Birders - I know I need help. But HELP!
Oct 11, 2020 08:36:44 #
The bird on top of the mountain is some kind of heron - possibly a Great Blue.
Oct 11, 2020 08:51:42 #
flyboy61 wrote:
Except for the female Cardinal,they are al LBBs...Little Brown Birds! 
That's what I call them! Thanks.
Oct 11, 2020 08:52:57 #
weberwest wrote:
No idea what the birds are but you got some cute shots here Kathy!
Thanks! They were certainly having fun in that water.
Oct 11, 2020 08:54:22 #
ecobin wrote:
The bird on top of the mountain is some kind of heron - possibly a Great Blue.
Thanks, Elliott. I assumed it was a heron from its shape. But what on earth was it doing there!?
Oct 11, 2020 09:00:15 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
AzPicLady wrote:
I am not a birder. Never have been. Don't dislik... (show quote)
Topaz to the rescue!Good start (and a good naming convention too)...... it starts out like what you posted......then a little further up the road you look at your gear and there are several big ole honkin lenses that have found their way home......and the little birdies grow bigger in the pictures! Enjoy the ride, it's addictive!!!!
Oct 11, 2020 09:06:03 #
olemikey wrote:
Good start (and a good naming convention too)...... it starts out like what you posted......then a little further up the road you look at your gear and there are several big ole honkin lenses that have found their way home......and the little birdies grow bigger in the pictures! Enjoy the ride, it's addictive!!!!
I know what you mean about lenses. My friend in Texas brought his new lens with him last we were together. It's HUGE! I don't even know its length, but he gets amazing stuff with it. If I were a birder, I'd likely indulge. As it is, 300 is enough for me and my occasional forays into birding. And thanks.
Oct 11, 2020 09:25:54 #
AzPicLady we are in the same boat, I love birds but don't know anything about them.
Oct 11, 2020 09:38:13 #
blacks2 wrote:
AzPicLady we are in the same boat, I love birds but don't know anything about them.
Thanks, Mike!
Oct 11, 2020 11:10:31 #
maxlieberman
Loc: 19027
Your shots are very good, but if you are going to be at all serious about birds, you need a longer lens, I use a 150-500mm on a crop (1.5x) sensor camera. Even then I need to crop most of the time.
Oct 11, 2020 14:31:33 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I am not a birder. Never have been. Don't dislik... (show quote)
i love all those little birdies, kathy, but what i'd really like to find out is about the birdbath. is that
birdbath made from a big stump?
Oct 11, 2020 15:08:11 #
ecobin wrote:
The bird on top of the mountain is some kind of heron - possibly a Great Blue.
I agree - Great Blue Heron.
Oct 11, 2020 15:17:53 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I am not a birder. Never have been. Don't dislik... (show quote)
You already have some correct responses on the bird ID's; but I had to laugh. Back in 2012 I started back in on my old hobby of photography, except this was DSLR vs.the old SLR. In my film days, I shot mostly landscapes. By the time I started back with a DSLR, I lived at the southern tip of NJ - birds everywhere!! So, I started shooting birds. Nice, but I had no idea as to the species names, etc. A neighbor is the ranger at our State Park, so I started pestering him for the names of the birds I shot. He finally told me there were books on the subject that I might find educational and helpful. I started hanging out with other local bird photographers and soaked up everything they were willing to teach me. Fast forward a few years, and now I'm the one who can usually correctly answer questions about shore bird ID's, plus go on ad nauseam regarding their habits. Still working on the smaller song bird species, but getting there. Fair warning - birds are usually very addictive!! Get a longer lens.
Oct 11, 2020 15:37:01 #
Good work Kathy, a nice variety of little birdies whatever they are. The Great Blue Heron is on look out!! 
Oct 11, 2020 17:49:09 #
Oct 11, 2020 19:07:03 #
maxlieberman wrote:
Your shots are very good, but if you are going to be at all serious about birds, you need a longer lens, I use a 150-500mm on a crop (1.5x) sensor camera. Even then I need to crop most of the time.
Yeah, I know. But, honestly, this is play, not serious work. My 300 does just fine for the serious stuff I do. Thanks.
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