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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 11, 2007 8:35:12 GMT 1
What a wonderful photo, how does your OH get so close?
If its the camera I want to know what he uses, if he sneaks up on them is he the invisible man? ;D
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Post by plocket on Apr 11, 2007 9:43:11 GMT 1
Oh WOW!!!! How on earth does your OH manage to get such stunning photos???
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Post by The witch on Apr 11, 2007 11:38:47 GMT 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Woodpecker  Amazing photo and what a handsome bird  |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 14, 2007 23:33:59 GMT 1
 Thanks so much! He's got a Leica SLR camera and all sorts of lenses and amazing patience as well! (After all, he DOES put up with me!)  Here's two more: Another shot of the Rufous-sided Towhee:  And a fledgling Eastern Bluebird scolding a Starling:  (((Hope these pics are not repeats from prior posts at another site.)) |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 21, 2007 3:28:51 GMT 1
Pileated Woodpecker:  Turkey Vulture: (We have so many of these huge birds in the area! Sometimes 20-40 soaring at a time!)  |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 21, 2007 6:29:23 GMT 1
BEAUTIFUL! Perfect shots.  |
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 21, 2007 10:00:22 GMT 1
Brilliant photographs! ...its still amazing to me how diverse nature is, I hope I never cease to be surprised, ;D tell Mike I said he is an artist with a camera |
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Post by plocket on Apr 21, 2007 18:59:34 GMT 1
Wow! I'm constantly amazed by the stunning photos your OH takes C3D. Does he take them for pleasure or does he send them to magazines, because he should do the later!
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Post by karenwl on Apr 21, 2007 19:11:13 GMT 1
Magnificent photos wish i could be as good as that not many birds stay still before i can get the camera out. ;D
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 21, 2007 19:42:11 GMT 1
Thanks all! We appreciate your very kind words. Photography is just a hobby. Keeps him out of trouble. I get the camera out and there is NO LIVING creature within miles! I had been trying to get a photo of "our" Red-tailed Hawk for at least two years. He comes to the back door and actually pecks at the glass! I could go outside and ~almost~ touch him!!! If I have a camera he is gone faster than a bolt of lightening! LOL! Why is that? Hmmmmmmm. Maybe Mike is invisible?!?!? I'll try to upload some more pics this weekend. ChickaDDD |
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Post by plocket on Apr 21, 2007 21:54:25 GMT 1
Perhaps he's borrowed Sleepy's Cloak of Invisibility??? However he manages it, your OH's photos are brilliant - keep them coming C3D! ;D
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 23, 2007 1:37:28 GMT 1
Red-winged Blackbird (male)  We have flocks of them all week numbering 25+ birds. VERY sweet voices!  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 23, 2007 7:12:04 GMT 1
C3D, just wondered if there are any animals you don't like?? You are obviously a dedicated wildlife watcher as well as a professional animal person but I have often thought about how vets deal with any irrational phobias they have. Quite often people don't like snakes/rats/spiders etc etc for no good reason - do you just have to conquer those sorts of aversions or do you try not to deal with anything that gives you the creeps?? Is there any kind of creature you would prefer not to have to treat? Or is that a stupid question? |
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Post by plocket on Apr 23, 2007 8:12:34 GMT 1
Oh that blackbird is lovely! Do the US and here have any of the same wild birds?
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 23, 2007 8:15:35 GMT 1
Super photo C3D, our Blackbirds are dull by comparison to this one, I still love them though.
