ysaric

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Last local owl walk of the year. in c/superbowl@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't understand why my picture isn't previewed/displayed.

Last local owl walk of the year. in c/superbowl@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

According to the Metro Parks Naturalist, they don't like to do owl walks once it gets to I think she said nesting season, or maybe it was breeding season, I can't remember exactly, but the basic idea was that we try to do fewer things that might distress them or put them in stress. Then through the spring and summer they are usually raising babies, which can also be sensitive if bird watchers are all over them. For our local Metro Parks system and birding groups it seems like they only do organized owl walks from near the end of October until about the end of February.

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Last local owl walk of the year. (midwest.social)
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Great Horned Owl, Plain City, Ohio 2/4/26

Common Kingfisher [OC] in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow, much brighter coloration than our belted kingfisher in Ohio.

Black-capped chickadee in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jealous! Here in central Ohio we supposedly should get a few but confirmed sightings are basically nonexistent. EBird mods won't trust Merlin audio because they say Carolinas can mimic black-caps, and when you get something that has black-cap-looking markings they've said it "looks like a Carolina with some black-cap genes". I'd just like to get a confirmed black cap around here, I know we must get some. Great pictures.

Eared Grebe, Central Ohio in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

There were two, they just wouldn't listen to me when I told them to swim next to each other :)

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Eared Grebe, Central Ohio (midwest.social)
 

Central Ohio doesn't have any ocean or Great Lakes coast, but we do have some nice bodies of water for shore birds, gulls, and migrating ducks. We've had two eared grebes the past week-ish, unusual for our area. They're adorable!

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Lunch walk = Nashville & B&W warblers (midwest.social)
 

Dublin, Ohio, we are getting a lot of migratory warblers and I am lucky enough to have a small wooded space near my house that I can lunch walk.

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BABIES! (midwest.social)
 

Not 1, not 2, but 3 barred owl babies hanging out in a local forested area I walk through near my house. I had spotted the mom and called my oldest from the house who hadn't seen her yet. As they were taking pictures of mom I started to head back when I start getting frantic messages "BABIES!" so I high-tail it back to get pictures. We only see 2 as we're looking at the tree but when I get back and start processing them what I had eyeballed as just part of the tree was in fact a third baby! No wonder mom was resting, having to keep herd on 3 little ones. This felt like a really special shot.

Lumix G85, Leica DG 100-400 @ 400, f6.3, 1/640, ISO 500, -1EV. Light processing in Raw Therapee. Location: Dublin, OH.

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Eastern Towhee, Alum Creek Beach area, Ohio (midwest.social)
 

Lumix DMC-G85, Leica DG 100-400; f/6.3, 1/2000s, ISO 1000, 400mm

So many good shots from this walk I wanted to share. A mid osprey picture, two different species of terns, a couple nice golden hour shots. Really liked this one though. Light processing.

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Barred Owl, Dublin, Ohio, USA (midwest.social)
 

Panasonic DMC-G85 + Leica DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3; f/5.6, 1/80s, ISO 5000 280.00mm Raw Therapee: Noise reduction, sharpening, light exposure/coloration edits.

Barred owl in suburbia; Dublin, Ohio, US in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

Got a really good shot of him today puffed up as a few crows were perched nearby.

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Downy Woodpecker - Dublin, OH (midwest.social)
 

Little hopping bastich wasn't easy to get focused on! So I settled for mildly out of focus, with a little red tuft. Sure, I look goofy carrying my camera on a dog walk around the neighborhood, but some days it pays off.

Can you help me identify this bird from Grand Canyon West rim in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

Whoa, looking at the pictures online I think you might be right. Shorter beak, still with the pronounced head stripe, and the back pattern looks like a match. eBird's maps say that's a pretty common area for that species. Thank you!

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Can you help me identify this bird from Grand Canyon West rim (midwest.social)
 

Took a helicopter trip from Las Vegas to a spot in the west rim of the Grand Canyon. This little kiddo was flitting around I managed to get a shot but had to really extend the zoom on my Lumix MFT. Pilot called it a specific type of wren but I forget exactly what he said. Seems to maybe match up with the stripe on the head but like the pattern on the back doesn't seem to match what I've seen of pictures of, say, canyon wrens. He was talking about small birds with some blue, but I'm not exactly getting that from this photo although the harsh mid-day sun isn't great for bringing out subtle coloration. Maybe the angle and resolution aren't enough for a positive ID, but I do still rather like the picture.

Barred owl in suburbia; Dublin, Ohio, US in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] ysaric@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

As I understand it, yes. I only discovered him very recently and he's been in a similar spot twice. I wouldn't have known except I ran into someone who lived right nearby who showed me where he would be (he wasn't there at the time). Sure enough he was there the next time I went. This is off a small paved path next to a small wooded area, but this tree itself is in someone's backyard on the other side of the path from the wooded area. There are a couple of owls in the immediate area, and have been for years. Lots of food, fairly temperate winters. But it's inside of a suburb neighborhood, so if they're bothered by people they don't show it.

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Barred owl in suburbia; Dublin, Ohio, US (midwest.social)
 

I'm trying to challenge myself to take good birding pictures of birds in my nook of suburbia. This guy is napping in his favorite tree, getting a little sun.