Shearwaters

welcome 2 my blog!!

[FluffyRanShama@現実🫠 @8kumoran]

🐦<ﾋﾟｫ!ﾋﾟｫ!

[Shearwaters @shearwaterss]

Being able to add new parrot species to my life list in the US is always so exciting, I got to see both Nanday and Yellow-Chevroned parakeets!! For a trip where I wasn't anticipating even one lifer 🥹

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whoever stepped on this Cotinis metabilis in the line for #holoSerendipity just know you made me very sad

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Even at an anime convention, you must find time for birdwatching.

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@birdmoder Trip I took this year* I've been on multiple at this point

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Spent way too much money to get this list 🥹 worth it

[Aspen goes birding⛸️ @birdmoder]

696 species on my life list! I’m so so close to 700

[Shearwaters @shearwaterss]

@birdmoder It's so worth it! On the trip I took we actually got all four target petrels, it was a really nuts trip... I got to take my dad for his first pelagic too, so that was really really cool

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first time seeing cali quails in over a year! so cute!!

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@birdmoder I will concede that it is a very iconic bird, just I think in practice it's quite rare throughout a lot of that range

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bro who let them name him this

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@onzathegreat @Visceral9000 Trogons are cool, but saying this about the Cactus Wren should be a crime, they're gorgeous and adorable little birds and one of the first things I think of when I think of the southwest.

[Shearwaters @shearwaterss]

@p0kekira I just do regular bird walks/hikes and snap as I go yeah, if I find a bird I want shots of, I'll stop and work with it until I get the shot I like, get bored, or the bird leaves

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@coughdropsh Also, the ones we get in the southeast have a pretty large range - these are the range maps for the White and Glossy Ibises

[Shearwaters @shearwaterss]

@coughdropsh Yup! My first time seeing them in California was actually as a migrating pelagic spot, I never knew until that either, but you can actually spot them pretty reliably at Sacramento River NWR during certain times of the year.

[Shearwaters @shearwaterss]

@coughdropsh Finding someone who is really interested/experienced with the native flora of your region or has a special interest in specific families of plants can help though

[Shearwaters @shearwaterss]

@coughdropsh There are a LOT of people uploading plants/mushrooms and not very many people available to ID them tbh, I have this problem too, esp. since I currently live in a region where inat is not popular at all, so for plants I mostly use it to key out species on my own.

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@evornithology I got no words man. This is better than tons of proper DSLR photos I've taken 😭

[Daniel Riddle @birdcrazed6]

This pose is called the “Full Monty” by most bird photographer and it’s a VERY difficult image to get. It takes a great deal of work and effort to capture this moment and this series is one I’m the proudest to call mine.

Like most things in life - timing is everything!

For this series I had to keep a look out for activity with the Yellow Crowned Night Herons, they don’t wait around long before beginning their courting displays. This particular rookery holds about ten nesting pairs and once it’s full - others stop coming in and every male begins trying to stake their claim.

I’ve narrowed it down to this simple rule: from the day the very first male begins performing courtship displays - I’ve got a window of about two weeks before they’re all done for the year. Two weeks seems like plenty of time until you take in consideration: a full time job, a family and the amount of traveling required to get down to the coastal city of Port Royal.

To top everything off, you still have to find a male out in the open displaying AND timing the shots. It’s a ton of hard work but it’s the main reason I’m so proud of this series and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

** Yellow Crowned Night Heron in FULL courtship Display **

[a northern flicker with “issues” @patchworkfemme]

i had just put my seat belt on to drive away and something in me said to zoom in on a specific part of a specific tree. i zoomed in and there it was. ALWAYS TRUST YOUR INTUITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!