your Ipod at the bird, or have it listen to it's call, and it will tell what species it is? No... no bird Shazam.
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:23 pm
Gunnair Gunnair: No... no bird Shazam. hahaha Someone should get on that! I just found a bird guide in the basement, so I'll use that.
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:38 am
Bath day.....
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:53 am
Really arrogant bird 
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:38 pm
Hyack Hyack: If you want arrogance..... Love the defiant look of these fellas! "What are YOU starin' at?" LOL... (especially in pic#017)
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:10 pm
Gabriola Island
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:19 pm
What was the Turkey Vulture feeding on?
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