Title: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 12:30:55 AM
I guess I'll get the 'R's started with a Red-headed Woodpecker, taken here in Kentucky. These guys were all over the cypress swamps in Western Kentucky.
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Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 12:33:48 AM
And these are in honor of the season...Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a festive mood.
They are both backyard hummingbird shots, slightly modified.
They are both backyard hummingbird shots, slightly modified.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 12:37:28 AM
Here are three shots of the Greater Road Runner.
The first two shots were taken in Arizona. At first I was puzzled by the bird, who was too stocky and compact looking for a Road Runner, until he decided to make tracks, at which point he took on a more classic appearance.
The final shot was taken recently in New Mexico, and looks very Road-Runnerish.
The first two shots were taken in Arizona. At first I was puzzled by the bird, who was too stocky and compact looking for a Road Runner, until he decided to make tracks, at which point he took on a more classic appearance.
The final shot was taken recently in New Mexico, and looks very Road-Runnerish.
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Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 12:39:03 AM
And here is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, who was incessantly busy during a Cape May October day. This one was unusual in that his red crown marking was consistently visible.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 01:21:49 AM
This striking guy is a Red-billed Gull (Larus novaehollandiae). He's a New Zealander who knows how to accessorize...red legs and eye-ring match his bill nicely.
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Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 01:30:14 AM
This is a Ruffed Grouse, taken in Grand Teton National Park. Luckily a hiker coming the other way on the trail warned us that the bird was there, so we didn't have the heart-stopping experience of flushing it.
I included the first photo to illustrate just how nicely this bird employs camouflage, and I just liked the second photo!
Sorry...I have a lot of R birds, but I'll probably wait until tomorrow to bombard you with more!
I included the first photo to illustrate just how nicely this bird employs camouflage, and I just liked the second photo!
Sorry...I have a lot of R birds, but I'll probably wait until tomorrow to bombard you with more!
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Annette on 05-Dec-10, 07:35:58 AM
Ross Goose
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=60 (http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=60)
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=60 (http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=60)
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Annette on 05-Dec-10, 07:43:36 AM
Ross Gull
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%27s_Gull (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%27s_Gull)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%27s_Gull (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%27s_Gull)
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Annette on 05-Dec-10, 07:48:02 AM
Ruddy Shelduck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Shelduck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Shelduck)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Shelduck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Shelduck)
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Donna on 05-Dec-10, 07:51:21 AM
R for Red-bellied woodpecker. From last Winter. The male and female are frequent visitors to the suet feeder.
A frequent visitor to the suet feeder.
A frequent visitor to the suet feeder.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Annette on 05-Dec-10, 08:00:55 AM
R for Red-bellied woodpecker. From last Winter. The male and female are frequent visitors to the suet feeder.
A frequent visitor to the suet feeder.
Pretty woodpecker! A frequent visitor to the suet feeder.Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 09:00:42 AM
A pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS - carmel valley, CA
Dale
Dale
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 09:06:42 AM
ROOSTER... very, very old drawing -- of a rooster.
ROOSTER starts with R, right?
dale
ROOSTER starts with R, right?
dale
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 09:07:37 AM
Rudy the Rooster
Dale
Dale
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Post by: Annette on 05-Dec-10, 09:45:26 AM
Red-tail Hawk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk)
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 09:54:35 AM
REDPOLL -
I've seen one but have no photo documentation, so for all you know I am lying about that.
Here is a Wikipedia photo of one (by Cephas), and a rather nice passage from the same source:
"All redpolls are northern breeding woodland species associated with birch trees. They are small dumpy birds, brown or grey-brown above and with a red forehead patch. The adult male's breast is washed in red, but in females and young birds the buff breast and white belly are streaked with brown. The bill is small and yellow. Some birds, particularly young ones, are difficult to assign to species.
They are primarily seed-eaters, and often feed acrobatically like a tit; their diet may include some insects in summer. They have a dry reeling song and a metallic call. They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest in a tree or, in the case of Arctic Redpoll, a large bush. They can form large flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes mixed with other finches."
