Bird Watching Club

Lizzysmom, I have seen more cardinals and woodpeckers. I think now that the leaves are gone I am noticing the birds that have probably been there all along. I made it to my mom's house without any problems. I hear you about all the rugs etc. Her front door opens to the living room as well. It is a constant battle trying to keep the rugs clean. Hope you have a nice Thanksgiving.

Hi birdwatchers- hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and that you are enjoying the remains of your holiday. I am going to the bird refuge tomorrow and will have pictures to post by the weekend! Stay tuned!

Me too!

Here we go folks, my best photos from the Bosque Del Apache bird refuge in New Mexico.

These are snow geese and there are THOUSANDS of them there.

Solo snow goose, posing for me I think.....

Sand hill cranes in the field with the sentinel crane watching. They come down from Idaho and are found from Albuquerque down to the BDA along the Rio Grande Valley. They are here from late October to end of January. They are very large birds.

Jazzy,

Thank You for the lovely photos.

Had to be a lot of noisy birds! ;o)

Jazzy, Wow, what a treat, so many beautiful birds all in one place. I love that little guy that is posing so nicely! I can't imagine so many sandhill cranes. They are huge and roam the golf courses in Florida like they own them but I have only ever seen a small group.

I got some shots over thanksgiving vacation. Was very lucky to catch a heron I think just as it took off. I also got up early, for me, and took some duck pics.

Jazzy, Thank you!! The heron was lucky and I darkened the highlights and sharpened after the fact to bring out the feather detail. He took off just as I took the pic and it was sunny so I just happened to have the camera set to really high speed, like 1/3000 so I got him. The photos I posted were taken with my best camera, a sony A77 mk II which I treated myself to and a Tamron Zoom 70 - 300 that is so heavy that I have to rest it unless shooting at very high speed and its a pain to cart around. Its good for birds and sports. I use a fuji Finepix 750EXR for a lot of photos where I don't need a long zoom. It fits in my pocket and does nice landscapes, closeups and really sharp macros on the auto settings but not so great for a long zoom.

I took this Anhinga with the Fuji as he was hanging out close to me.

Stinky Peeper trying to steal a drink from Mom's cup - he's lucky he's cute!!

Other than kisses & Peeper Squeak (what we ended up naming him) - no he/she does not talk.  I wish he did - but it's been 10 years, don't think I can teach an old bird new tricks

My goodness, that is one chatty parrot!! My neighbor has a bird that yells Ronnie, his owners name.

I took these this morning down by a boat dock where I have been staying. That duck was cute and ignored me.

wow that last bird, is incredible. I love it

Lyzzy- what kind of bird in that bottom picture? Looks like some kind of crane?