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Barred owl in suburbia; Dublin, Ohio, US in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks 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 (lemmynsfw.com)
 

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/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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 (lemmynsfw.com)
 

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/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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 (lemmynsfw.com)
 

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.