Dale
I've seen one but have no photo documentation, so for all you know I am lying about that.
Here is a Wikipedia photo of one (by Cephas), and a rather nice passage from the same source:
"All redpolls are northern breeding woodland species associated with birch trees. They are small dumpy birds, brown or grey-brown above and with a red forehead patch. The adult male's breast is washed in red, but in females and young birds the buff breast and white belly are streaked with brown. The bill is small and yellow. Some birds, particularly young ones, are difficult to assign to species.
They are primarily seed-eaters, and often feed acrobatically like a tit; their diet may include some insects in summer. They have a dry reeling song and a metallic call. They lay 4-7 eggs in a nest in a tree or, in the case of Arctic Redpoll, a large bush. They can form large flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes mixed with other finches."
Dale
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: schlaf374 on 05-Dec-10, 11:09:52 AM
ROOSTER... very, very old drawing -- of a rooster.
ROOSTER starts with R, right?
dale
Nice Rooster, But the "bird" didn't fancy him either. lolROOSTER starts with R, right?
dale
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: schlaf374 on 05-Dec-10, 11:14:00 AM
Rudy the Rooster
Dale
Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?Dale
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 11:34:44 AM
Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?
Unfortunately, he was stepped on by a horse in the barn where he lived, which broke a leg badly - I saw him with his leg all bandaged up - they spent a bundle on that rooster - but I don't know the latest.
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Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 05-Dec-10, 11:35:13 AM
Which reminds me-I've been meaning to ask-how's Scratch?
Ei
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 11:36:37 AM
Patti - great Santahummer!
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: gayle on 05-Dec-10, 11:43:04 AM
Red-footed Boobie
Portrait of a red-footed boobie from the Galapagos.
Gayle
Portrait of a red-footed boobie from the Galapagos.
Gayle
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: gayle on 05-Dec-10, 11:58:10 AM
Red Faced Cormorant
The Red Faced Cormorant lives in the far northern reaches of the Pacific from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia through the Aleuian Archipelago to the Gulf of Alaska and in the Bergin sea. It is much like the other cormorants we have seen but it has a red facial patch, brilliant in breeding plumage. The first two photographs are of immature birds on St. Paul, Pribilof and the third of a nesting bird in the Aleutians.
Gayle
The Red Faced Cormorant lives in the far northern reaches of the Pacific from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia through the Aleuian Archipelago to the Gulf of Alaska and in the Bergin sea. It is much like the other cormorants we have seen but it has a red facial patch, brilliant in breeding plumage. The first two photographs are of immature birds on St. Paul, Pribilof and the third of a nesting bird in the Aleutians.
Gayle
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: gayle on 05-Dec-10, 12:12:58 PM
Ruddy Turnstone
The Ruddy Turnstone breeds on far northern tundras, is highly migratory and may be found on sea shores nearly world wide. This sighting on Floreana in the Galapagos brought a bit of serendipity. While I was watching it, a family approached. The man had been the long time director of an Audubon camp just a few miles from my childhood home in Northern Wisconsin!
Gayle
The Ruddy Turnstone breeds on far northern tundras, is highly migratory and may be found on sea shores nearly world wide. This sighting on Floreana in the Galapagos brought a bit of serendipity. While I was watching it, a family approached. The man had been the long time director of an Audubon camp just a few miles from my childhood home in Northern Wisconsin!
Gayle
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Annette on 05-Dec-10, 12:18:33 PM
Redstart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart)
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Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 12:22:07 PM
Gayle!!!
That top red-faced cormorant photo, the one with another bird flying? is INCREDIBLE!
ACTUALLY, these are all stunning photos! Look at that one on a cliff wall!
You're goooooood...
Since so many of these "Rs" are R-for-RED, check out this outstanding rufous list on wikipedia:
(I'd have pasted the list in here, but that seemed RUDE)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous
dale
That top red-faced cormorant photo, the one with another bird flying? is INCREDIBLE!
