MD nature pics thread

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[308Scout]

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Hate seeing 'yotes show up on cam. They're kill on sight around here. Healthy red fox population (and some grays) nearby and I'd rather have those around.

 

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[Mr H]

I have GOT to start taking my camera out.

Could have had great shots of a Bald Eagle, male Harrier, loads of Towhees, and even a Raven today.

 

[akalma]

From dawn till dusk

 

[joppaj]

Beautiful shots. Winter light is so much prettier than the harsh glare of summer.

 

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[Mr H]

Just went to take a picture of a surprise in the backyard, but it's gone.

With the harsh weather, I fully expect to see more 'vagrant' bird species, as they get driven south and east by storms.

This was the second Brewer's Blackbird I've seen this season, and the first we've ever seen locally.

Brewer's Blackbird Photos and Videos for, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A bird to be seen in the full sun, the male Brewer’s Blackbird is a glossy, almost liquid combination of black, midnight blue, and metallic green. Females are a staid brown, without the male’s bright eye or the female Red-winged Blackbird’s streaks. Common in towns and open habitats of much of...

www.allaboutbirds.org

 

[Mr H]

Starting to get more traffic at the suet feeder in the front yard.

Here's "Dotty", the Downy Woodpecker.

We also came across an Honest-to-StPete Snow Bunting in northern PeeGee a few days ago.

 

[wpage]

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[Mr H]

I love that they can train those birds to take out the drones.

 

[44 Bulldog]

Sunrise and fawn Dunkirk Md

 

[44 Bulldog]

From my SPYPOINT camera

 

[Sundazes]

The Big Dipper as seen from the lens of a cell phone last night.

 

[Mr H]

My memory says that's Orion, but still neat.

 

[RFBfromDE]

My memory says that's Orion, but still neat.

Belt points to Dipper, Dipper to N Star.

I think…

 

[mpollan1]

Filled up the card on my DSLR and dropped it to my PC. Flipping through the pics I came across this one. Google lens says Western Tanager but how in the heck can that be. What say MDS ornithologists? Was taken September 2022.

 

[Mr H]

As screwy as weather patterns were this fall, I wouldn't rule it out. We've seen things this season that "shouldn't be here" as well.

Hard to get a size from the pic, but WETA could fit the bill, in the extreme. That said, the lack of white on the wing says it's more likely a transitional Scarlet Tanager.

"When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not Zebras"

 

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