A few birds---Ankeny & Basket-slough National Wildlife Refuges.
Mar 30, 2020 19:54:26 #
Here are a few pictures taken yesterday and today from my car window at Ankeny & Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuges near Salem, Oregon using a Canon Rebel 3Ti camera with 250 mm & 300 mm lenses. Identifications are welcome. Hope you enjoy them.
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Mallard Drake
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Twin Eagles
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Young Eagle
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Red Winged Blackbird
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Mar 30, 2020 19:58:17 #
You did well, nice pictures. That T3i is a darn good camera.
Mar 30, 2020 20:02:56 #
Plieku69 wrote:
You did well, nice pictures. That T3i is a darn good camera.
Thank you. I did not see that I transposed the T and the 3 until seeing your post. Have a great and blessed day!
Mar 30, 2020 20:18:01 #
neh wrote:
Thank you. I did not see that I transposed the T and the 3 until seeing your post. Have a great and blessed day!
Beautiful photography!!
Mar 30, 2020 21:33:30 #
neh wrote:
Here are a few pictures taken yesterday and today from my car window at Ankeny & Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuges near Salem, Oregon using a Canon Rebel 3Ti camera with 250 mm & 300 mm lenses. Identifications are welcome. Hope you enjoy them.
Enjoyed viewing them all in the downloads. Thanks for sharing.
Mar 31, 2020 08:31:43 #
Mar 31, 2020 09:17:59 #
No one bothered you at either place? Were there many cars there? I'm surprised because of the restricted driving guideline put out by Oregon- thought maybe they would have Baskett gated off somehow. Hmm. The 4th picture has a bill like a shoveler but the coloration looks more like a Cinnamon Teal. Glad to see that the eagles are still hanging around.
Mar 31, 2020 09:26:10 #
suntouched wrote:
No one bothered you at either place? Were there many cars there? I'm surprised because of the restricted driving guideline put out by Oregon- thought maybe they would have Baskett gated off somehow. Hmm. The 4th picture has a bill like a shoveler but the coloration looks more like a Cinnamon Teal. Glad to see that the eagles are still hanging around.
No one bothered me at either place. A few cars at Ankeny and about 7-8 at Basket at the parking lot for hiking trails. There is no law in Oregon restricting travel. In fact hiking and jogging are specifically mentioned as being allowed. Social distance of at least 6 feet is required. The guideline is just that. It was prompted by too many people going to the beach and the beach being crowded. So the police have a tool to work with if people go to crowded places for recreational purposes only.
I too was pleased to see the eagles..
Mar 31, 2020 09:28:14 #
Mar 31, 2020 09:31:32 #
neh wrote:
No one bothered me at either place. A few cars at... (show quote)
Well in that case I am sooo bored at home. I read the governor's guidelines and I understood it to say that travel was for essentials only-groceries, pharmacy and the like. Perhaps I "over - interrupted" what I read. Thanks for posting.
Mar 31, 2020 09:47:00 #
suntouched wrote:
No one bothered you at either place? Were there many cars there? I'm surprised because of the restricted driving guideline put out by Oregon- thought maybe they would have Baskett gated off somehow. Hmm. The 4th picture has a bill like a shoveler but the coloration looks more like a Cinnamon Teal. Glad to see that the eagles are still hanging around.
I agree with you---the 4th pic looks more like a Cinnamon Teal (after looking at pics on the internet).
Mar 31, 2020 10:01:33 #
neh wrote:
I agree with you---the 4th pic looks more like a Cinnamon Teal (after looking at pics on the internet).
Nope. Northern Shoveler.
Mar 31, 2020 10:59:02 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Nope. Northern Shoveler.
Nope- N. Shoveler has yellow eyes and white chest and a green head/neck.
This one has red chest and red eyes-
Mar 31, 2020 11:25:27 #
Wellll...Maybe. But look at the pattern on the back. And the white edges on the tail. The shoveler is chunky, the Teal is slimmer and smaller. In all of my guide books the Shoveler is present in Oregon all year. The Teal is there in Spring through the breeding season. Is March breeding season in Oregon? Maybe, I'm not sure. I guess I could go either way. If we could see it flying it would be easy to tell.
Mar 31, 2020 11:48:00 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Wellll...Maybe. But look at the pattern on the back. And the white edges on the tail. The shoveler is chunky, the Teal is slimmer and smaller. In all of my guide books the Shoveler is present in Oregon all year. The Teal is there in Spring through the breeding season. Is March breeding season in Oregon? Maybe, I'm not sure. I guess I could go either way. If we could see it flying it would be easy to tell.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shoveler/species-compare/60310501
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