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 23, 2007 13:23:59 GMT 1
Hi 4P.  Thank you. I have taken care of tree frogs, a tarantula, snakes, lizards, hermit crabs, hedgehog, alligators (3), toads, salamanders, a ladybug, newts, frogs, fish, sugar gliders, birds galore, turtles, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, goats, guinea pigs, pigs, hamsters, and I'm sure I'm missing some along the way. I have been a veterinarian for 20 years but cared for animals for almost all of my 48 years on the planet. What creeps me out? Centipedes! EWWWW! When we lived on Dominica and then St. Kitts, they were HUGE! Ten inches or more. When gardening you cut one with a spade and the pieces run off in different directions. I can't count the times I would scream if I saw one in the house!  ! LOL! That was a fun question to answer. Made my blood pressure go up just thinking about those centipedes! Hi Plocket and thank you too. We have the same Starlings and House Sparrows. We have some birds that are closely related and sometimes some of our birds get blown over with the hurricanes to visit you. There may be other identical birds but I don't know bird species that well. Hi Sweetleaf and thank you too. Your blackbirds are lovely! The Red-wing BB here are charming. The males will flash that red patch and make it larger to attract a Mrs. or to ward off another male. Very showy! The female has a greyish stripe over an orange stripe on her wing and is more brown with stripes. I *think* we have a picture of a Mrs. somewhere. I'll try to find it and post it. Our Red-winged Blackbirds are the true sign that spring has arrived. C3D |
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 23, 2007 13:37:14 GMT 1
Im fascinated that you have treated a ladybug, is that the same as our Ladybirds, small (usually ) red beetles that have spots? They are so fragile you cant really touch them.... Im with you all the way on the Centipedes nothing should have that many legs and the ones you describe are monsters! |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 23, 2007 14:19:59 GMT 1
Hi again. I don't know if they are the same species but yes, the ladybug / ladybird beetle. Little red round speck of a cute aphid eating beetle with black spots on their wing covers. LOL! Our daughter found one in a spiders web and I spent a *good* 45 minutes unwinding tiny fragile legs and wings from the sticky web! Hooray! No breaks on the legs and the wings were not damaged. The tiny beetle was released and she (?) seemed happy to go. I always say that was my smallest patient. My smallest "real" patient was a tree frog with a concussion and seizures. I brought back to the USA a jar of monster centipedes to The Ohio State University Entomology Department along with a large collection of insects. The centipedes were preserved in a jar of vodka! LOL! Bug spray sure wasn't killing them but toss 'em in alcohol (with long obstetric forceps) and they were gonners within seconds. We just aren't right are we? |
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 23, 2007 14:22:49 GMT 1
Hi again. I don't know if they are the same species but yes, the ladybug / ladybird beetle. Little red round speck of a cute aphid eating beetle with black spots on their wing covers. LOL! Our daughter found one in a spiders web and I spent a *good* 45 minutes unwinding tiny fragile legs and wings from the sticky web! Hooray! No breaks on the legs and the wings were not damaged. The tiny beetle was released and she (?) seemed happy to go. I always say that was my smallest patient. My smallest "real" patient was a tree frog with a concussion and seizures. I brought back to the USA a jar of monster centipedes to The Ohio State University Entomology Department along with a large collection of insects. The centipedes were preserved in a jar of vodka! LOL! Bug spray sure wasn't killing them but toss 'em in alcohol (with long obstetric forceps) and they were gonners within seconds. We just aren't right are we? Where do you buy your vodka - just so I know as to steer clear ;D |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 23, 2007 20:38:34 GMT 1
WooooHooooo! I found one of Mrs. Red-winged Blackbird. She sure looks different from the male doesn't she? When she has her breeding season plumage, there are the more prominent bars on her wings like the male.  Hiya Sleepy. A friend of ours came over with a bottle of Vodka one afternoon. He was the only one drinking (and puking but that's another story) and when he left the remainder of the Vodka was left behind. We had it in the house forever. One evening after screaming at seeing a centipede scurrying across the floor, Mike picked it up with obstetric forceps and slid the creature into the bottle half full of vodka. The centipede immediately also vomited and died. Before we took the centipede collection to OSU, we placed them in a container of new vodka. The brand was Smirnoff purchased on the island of St. Kitts (St. Christopher / Nevis). |
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 23, 2007 20:44:33 GMT 1
Mrs Redwing Blackbird is very tastefully dressed, what a pretty little thing. |
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Post by The witch on Apr 23, 2007 23:28:55 GMT 1
For you C3D a Ladybird  |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 24, 2007 0:02:02 GMT 1
She *is* tastefully dressed isn't she? She doesn't need the flash to draw eyes to her beauty. Awwww The witch. Thank you! That's her! We also have the two-spot Ladybird. |
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Post by The witch on Apr 24, 2007 7:34:34 GMT 1
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Apr 26, 2007 2:30:57 GMT 1
Oh thank you again The witch. Here is a Fox Sparrow for you:  |
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