From the category archives:

Birds

Eurasian Collared Dove

I posted a close-up of this Eurasian Collared Dove yesterday and I wanted to post another one showing it on the ground.
Photo Details:
F Number – 4
Exposure Time – 1/4,000
Focal Length – 500

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Eurasian Collared-Dove 3933

The Eurasian Collared Dove was introduced into the Bahamas in the 1970s and spread from there to Florida by 1982. It has become invasive; the stronghold in North America is still the Gulf Coast, but it now found as far south as Veracruz, as far west as California, and as far north as British [...]

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Blue Jay 3634

Blue Jays have strong black bills used for cracking nuts, and acorns and for eating corn, grains and seeds, although they also eat insects such as beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars.
These photos were taken in my yard.

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Carolina Wren-3609

The Carolina Wren is noted for its loud song, popularly rendered as “teakettle-teakettle-teakettle”. This song is rather atypical among wrens, which tend to sing songs which are similar to other wrens’ songs. A given bird will typically sing several different songs. Only the male birds sing their loud song. The songs vary regionally, with birds [...]

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Great Blue Heron-1988

I took these Great Blue Heron photos at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. I wanted to try and capture the refection of the bird in the water and also the water reflecting off of the Heron.

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Female House Finch

I posted a photo of the male House Finch yesterday striking a pose (House Finch Striking A Pose) but I didn’t want to leave the female out.
Both photos taken in my yard.

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