ACTUALLY, these are all stunning photos! Look at that one on a cliff wall!
You're goooooood...
Since so many of these "Rs" are R-for-RED, check out this outstanding rufous list on wikipedia:
(I'd have pasted the list in here, but that seemed RUDE)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous
dale
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 05-Dec-10, 12:31:51 PM
I allowed myself to look one up from that list, just because I liked the name.
A hawk found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Rufous Crab-Hawk: http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/marc.chretien/buse.buson.5.html
He's rufous, all right.
A hawk found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Rufous Crab-Hawk: http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/marc.chretien/buse.buson.5.html
He's rufous, all right.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: MAK on 05-Dec-10, 06:37:42 PM
Red-tail Hawk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk)
Gorgeous tail on that one! :thumbsup:
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Post by: schlaf374 on 05-Dec-10, 08:56:13 PM
Which reminds me-I've been meaning to ask-how's Scratch?Ei
Thanks for asking Ei.
She's doing well for her age. Not quite as spy as she used to be, but still very active. She's developed a dislike for crows... gives her alarm sound whenever she hears them,.. It doesn't help that there's a murder of them in our neighbors trees..She also lets us know when to look for the hawks that come to visit the feeders.
She's learned she only has to stomp on her perch to get our attention, especially when she wants a treat.
Her antics always make us laugh.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: schlaf374 on 05-Dec-10, 08:59:50 PM
Is Rudy still around? how's he doing?
Unfortunately, he was stepped on by a horse in the barn where he lived, which broke a leg badly - I saw him with his leg all bandaged up - they spent a bundle on that rooster - but I don't know the latest.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Paul Hamilton on 05-Dec-10, 09:07:15 PM
R is for American Robin (Turdus migratorius) (yes, you read that right)
Everyone thinks they know this bird, but it's got a lot of secrets. To begin with, nests are carefully
hidden with much use of misdirection to lead potential predators away.
Robins are really territorial, much more aggressive than, say Perigrine Falcons. We see rival robins fighting all over the place early in the Spring in our neighborhood. It's like a production of West Side Story.
The Sibleys remark that little is known about American Robin courtship behavior. Wikipedia comments that "The American Robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night", but nobody, least of all the robins, says exactly what those groups are up to.
Here's to the American Robin, bird of mystery! This one is from our yard. It catagorically denies there is a nest there.
Paul
Everyone thinks they know this bird, but it's got a lot of secrets. To begin with, nests are carefully
hidden with much use of misdirection to lead potential predators away.
Robins are really territorial, much more aggressive than, say Perigrine Falcons. We see rival robins fighting all over the place early in the Spring in our neighborhood. It's like a production of West Side Story.
The Sibleys remark that little is known about American Robin courtship behavior. Wikipedia comments that "The American Robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night", but nobody, least of all the robins, says exactly what those groups are up to.
Here's to the American Robin, bird of mystery! This one is from our yard. It catagorically denies there is a nest there.
Paul
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Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 09:43:39 PM
In a variation on the "red" theme, R is for Roseate Spoonbill, a beautifully rosy bird, elegant except for the bill which gives him his name. Note that they fly with their necks outstretched, unlike herons.
I took this photo in Florida, at the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. We never saw them close up, only flying overhead. There are better closeups if you visit the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate_Spoonbill
I took this photo in Florida, at the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. We never saw them close up, only flying overhead. There are better closeups if you visit the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate_Spoonbill
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 09:48:12 PM
Ruddy Turnstone
The Ruddy Turnstone breeds on far northern tundras, is highly migratory and may be found on sea shores nearly world wide. This sighting on Floreana in the Galapagos brought a bit of serendipity. While I was watching it, a family approached. The man had been the long time director of an Audubon camp just a few miles from my childhood home in Northern Wisconsin!
