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Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 7, 2008
5:25 PM Post #4920639
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I thought this was either the Cuckoo or the Catbird that I saw yesterday, but when I saw the photos, I realized that it must be something else. It's back is a reddish brown like the Cuckoo but it doesn't have the white spots on the tail and it appears to have two white wing bars.
I have about four photos that I cropped a lot! I hope they are not too blurry. It was way up in the tree top and it moved around fast like a warbler eating bugs but it was a much bigger bird.
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Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 7, 2008
5:25 PM Post #4920641
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Side view 
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Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 7, 2008
5:26 PM Post #4920644
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Another shot. 
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Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 7, 2008
5:28 PM Post #4920657
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Now I've confused myself with my photos, so I may just upload more than four! I was confused. I uploaded the same photo. Sorry. Wish I could edit that!
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Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 7, 2008
5:30 PM Post #4920664
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Hopefully, this is a different shot and the last one. 
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Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 7, 2008
5:32 PM Post #4920677
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Wow, I think I really was confused because now that I'm looking at the photos again, I only see one wingbar. Thanks for any help you can offer! |
Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
May 7, 2008
5:40 PM Post #4920790
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I fear it is just a female House Sparrow!
Resin
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Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 7, 2008
5:46 PM Post #4920819
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I was just sitting outside looking at a house sparrow and thinking that exact thing! Too funny! Thanks! |
CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 7, 2008
6:58 PM Post #4921114
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Elphaba - I am glad I am not the only one. Yesterday in fact I took about 12 shots of a bird I did not recognize and was so excited. Then when I cropped on the computer, I realized exactly the same thing. Female house sparrow. What a disappointment! I was sure it was something new and exciting. The thing is, in my haste, I reach for the camera before the binoculars, just in case it flies away before I can get a pic. This led to my confusion, I think. I should use the binoculars first, but then there is the risk of no picture of something that really is new!
Claire |
angele
Elephant Butte, NM
(Zone 7b)
May 7, 2008
7:12 PM Post #4921153
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Well at least it is a bird!
I took a bunch of photos of a new bird perched on my neighbors garage door, all excited because even though I couldn't quite make it out I just knew my photos would reveal a new one for my life list. It is a couple of years later now and I can still feel the disappointment when my photos revealed a new one alright... a light fixture. It was time for a new eyeglass prescription. Then there was the time I took photos of a new bug only to later realize it was lizard poo. |
CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 7, 2008
7:56 PM Post #4921336
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Angele - that's priceless! Thank you for a good giggle! I guess we all have our moments!
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 7, 2008
8:30 PM Post #4921455
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Angele...ROFL!! That is priceless!! Just recently I managed to get a great shot of a clump of leaves in the treetop!! LOL!
Claire...I alway shoot first as I'm always certain it will be my only chance to get a pic of THIS bird!!
Elphaba...Don't feel badly...I just had one ID'd thinking it was a female Indigo Bunting!! Also had a female Cowbird ID'd thinking it was a female Blue Grosbeak! Geez...my face got red...but we all do it so we are all in good company!! |
angele
Elephant Butte, NM
(Zone 7b)
May 7, 2008
9:39 PM Post #4921791
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Time for a group hug, lol.
It would have been priceless if somebody had gotten my picture as I photographed that lizard poo from every angle to make sure I could identify that bug. Very scientific. |
CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 7, 2008
10:01 PM Post #4921945
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Is there a lizard poo identification forum? LOL!! What species of lizard was it from?! |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
May 7, 2008
11:24 PM Post #4922331
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Yes always grab the camera and get a pic! I have had several wonderful surprises the last couple of weeks when I download that camera!! |
angele
Elephant Butte, NM
(Zone 7b)
May 8, 2008
8:33 AM Post #4923144
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Photography is like a box of chocolates :-) |
Elphaba
Houston, TX
May 8, 2008
11:38 AM Post #4923993
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LOL! Thanks y'all. I loved your stories! I'm doing the opposite now. This morning every bird I saw I thought, "that's probably just a house sprrow!" Poor house sparrows. They get no respect. |
