"birding" fun - Page 94

**birder** · #**931** 11-01-2016, 10:14 AM

Nice Mike

Common Egrets have been expanding their range northward for some time, I saw one near our place this year which in the past would have been worthy of a "rare bird alert"
We had a wet October but nice ducks to see in migration ( nothing particularly unusual, but Buffleheads about 200 one day last week) and a few fall colored Common loons Ospreys just moved out but Eagles around for the duration

**birder** · #**932** 11-01-2016, 10:18 AM

Whulsey your White crowned is very pretty, and your Marbled godwit and Whimbrel shot is fun to see

**birder** · #**933** 11-01-2016, 10:51 AM

Here's a couple pics, a Common Loon in Spring colors, and Eagle immature our summer vg swallow brood

**Don Boose** · #**934** 11-01-2016, 11:09 AM

Great images, Glen! We never see violet green (vg?) swallows out here in the east, and I have never seen a brood like that.

I have seen no white-throated sparrows or northern juncos yet. Rare for this late in the fall. Presumably because the weather has stayed warm.

Don

**whulsey** · #**935** 11-01-2016, 12:46 PM

Like the markings on the loon.

**Kevin WS** · #**936** 11-01-2016, 11:40 PM

Great pics. The swallows are without a doubt my favourites!

Is the eagle captive? Looks almost like there is a metal ring and jesses there......

**Kevin WS** · #**937** 11-03-2016, 08:16 AM

Haven't posted anything for a while, so here are a couple of birds that interested me.

The first is a Yellow-Fronted Canary. First time I have seen one.

The second is of a Grey Heron. Check the size of its fish - it seemed inconceivable at the time that it could even get it into its mouth - let aone swallow it - which it then did in very short order!

**whulsey** · #**938** 11-03-2016, 10:48 AM

The Canary is a pretty bird. Nice shot of the Heron.

**Kevin WS** · #**939** 11-05-2016, 12:55 PM

Thank you. Actually the Heron was shot at max zoom - at the time I just thought he was acting odd and just grabbed the camera. Not near enough to see what was giong on with a naked eye....

**Don Boose** · #**940** 11-15-2016, 08:06 PM

Today, I spotted the first white-throated sparrows, which, along with dark-eyed juncos that Lil calls "snowbirds" herald the coming of winter. No juncos yet, but they will show up soon.

I took a shot with a zoom lens through a dirty window that nonetheless captures the look of these pretty birds. A young male cardinal and a squirrel were also grazing in the back garden.

Don