Stephen,
I believe your mystery bird is an immature NightHeron. Not sure if
Black or Yellow Crowned.
Charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Scharf [mailto:scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 3:38 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Need help identifying some birds-Any of you guys
"birders?"
This is completely off-topic, but as it actually relates to
photography, and not SUV's or guns, I thought one of you guys might
be able to help me out. Ever since I saw "Winged Migration" last
year, I have been fascinated seeing birds in flight, especially
migratory birds.
I went by the Berkeley Aquatic Park tonight to see if I could see my
feathered friends and was rewarded with four different birds to
photograph.
I know the egret and black-crowned night heron that hang out there,
but I noticed a small, *very* fast bird that was fishing by diving
like a Stuka dive bomber. Here are some photos I shot. I apologize
ahead of time for these photos-they're not great, I post them here
only for identification purposes. The first one has poor framing,
and for the most part, they are backlit; it was about 8:05 PM, hence
the warm lighting. This guy was really fast, and as I was shooting at
420 mm handheld with my D60, trying to get another egret shot when
this guy came swooping by. With (only) three AF zones, I had a real
hard time keeping up with him and just keeping him in the viewfinder
with his speed and my very narrow angle of view. I was wondering if
you guys could tell me what it is....my guess is it's an arctic tern
that happened by while migrating, but as I 've have never seen one
for real, I don't know.
Here are the links....
http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/TernWeb1.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/TernWeb2.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/TernWeb3.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/TernWeb4.jpg
I also saw another bird that I have no clue whatsoever what it
is...it seemed like a cool bird, and had green feet and legs.
Any clues?
http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/MysteryBird.jpg
While I am at it, here is a shot of one of the black-crowned night
herons. Nothing special, but I always like to see animal shots, so
others might also.
http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/NightHeron.jpg
Cheers,
Stephen.
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