Gayle
The Ruddy Turnstone breeds on far northern tundras, is highly migratory and may be found on sea shores nearly world wide. This sighting on Floreana in the Galapagos brought a bit of serendipity. While I was watching it, a family approached. The man had been the long time director of an Audubon camp just a few miles from my childhood home in Northern Wisconsin!
Gayle
What a great story! I love those bizarre "small world" experiences. Jeane and I were vacationing in New England in October, and while having dinner at a diner in New Hampshire, heard a familiar voice; it was someone Jeane used to work with, also vacationing there!
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Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 09:54:08 PM
I think we already covered these in the "B" list, but I think they deserve a reprise for being so striking!
R is for Red-winged Blackbird...this photo taken on a hot Fourth of July birding walk with my sisters...
R is for Red-winged Blackbird...this photo taken on a hot Fourth of July birding walk with my sisters...
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Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 10:01:02 PM
R is for Rhea Mae!
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Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 10:06:54 PM
R is for a second Red-bellied Woodpecker. This photo is not nearly as pretty as Donna's, but I thought it was interesting to see the woodpecker enjoying the hummingbird nectar. Taken at a hummingbird festival in western Kentucky.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: ~Ruth on 05-Dec-10, 10:12:59 PM
R is for Ruddy Duck. I like the male in summer plummage with his Blue bill and the fan tail that sticks up. (no, I haven't taken time to figure out how to post pics yet)
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 05-Dec-10, 10:15:56 PM
R is for Rufescent Tiger Heron, a bird I photographed in Amazonian Peru. My birding guide said we were very lucky to see it, since they are most active around dawn or dusk, and during the day often hide out in the undergrowth on river banks. Happily, this one chose to not be very well hidden.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: gayle on 06-Dec-10, 12:31:33 AM
Roseate Spoonbill
Here is a closer view from Costa Rica. It was interesting to watch it feed by swishing its bill through the water from side to side.
Gayle
Here is a closer view from Costa Rica. It was interesting to watch it feed by swishing its bill through the water from side to side.
Gayle
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Post by: dale on 06-Dec-10, 12:39:08 AM
those spoonbills are so science fiction.
Here is a drawing I did a number of years ago, from a TERRIFIC photo by Chad and Chris Saladin - a confrontation between a RED-TAILED HAWK and a peregrine falcon.
Dale
Here is a drawing I did a number of years ago, from a TERRIFIC photo by Chad and Chris Saladin - a confrontation between a RED-TAILED HAWK and a peregrine falcon.
Dale
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Post by: gayle on 06-Dec-10, 12:41:45 AM
Redwing Blackbird
I will add my version of this bird perched on a cattail. This was the first bird I learned as a kid. There was always at least one on the cattails in the pond on the farm. It must have been looking for dragonflies!
The second photograph is of a Tri-colored blackbird.
Gayle
Note: If the images were too large when you tried to see them, please try again as I have reduced them. Sorry!
I will add my version of this bird perched on a cattail. This was the first bird I learned as a kid. There was always at least one on the cattails in the pond on the farm. It must have been looking for dragonflies!
The second photograph is of a Tri-colored blackbird.
Gayle
Note: If the images were too large when you tried to see them, please try again as I have reduced them. Sorry!
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 06-Dec-10, 12:44:39 AM
I have had many intense interactions with redwing blackbirds, such as being attacked by them while running. This one lunatic male near Northwestern University used to whack runners on the head, from behind.
Since Paul reminded me of robins, here is that PARTIAL ALBINO ROBIN I was visiting a few years ago. He lived just a few blocks from my house.
Since Paul reminded me of robins, here is that PARTIAL ALBINO ROBIN I was visiting a few years ago. He lived just a few blocks from my house.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: gayle on 06-Dec-10, 12:45:33 AM
Here is a drawing I did a number of years ago, from a TERRIFIC photo by Chad and Chris Saladin - a confrontation between a RED-TAILED HAWK and a peregrine falcon.
Dale
Dale
Great drawing, Dale. And we know who prevailed in that confrontation!
