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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: mr.sharp-photo on May 21, 2010, 11:19:22 PM

Title: Whip-poor-whill, house wren, scarlet tanager, Am. redstart
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on May 21, 2010, 11:19:22 PM

All taken today in Thickson Woods.

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Post by: denis on May 22, 2010, 12:04:07 AM

i like the redstart richard,and you have a wren in there also.

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on May 22, 2010, 06:27:55 AM

Quote from: "denis"

i like the redstart richard,and you have a wren in there also.

ID was pending :)

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Post by: Niloc on May 22, 2010, 11:25:10 PM

Nice variety, the Whip-poor-whill is a gem and rarity good capture!

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Post by: Moira on May 23, 2010, 05:27:30 PM

Great catches.  Love the Redstart and Whippoorwill (strange looking!)

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Post by: Scott on May 25, 2010, 10:23:26 AM

Great variety Richard....I have yet to see that Whip-poor-whill, but will keep looking :)

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Post by: Misty01 on May 25, 2010, 09:29:36 PM

love the whip-poor-will !! I would love to see one  :D

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Post by: niani.gil on May 25, 2010, 11:56:51 PM

Great work Yogi. Never seen a whip poor will!

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Post by: beresford on May 26, 2010, 04:48:22 PM

I really enjoyed this series, thanks for posting.

That whip-poor-will is one wild looking bird!

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Post by: angieinto on May 28, 2010, 11:27:19 AM

OH MY GAWD!! I'd freak if I saw a Whip-poor- will!!! I didn't even know we got them here!
Beautiful pics!  :D

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Post by: surfinbird on May 28, 2010, 12:59:34 PM

Nice pictures . It has been so long since I have heard a Whip-poor-will and I've never seen one . They are monitoring them in the USA because they are disappearing fast

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Post by: Luv2Bird on May 28, 2010, 01:29:17 PM

Super pics - especially the Whip-poor-will. Most unusual find.   How on earth did you find and photo it (thought they are nocturnal)  ?   We heard one last night near our back yard  around 9:30 ... but of course it was quite dark by then.

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on May 28, 2010, 02:48:24 PM

Quote from: "Luv2Bird"

Super pics - especially the Whip-poor-will. Most unusual find.   How on earth did you find and photo it (thought they are nocturnal)  ?   We heard one last night near our back yard  around 9:30 ... but of course it was quite dark by then.

i had nothing to do with finding it.
an elderly photographer was hanging out with me near the front of Thickson Woods for a bit. i wandered to the back and met him again in the front. asked if he saw anything interesting and he lead me to the whip-poor-will.
never in a million years would i have spotted it.
but hey, i pointed out the scarlet tanager for him, so we're even :)

it makes it special knowing that its a slightly-endangered species and having the chance to take a picture of it.  sadly, all of my 15 pics of it (taken over 20 minutes) are the exact same. it never moved and only opened its eye slightly (as seen in the pic)