bird photography weekly: accipiter species

There’s nothing birders like better than a difficult identification, right? Here’s a challenge for you! I’ve previously posted this photo, though not for BPW (Ready for my closeup, February 25, 2008). Opinions varied, though I’m still calling it as a Sharpie.

accipter close up

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sublime vs. ridiculous

Yesterday started bright, warm, and sunny. The perfect complement to the weather: a male Common Yellowthroat landed on my deck rail and sang for a few minutes. Beautiful, both sight and sound.

Of course, the second I thought about my camera, he flew away. However, not all our wildlife encounters were so shy and hard to photograph. Here’s the very stationary result of a nightly raccoon prowl.

racoon scat aka poop

And that’s life with wildlife.

skywatch: bald eagle overseeing his world

bald eagle atop tree

Skywatch is a meme, a communal sharing, of photos of the sky from around the world. It’s just-for-fun, not-for-profit, and noncompetitive. To participate, blog a photo which includes the sky, then add its link to the master list at the Skywatch website. Enjoy, and visit the rest of the Skywatch posts when they are posted at 7:30 GMT today.

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skywatch – bald eagle

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Skywatch is a meme, a communal sharing, of photos of the sky from around the world. It’s just-for-fun, not-for-profit, and noncompetitive. To participate, blog a photo which includes the sky, then add its link to the master list at the Skywatch website. Enjoy, and visit the rest of the Skywatch posts when they are posted at 7:30 GMT today.

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