Thrushes

Mountain Bluebird – MOBL

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A male Mountain Bluebird feeds three hungry young that are occupying the nest of an American Robin. Although documented in Alexander C. Bent’s ‘The History of Birds’, this was the first time the unusual strategy was recorded with a camera / DEW-2006.

Swainson’s Thrush – SWTH

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A Swainson’s Thrush visits its ready to fledge young.

American Robin – AMRO

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A pair of American Robins tend to their young family / DSC-2007.

Townsend’s Solitaire – TOSO

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A Townsend’s Solitaire visits its nest / DSC-2005.

 

 

 

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Childrens’ books…

Damon and I recently managed to enter into a contract with Heritage House to produce two children’s books for three to six year-olds and one book for eight to twelve year-olds.

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Our first children’s 6″ x 6″ book for three to six-year olds.

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Our second children’s 6″ x 6″ book for three to six-year olds.

 

Childrens’ books…2020-03-26T14:18:22-07:00

4-digit abbreviations for bird names…

For the past 20 years my bird photographer associate Damon S. Calderwood and I have used the 4-digit abbreviations for bird names in conjunction with the year, initials of photographer and the number assigned to the camera. This has certainly made our filing system simple – and made the retrieval of the digital files much quicker. This would be an example for American Kestrel below:

American Kestrel – Year – Damon S. Calderwood – assigned camera number

The 4-digit abbreviations for bird names can be found here:

www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php

American Kestrel – AMKE2006DSC0015

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An American Kestrel lands at its nest cavity with a skinned mouse.

Virginia Rail – VIRA

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A Virginia Rail picks up a newly-hatched young in its beak.

Sora – SORA

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A Sora incubates her clutch of eggs.

Snowy Plover – SNPL

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A Snowy Plover and a newly-hatched chick ready to leave the nest. This bird is a Species at Risk due to habitat loss, human interference (mostly from dune buggies) and other perils.

American Golden Plover – AGPL

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An American Golden Plover broods three chicks, incubates an egg and at the same time snaps her beak at an annoying gnat in the camouflage of the tundra landscape.

Semipalmated Sandpiper – SESA

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A female Semipalmated Plover broods one young while another explores the area.

Wilson’s Phalarope – WIPH

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A male Wilson’s Phalarope incubates eggs while keeping a baby warm under its wing.

Belted Kingfisher – BEKI

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A male Belted Kingfisher brings a crayfish to the nest cavity.

Dusky Flycatcher – DUFL

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A pair of Dusky Flycatchers tend to their young babies.

Western Wood Peewee – WWPE

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A Western Wood Peewee feeds a juicy beatle to 2 young.

Black-billed Magpie – BBMA

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A Black-billed Magpie readies itself to leave its domed stick nest to search for insects to its two hungry young.

Verdin – VERD

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A male Verdin lands on the side of the nest with an insect for its babies.

Common Bushtit – COBU

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A male Common Bushtit (with the black iris) makes a hasty retreat from his nest.

Common Redpoll – CORE

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A brooding female Common Redpoll flutters her wings in anticipation of a feeding from her more colourful mate.

American Goldfinch – AMGO

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A female American Goldfinch flutters her wings as a way of greeting her mate.

Song Sparrow – SOSP

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A Song Sparrow feeds a protein-rich Chum Salmon fry to its three young.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4-digit abbreviations for bird names…2020-03-26T14:18:22-07:00

Looking for committed bird photographers/seller/buyer/publisher…

I’ve been contemplating a total revision of my web site. Go here:

Right now the 2,000 or so bird images of some 100+ North American species (taken mostly with high-speed strobes at nests) come up as tiny thumbnails that enlarge to 4″ x 6″ @ 72 dpi (far too small to get an appreciation of the file’s detail).

I’d entertain placing the images of other like-minded photographers up on the site. There will be two objectives.

#1. – to strive for quality over quantity.

#2. – to market these images by bringing photographer (seller) and buyer together.

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A pair of Plumbeous Vireos bring insects to a family of hungry nestlings.

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A Black-billed Magpie gets ready to fly the nest after feeding a beak full of insects to two hungry babies.

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A female Rufous Hummingbird provides an aerial display featuring her iridescent back and tail feathers as she approaches the nest containing two young.

Looking for committed bird photographers/seller/buyer/publisher…2020-03-26T14:18:22-07:00