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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: MEGHAN on May 02, 2011, 12:21:17 PM

Title: Consolation Prize
Post by: MEGHAN on May 02, 2011, 12:21:17 PM

So after searching around for Warblers..(which I heard is quite productive this time of year) I basically came up empty handed.
No surprise to me, as this is my luck lately.
With my head hung down, and the rain beginning to match my mood, I started on my way back to my car.
Then who should I see, but my local friend who decided I could not leave the park empty handed.
He decided to land 15 feet away from me and allow me to take a few shots before he was scared off by another unsuspecting birder who couldn't figure out I was photographing something when I was kneeling down in some pretty think mud and aiming my camera into the forest.
Oh well, I usually can find this bird when I go to the area, so there is always next time.
But I am happy that I found something, even though it was not what I was wandering around in the rain looking for.

(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad317/Meghan1975/DSC_2830_edited-1.jpg)
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad317/Meghan1975/DSC_2833_edited-1.jpg)

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Post by: Whittam on May 02, 2011, 12:56:31 PM

Very nice!  Well done!  Cheers Terry

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Post by: MEGHAN on May 02, 2011, 02:42:00 PM

Thanks very much Terry!!
Meghan

Title: nice shots!!!!
Post by: mkybear on May 02, 2011, 03:21:29 PM

Very nice....Now when are you going to take me to see this one?
Cheers

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on May 02, 2011, 03:28:53 PM

bueno bueno!!!

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Post by: Howieh on May 02, 2011, 03:49:07 PM

Neat! Boy, if Jo-Anne ever antagonizes this guy the RWBB's will seem rather gentle! :)

Title: Great shots, will make up for lack of warblers
Post by: lovemypt on May 02, 2011, 03:59:43 PM

Great shots, same thing happen to me 2 weekends ago. I searched 3 parks and didn't find 1 warbler. Just as I approached the last tree, just before my car I was thinking to my self ...what if I were to look into this last small pine tree and saw a Saw-whet owl.......and as it happened..it wasn't a Saw-whet but a small Screen owl just waiting for his picture to be taken......sometimes the little surprises are better than what you were hoping for...

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Post by: Moira on May 02, 2011, 05:10:15 PM

It's quality Megan ... not quantity :)  I'd love to be able to see a Pileated!  There weren't that many warblers at Thickson's when I went Saturday either.

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Post by: Bird Brain on May 02, 2011, 05:35:04 PM

Quote from: "Howieh"

Neat! Boy, if Jo-Anne ever antagonizes this guy the RWBB's will seem rather gentle! :)

 :shock:  The male Pileated would be excavating the holes in my head from the male RWBB's.  :lol:  

Meg ... nice shots.  I rarely get to see one of these gorgeous guys - always a thrilling sighting!

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Post by: JW Mills on May 02, 2011, 10:01:56 PM

Nice shots!
 
Consolation Prize? Gimme a Pileated over a Warbler any day!

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Post by: Rob'in'To on May 02, 2011, 10:33:54 PM

Pileateds are awesome!  Five years of no sightings and we have run into the Jack Darling pair a number of times this year now...  but I will never tire of that.

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Post by: MEGHAN on May 03, 2011, 08:04:58 AM

Quote from: "zed"

Nice shots!
 
Consolation Prize? Gimme a Pileated over a Warbler any day!

LOL I do tend to agree.

Thanks everyone.
I appreciate the comments and compliments from everyone.

Looks like we have some good weather about to shine down on us, so I hope to see some of you out there on my travels.

Enjoy the weather and the birds.
Good shooting to everyone!

Meghan

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Post by: ravynne40 on May 04, 2011, 06:28:50 AM

Nice catch Meghan! Super fantastic shots so clear and bright :) good job

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Post by: MEGHAN on May 05, 2011, 07:22:51 AM

Quote from: "ravynne40"

Nice catch Meghan! Super fantastic shots so clear and bright :) good job

Thanks Irene!!

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Post by: Misty01 on May 05, 2011, 07:38:06 AM

Great shots Meg, even if you had to glare down the other birder :D Which I know you did!!! hehe
You should have taken a photo of the "opps, should I run" look, now that's a consolation prize...your pileated shots look top notch to me.
Crystal

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Post by: MEGHAN on May 05, 2011, 08:05:49 AM

Hey Crystal!!
Thanks very much.
I really appreciate the compliment.
...and yes I may have glared just a wee bit.  :wink:

Meghan