Bittern, eagle, loon, black-backed and hairy woodpeckers

[Anonymous]

Algonquin park
Bittern
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p43982077.html
Black-backed woodpecker
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p43982080.html
Hairy woodpecker
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p43982097.html
Pres'quille
Immature bald eagle
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p44047519.html
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p44047521.html
French River
Common Loon
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p43713940.html
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p43713942.html

[Joe]

Nice pics.  I particularly like the shots of the Loon.

Joe

[Anonymous]

Thanks very much for the comment Joe, it's very much appreciated:)

[GStuart]

Algonquin park
Black-backed woodpecker
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p43982080.html

I'm sorry to quibble but I don't think that a Black-backed Woodpecker would have such a pronounced white supraorbital line.

[Anonymous]

I appreciate your response and input gstuart, I am by no means an expert, I just went by what was in my bird book. The yellow on the head was what I went by. Here is another shot showing more of the yellow on the head. Please correct me if I am wrong:)
Thanks again,
Art
http://art-mcleod.fotopic.net/p44093880.html

[GStuart]

Now that's a Black-backed.  Is it really the same bird?

[Anonymous]

Yes, this is the same bird, the yellow isn't as evident on the first shot. I have a shot of the hairy and the black-backed about 4 feet apart looking at each other, but it isnt the greatest.

[cloaca]

Those are most certainly not the same birds.   This is a Hairy, and this is a Black-backed.

[Walter Sobchak]

I also see different birds...

[Anonymous]

Thanks very much for pointing this out, cloaca, I really appreciate it. This is why I come to this site, to learn:)
At least I got the eagle, the bittern and the loon right,,,lol)

[Iain]

Hey Art, that bittern shot is fantastic, I've never come close to even seeing one (let alone shooting one) sitting still out in the open like that... nice work.


Iain

[Anonymous]

Thanks Iain.