Does anyone go Bird Watching?

[billc]

Nice birds Tindo. You seem to have some great spots down in Queens. I'm up by Bear Mountain and don't see some of the ones you have very often. I used to be an avid birder but my bird nerd buddy got transferred to the south and I don't have anyone pressing me to go out. I've only been out twice this year on extended hikes. I do feed them, so I get a good variety to watch from the deck.

Bill

[greenbean]

Great shots, both of you! I like some of the quirky head tilts you captured, like in the first shot, Tindo.

I'm a casual bird watcher. I don't go out specifically to watch birds, but it is one of the things I keep an eye out for on hikes and whenever I'm outside. I just moved to Massachusetts, so I'm learning a whole new set of birds. I also finally have a camera that can take decent pictures, a Canon Powershot SX40 HS. Big improvement over my old 10 zoom Nikon. Not as good as a DSLR, but it does have 35x zoom and I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with multiple lenses. Here's my first bird shot on the East Coast.

gray catbird

[Tindomul]

Bill, Queens and NYC is actually really great for birding with hundreds of species passing annually.

Evan, you will be seeing lots of Gray Catbirds. However Robins I think are our most numerous native bird.

[greenbean]

And hear them. Although I can't decide if they sound more like cats or whining babies.

I've seen lots of other birds while I was working, but of course I didn't have my camera with me then.

[RosieC]

Wow, great photos Tindo!

[Ashby Chadburn]

I enjoy watching the birds, but I don't keep a list. What I have found is that birders go into remote areas of countries where orchids grow. So I sign on for exotic trips and I get to see great orchids and beautiful birds in the wild. I recently returned from a trip to Assam and aunachal pradesh. The year before I enjoyed Sri Lanka.

[Ashby Chadburn]

I enjoy watching the birds, but I don't keep a list. What I have found is that birders go into remote areas of countries where orchids grow. So I sign on for exotic trips and I get to see great orchids and beautiful birds in the wild. I recently returned from a trip to Assam and arunachal pradesh. The year before I enjoyed Sri Lanka.

Sorry wrong spelling od Arunachal Pradesh

[orchid-eric]

Very good photos! I really enjoyed looking at them!

[catthom]

Absolutely great shots! We have warblers, finches, wrens and other small birds galore. But, I can never get photos of the small and swift. This is a copy of something iI posted on FB just a few days ago- "I just hand watered one of my flower beds. Went inside for a few minutes, and when I came back out, the plants I'd watered were swarming with tiny warblers and finches, drinking the droplets and taking baths among the leaves. It was amazing, there were about 20 or so in a very small area. I tried to take a photo- but they were just too fast. Among the birds I saw- Palm warblers, Carolina Wrens, Gray Catbird, black and white Warbler (I think), a Gnatcatcher, tufted Titmouse and some sort of Vireo. Glad I helped them out- but makes me sad when I think of the drought and how it affects our feathered friends." We currently have a pair of Barred Owls in our back yard, and after 7 years, I finally have seen their babies and got some very quick shots of the 2 fledglings. This is a photo shot mid day, way up in the tree canopy of our back yard of the two fledglings. I have a bunch of photos of their parents from the last 7 years- but these are the first babies (well, teenagers) I have managed to see, much less photograph. <a href="http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb172/catthom3/animals/?action=view&amp;current=owl2008copy.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb172/catthom3/animals/owl2008copy.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[bellini girl]

Awesome pics Tindo, thanks for the virtual tour. Such colour and so many different birds