Gayle
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 06-Dec-10, 12:48:41 AM
Great drawing, Dale. And we know who prevailed in that confrontation! Gayle
we do, don't we ;)
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Post by: gayle on 06-Dec-10, 01:14:27 AM
A redwinged blackbird story. I took a "city" friend on a birding trip through New Jersey and Delaware. The first bird we saw was a redwing. I saw this as a good opportunity to start her as a birder. I pointed out the red on the wings that gave the name. The next few times we saw the bird, she would ask "What is that callled?" I would repeat the litany. "What color is the bird?" What color is the wing?" I am pleased to say that after that slow start, she became quite proficient and grew to enjoy birding.
Gayle
Gayle
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Annette on 06-Dec-10, 07:00:58 AM
Roller, European
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Roller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Roller)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Roller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Roller)
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 06-Dec-10, 07:06:23 AM
My "R" is... RAT-on-my-peanut-feeder! Eeeeeeee-uuuuuuu and BIG ICK! :scaredblue:
Does this make it a bird? What's the thing from Philosophy class?
Some birds feed on peanut feeders.
A rat is on my peanut feeder.
Therefore, this rat is a bird.
Does this make it a bird? What's the thing from Philosophy class?
Some birds feed on peanut feeders.
A rat is on my peanut feeder.
Therefore, this rat is a bird.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Donna on 06-Dec-10, 07:37:00 AM
My "R" is... RAT-on-my-peanut-feeder! Eeeeeeee-uuuuuuu and BIG ICK! :scaredblue:
Does this make it a bird? What's the thing from Philosophy class?
Some birds feed on peanut feeders.
A rat is on my peanut feeder.
Therefore, this rat is a bird.
Does this make it a bird? What's the thing from Philosophy class?
Some birds feed on peanut feeders.
A rat is on my peanut feeder.
Therefore, this rat is a bird.
I miss your wit Bobbie, that was good!! :clap:
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Post by: annieinelkhart on 06-Dec-10, 08:19:28 AM
How about Raven? ONLY THE RAVEN KNOWS! LOL! :2funny:
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 06-Dec-10, 10:32:25 AM
Annette, splendid picture of a European Roller.
I did an image search to find the photographer and found the photo in a terrific gallery of shots of birds and other animals in the act of being predators (i.e., eating folks). Great gallery!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalassie/galleries/72157622889302240/
Dale
I did an image search to find the photographer and found the photo in a terrific gallery of shots of birds and other animals in the act of being predators (i.e., eating folks). Great gallery!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalassie/galleries/72157622889302240/
Dale
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Post by: Carol P. on 06-Dec-10, 12:53:02 PM
those spoonbills are so science fiction.
Here is a drawing I did a number of years ago, from a TERRIFIC photo by Chad and Chris Saladin - a confrontation between a RED-TAILED HAWK and a peregrine falcon.
Dale
Here is a drawing I did a number of years ago, from a TERRIFIC photo by Chad and Chris Saladin - a confrontation between a RED-TAILED HAWK and a peregrine falcon.
Dale
Love this picture Dale! :clap:
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: anneintoronto on 06-Dec-10, 04:36:07 PM
R is for Rock Dove (pigeons hiding behind a fancy name!)
Well, you requested more squab (baby pigeon) photos, and after looking at a lot of them, I decided that Day 12 of Fortuna and Snapper's life was a really fine day. Dale had the...privilege...of naming these two (if you want to name future squabs let me know and I will add you to the list! :hysterical: You've already seen Aafke's Piet Hein -- the apartment raised squab. So Nora in Iowa is next!! But if you want...)
