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Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Bosque Del Apache Wildlife Refuge, Socorro New Mexico
Just proof there are birds in addition to the Sandhill Cranes. This tiny bird was in the thickets on the edge of the ponds where the eagles were fishing.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 + TC 2.0; ISO 400 @ f/6.3 1/1600 sec (focal length 600 mm)

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Thanks! Yeah they're not easy. Luckily this one was hovering just above the ground looking for insects and landed right in front of me.

**Edit** the quote feature doesn't seem to be working. I was replying to ALFAGolds reply above.
 
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Hut said:
Here is another Cedar Waxwing. I caught this one peaking at me from in the shadows of a Sycamore tree at Potholes SP earlier this year.
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Very nice Hut. I love finding Waxwings as they're such elegant birds with great colors and that jet black mask.

Here's one from a while back. I first noticed this bird and its mate while riding along a local bike path near a creek. Saw them there several times over the course of a week or so and came back with my camera gear. Their nest was across the creek but they liked coming over and hanging out on this Serviceberry bush.

Nikon D2X, 600mm f/4 @ f/5 1/350", ISO 100
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DRwyoming said:
Very nice Hut. I love finding Waxwings as they're such elegant birds with great colors and that jet black mask.

Here's one from a while back. I first noticed this bird and its mate while riding along a local bike path near a creek. Saw them there several times over the course of a week or so and came back with my camera gear. Their nest was across the creek but they liked coming over and hanging out on this Serviceberry bush.

Nikon D2X, 600mm f/4 @ f/5 1/350", ISO 100
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Nice photo!
Turberticus said:
Cedar Waxwing.
D7500
Tokina 300mm F/4 AT-X + Promaster Spectrum 1.4x TC (My budget lens setup!)
1/800 F/5.6 ISO 1800 420mm

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I will see hundreds of them in the Russian Olive trees along the river and still not easy to get a decent photo with those red tips. Good job!
 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Nikon D500, Tamron 150-600mm
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The Goldfinches love some thistle
Nikon D500, 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-6.3
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A few from my backyard
Western Tanager
Nikon D300S, 300mm f/2.8 with TC-17EII, 1/250 @ f/6.3, ISO 800
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Pacific-Slope Flycatcher
Nikon D500, 300mm f/2.8, 1/80 @ f/6.3, ISO 1000
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Thought you might like a few of our local residents in the UK!

Blue tit
Nikon D810, Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm VR, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO2500
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Robin
D810, 200-500mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO1000
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Goldfinch
D810, 200-500mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO500
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DRwyoming said:
Very nice Hut. I love finding Waxwings as they're such elegant birds with great colors and that jet black mask.

Here's one from a while back. I first noticed this bird and its mate while riding along a local bike path near a creek. Saw them there several times over the course of a week or so and came back with my camera gear. Their nest was across the creek but they liked coming over and hanging out on this Serviceberry bush.

Nikon D2X, 600mm f/4 @ f/5 1/350", ISO 100
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Beautiful lighting, great capture!!! Beautiful subject nice job!!
 
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Yellow-Headed Blackbird, Sisseton, South Dakota
My first encounter with a blackbird other then the ubiquitous Red Wing.
This is a marshy, swampy area that made getting closer impossible, so I took the long shot.
Nikon D700, with 300 mm F/2.8 VR II, + TC 2.0, ISO 400, 1/160 sec F/ 14
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Here's a challenge to the group.. I believe this is a Lesser Goldfinch, and I believe it is the male. Anybody have other thoughts???
I have images of the American Goldfinch and the coloring of this one doesn't match.
Necedah Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin
Nikon D810, Nikon AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED II , ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/5000 sec
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ALFAGold said:
Here's a challenge to the group.. I believe this is a Lesser Goldfinch, and I believe it is the male. Anybody have other thoughts???
I have images of the American Goldfinch and the coloring of this one doesn't match.
Necedah Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin
Nikon D810, Nikon AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED II , ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/5000 sec
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My guess is American Goldfinch Female in breeding plumage.
 
Here is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology page for Lesser Goldfinch. According to this info, their range does not extend that far north.
www.allaboutbirds.org

Lesser Goldfinch Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Jabbering clouds of yellow, green, and black Lesser Goldfinches gather in scrubby oak, cottonwood, and willow habitats of the western U.S., or visit suburban yards for seeds and water. These finches primarily eat seeds of plants in the sunflower family, and they occur all the way south to the...
www.allaboutbirds.org www.allaboutbirds.org

Nice photo (y)
 
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Hut said:
Here is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology page for Lesser Goldfinch. According to this info, their range does not extend that far north.
www.allaboutbirds.org

Lesser Goldfinch Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Jabbering clouds of yellow, green, and black Lesser Goldfinches gather in scrubby oak, cottonwood, and willow habitats of the western U.S., or visit suburban yards for seeds and water. These finches primarily eat seeds of plants in the sunflower family, and they occur all the way south to the...
www.allaboutbirds.org www.allaboutbirds.org

Nice photo (y)
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Thanks for searching the answer. I use iBird on my Phone and the pictures are sometimes not as useful.
 
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