Anyway, Snapper, with the dark beak was the fierce protector -- any time I got near with camera or finger, he would snap viciously! He was too small to cause any damage, but I really admired his ferocity!! Fortuna, named for the Italian word, that suggests having a pigeon poop on your head is good luck (Dale...not me!! :rofl:), was passive, a real scaredy-pants! Was always behind her brother, cowering... Anyway here are a few photos. I've also included a pleasing photo of Snapper spreading his wings, at a later time. I guess, if anyone is really interested, I could make up a Kodak album. There are just too many -- but maybe these will be enough!! I'll leave it up to you -- my ability to decide such things is affected by how much I adore these wonderful creatures! :heartspin:
Anne in Toronto
Snapper puffed up, ready for the attack!
The BIGGEST eye I ever saw -- scaredy-pants Fortuna!
Just look at the feathers on my back!
Handsome Snapper!
What a beak! Has no cere yet.
My favourite photo! Snapper at his finest!
I hope these photos stay where they are -- with my last post, various ones come and go... Perhaps in honour of the elusiveness of individual pigeons... Nah! Just the wiles of the Internet! *grin*
Well, you requested more squab (baby pigeon) photos, and after looking at a lot of them, I decided that Day 12 of Fortuna and Snapper's life was a really fine day. Dale had the...privilege...of naming these two (if you want to name future squabs let me know and I will add you to the list! :hysterical: You've already seen Aafke's Piet Hein -- the apartment raised squab. So Nora in Iowa is next!! But if you want...)
Anyway, Snapper, with the dark beak was the fierce protector -- any time I got near with camera or finger, he would snap viciously! He was too small to cause any damage, but I really admired his ferocity!! Fortuna, named for the Italian word, that suggests having a pigeon poop on your head is good luck (Dale...not me!! :rofl:), was passive, a real scaredy-pants! Was always behind her brother, cowering... Anyway here are a few photos. I've also included a pleasing photo of Snapper spreading his wings, at a later time. I guess, if anyone is really interested, I could make up a Kodak album. There are just too many -- but maybe these will be enough!! I'll leave it up to you -- my ability to decide such things is affected by how much I adore these wonderful creatures! :heartspin:
Anne in Toronto
Snapper puffed up, ready for the attack!
The BIGGEST eye I ever saw -- scaredy-pants Fortuna!
Just look at the feathers on my back!
Handsome Snapper!
What a beak! Has no cere yet.
My favourite photo! Snapper at his finest!
I hope these photos stay where they are -- with my last post, various ones come and go... Perhaps in honour of the elusiveness of individual pigeons... Nah! Just the wiles of the Internet! *grin*
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: anneintoronto on 06-Dec-10, 05:02:06 PM
R is for more Rock Doves Adults this time...
Babies are cute -- even when they are ugly! But adults are so pleasing...to me anyway. Just a few photos of various adults that have crossed my path.
Anne in Toronto
Rocky, my first and still most loved... father for 4 years!
Georgette (proved not to be George!! Which was good, because George got eaten by a Red-tailed Hawk...) on the cold, snowy balcony... Yeah, I fed her -- I'm a pushover!
Present resident parents -- Black Dove (mom) and Squiggles (dad) -- in the evening sun...
A most interesting situation. The pigeon on the left is Black Dove, mother of Peaky and grandmother of Cappy, the middle one is Cappy, born elsewhere, but brought back by mother, Peaky, who actually left her to the very loving care of her grandparents for a whole week, despite the fact that they already had eggs, and the right hand one, Peaky, born July 2009, and still around...some kind of separation anxiety? Who knows... But she refuses to leave despite huge hints from mom & dad!!
Babies are cute -- even when they are ugly! But adults are so pleasing...to me anyway. Just a few photos of various adults that have crossed my path.
Anne in Toronto
Rocky, my first and still most loved... father for 4 years!
Georgette (proved not to be George!! Which was good, because George got eaten by a Red-tailed Hawk...) on the cold, snowy balcony... Yeah, I fed her -- I'm a pushover!
Present resident parents -- Black Dove (mom) and Squiggles (dad) -- in the evening sun...
A most interesting situation. The pigeon on the left is Black Dove, mother of Peaky and grandmother of Cappy, the middle one is Cappy, born elsewhere, but brought back by mother, Peaky, who actually left her to the very loving care of her grandparents for a whole week, despite the fact that they already had eggs, and the right hand one, Peaky, born July 2009, and still around...some kind of separation anxiety? Who knows... But she refuses to leave despite huge hints from mom & dad!!
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 06-Dec-10, 06:44:10 PM
I never do get used to the way those squabs look. It's just too weird.
Thanks for posting more bizarre-looking babies. Sheesh.
dale
Thanks for posting more bizarre-looking babies. Sheesh.
dale
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 07-Dec-10, 01:04:56 AM
those spoonbills are so science fiction.
Here is a drawing I did a number of years ago, from a TERRIFIC photo by Chad and Chris Saladin - a confrontation between a RED-TAILED HAWK and a peregrine falcon.
Dale
Here is a drawing I did a number of years ago, from a TERRIFIC photo by Chad and Chris Saladin - a confrontation between a RED-TAILED HAWK and a peregrine falcon.
Dale
btw Chris tells me that the peregrine here is Hillary from the Hilliard Road Bridge nest site. they have been watching her since she first came to that site as a first-year bird. She'll be 9 years old this year.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 11-Dec-10, 06:40:21 PM
While looking for more info on the umbrella bird, I found this fellow...a Royal Flycatcher...
Photo by Daniel Martinez
From A.M. Costa Rica
"Bird-banders don’t forget their first royal flycatcher. In the hand, the bird waves its head around with the colorful crown fanned and gaping orange mouth in a mesmerizing “cobra” show.
This display has been so rarely observed in nature that its function is not known with certainty, though presumably it is a display of aggression or sexual attraction. Both sexes do it, with the color of the crown feathers slightly duller in the female.
Otherwise the bird is an inconspicuous element of the understory avifauna of lowland rain forests and riparian growth on both slopes of Costa Rica. It ranges widely in the American tropics, though recent taxonomic classification changes have divided it into several species, of which the Mexican and Central American populations are considered northern royal flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus.
The crest is usually closed and imparts a distinctive hammerhead appearance. Gray and buff spots on buffy-brown plumage make good camouflage in the dim light of the forest interior.
The appearance is very slender with a length of 17 cm but a weight of only 21 grams, about three-quarters of an ounce.
Diet is flying insects like butterflies, dragonflies, and wasps. These are beaten against a perch to remove wings and stingers.
The nest is also highly distinctive, a slender pendent at least a meter long, invariably over a stream in the forest, and made of woven plant fibers and rootlets. Despite the long tail, the nest pouch is part way down the pendent with a narrow slit for an entrance."
Ei
Photo by Daniel Martinez
From A.M. Costa Rica
"Bird-banders don’t forget their first royal flycatcher. In the hand, the bird waves its head around with the colorful crown fanned and gaping orange mouth in a mesmerizing “cobra” show.
This display has been so rarely observed in nature that its function is not known with certainty, though presumably it is a display of aggression or sexual attraction. Both sexes do it, with the color of the crown feathers slightly duller in the female.
Otherwise the bird is an inconspicuous element of the understory avifauna of lowland rain forests and riparian growth on both slopes of Costa Rica. It ranges widely in the American tropics, though recent taxonomic classification changes have divided it into several species, of which the Mexican and Central American populations are considered northern royal flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus.
The crest is usually closed and imparts a distinctive hammerhead appearance. Gray and buff spots on buffy-brown plumage make good camouflage in the dim light of the forest interior.
The appearance is very slender with a length of 17 cm but a weight of only 21 grams, about three-quarters of an ounce.
Diet is flying insects like butterflies, dragonflies, and wasps. These are beaten against a perch to remove wings and stingers.
The nest is also highly distinctive, a slender pendent at least a meter long, invariably over a stream in the forest, and made of woven plant fibers and rootlets. Despite the long tail, the nest pouch is part way down the pendent with a narrow slit for an entrance."
Ei
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Donna on 11-Dec-10, 06:43:26 PM
While looking for more info on the umbrella bird, I found this fellow...a Royal Flycatcher...
:scaredblue: :surprise: :o LOL WOW!! Thanks.
:scaredblue: :surprise: :o LOL WOW!! Thanks.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 11-Dec-10, 08:29:36 PM
While looking for more info on the umbrella bird, I found this fellow...a Royal Flycatcher...
Photo by Daniel Martinez
From A.M. Costa Rica
"Bird-banders don’t forget their first royal flycatcher. In the hand, the bird waves its head around with the colorful crown fanned and gaping orange mouth in a mesmerizing “cobra” show.
Ei
Photo by Daniel Martinez
From A.M. Costa Rica
"Bird-banders don’t forget their first royal flycatcher. In the hand, the bird waves its head around with the colorful crown fanned and gaping orange mouth in a mesmerizing “cobra” show.
Ei
If I had that thing in my hand I don't think I'd forget it either!
Patti
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 11-Dec-10, 08:35:15 PM
If I had that thing in my hand I don't think I'd forget it either! Patti
I don't know what to say except that someone had a few tall ones before designing that, and had a blast designing it.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: anneintoronto on 11-Dec-10, 09:38:36 PM
If I had that thing in my hand I don't think I'd forget it either! Patti
I don't know what to say except that someone had a few tall ones before designing that, and had a blast designing it.
With that display up front and personal, I'm not surprised this bird has such wide open eyes!! Must be an effort to even contemplating opening them without going wild-eyed!! Thanks for the introduction, Ei!! That is quite a catch!!
Anne in Toronto
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: MAK on 11-Dec-10, 11:25:12 PM
Nature is so wild! ;) Cool bird Ei,thanks for sharing! :mbanana:
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Aafke on 20-Dec-10, 04:45:28 PM
My "R" is... RAT-on-my-peanut-feeder! Eeeeeeee-uuuuuuu and BIG ICK! :scaredblue:
Does this make it a bird? What's the thing from Philosophy class?
Some birds feed on peanut feeders.
A rat is on my peanut feeder.
Therefore, this rat is a bird.
Does this make it a bird? What's the thing from Philosophy class?
Some birds feed on peanut feeders.
A rat is on my peanut feeder.
Therefore, this rat is a bird.
Hmmm Bobbie, a rat is a bird? :o
But I understand what you mean, I have one too, a rat that behavous like a bird.
greetings Aafke
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 20-Dec-10, 06:08:10 PM
a rat that behavous like a bird.
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cool rat picture, Aafke. Is that a pet rat or a rat-rat?
I like rats.
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 21-Dec-10, 03:06:15 AM
a rat that behavous like a bird.
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cool rat picture, Aafke. Is that a pet rat or a rat-rat?
I like rats.
Ours is a rat-rat, Dale... you want it?
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: dale on 21-Dec-10, 05:41:18 AM
Ours is a rat-rat, Dale... you want it?
rat-rats I like to see, not own. I don't so much like seeing them near things I own, either.
But thank you for your generous offer
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Aafke on 21-Dec-10, 05:56:57 AM
Mine is a rat-rat too.
And I have different kind, at least 2, this one and I saw a brown rat!!!
When you want them, you have to come to get them.
greetings Aafke
And I have different kind, at least 2, this one and I saw a brown rat!!!
When you want them, you have to come to get them.
greetings Aafke
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Donna on 21-Dec-10, 06:27:40 AM
Aafke, what kind of feeder is that? A ground feeder with a cage around it? Never saw one like that. Good for keeping cats and hawks off but not rats!
Title: Re: ABCs of birds - letter R
Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 21-Dec-10, 08:08:05 AM
Ours is a rat-rat, Dale... you want it?
rat-rats I like to see, not own. I don't so much like seeing them near things I own, either.
But thank you for your generous offer
Why, you are so welcome, Dale! After all... 'Tis a time for giving...