BajaNomad - Tehag, need help

Tehag, need help

DianaT - 3-11-2010 at 09:10 PM

or from any other person who can help.

I posted the pictures of these birds on a small trip report so I apologize for the re-post, but I really need to know what they are.

I checked the Baja Bird site that Tehag recommends, and may have identified one of them, but not sure. The other one I can not find at all. They were both at Campo Rene in BCS.

The closest I could find is the Black Crowned Night Heron??????

and this one I just could not find a picture that matched.

Thanks for the help.

Diana

Birds

tehag - 3-11-2010 at 09:22 PM

Juvenile black-crowned night heron and reddish egret. Really gorgeous egret shot.

DianaT - 3-11-2010 at 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by tehag
Juvenile black-crowned night heron and reddish egret. Really gorgeous egret shot.

THANKS, THANKS AND THANKS.

Diana

BajaRat - 3-11-2010 at 09:42 PM

I concur, nice work tehag.

P.S. Great Egret shot.

Skipjack Joe - 3-11-2010 at 11:57 PM

Could also be the yellow crowned night heron. I've keyed them out at Camp Rene.

This map shows not very clearly that they winter in your waters. I've seen them there in June as well.

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Barbareno - 3-12-2010 at 06:40 AM

Great shots Diane. What is the great Baja bird site that Tehag recommends? Please. I would like to look at it.

Don Alley - 3-12-2010 at 08:43 AM

Great pics, Diane!

DianaT - 3-12-2010 at 09:22 AM

Thanks for the comments and the help.

Barb, here is The Baja Bird Site

[Edited on 3-12-2010 by DianaT]

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tehag - 3-12-2010 at 09:52 AM

Skipjack, it's about the bill. The yellow-crowned night heron's bill is much darker and heavier. That's the yellow-crowned on the right.

[Edited on 3-12-2010 by tehag]

Iflyfish - 3-12-2010 at 10:29 AM

Great pics and tehag has it right.

Iflyfish

Skipjack Joe - 3-12-2010 at 07:55 PM

That's not a big difference Tom. I will bet you that I can take pictures of those two same birds under different lighting conditions and different backgrounds and you will confuse the two.

Page 114 of Peterson's Guide:
Immature Yellow Crowned Night Heron: Similar to youn Black-Crown; duskier, more finely streaked and spottier.

Yellow-Crowned Voice: quok! or quark!

Black-Crowned Voice: quark!

Did you listen carefully, Diane?

I'm told you have to walk the right way when birding. Quark!

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DianaT - 3-12-2010 at 08:07 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
That's not a big difference Tom. I will bet you that I can take pictures of those two same birds under different lighting conditions and different backgrounds and you will confuse the two.

Page 114 of Peterson's Guide:
Immature Yellow Crowned Night Heron: Similar to youn Black-Crown; duskier, more finely streaked and spottier.

Yellow-Crowned Voice: quok! or quark!

Black-Crowned Voice: quark!

Did you listen carefully, Diane?

I'm told you have to walk the right way when birding. Quark!

You mean I caused this dispute because I was not walking correctly? I was just sitting on the patio in front of the Campo Rene Restaurant. And he was very shy and made not noise. He did not want to have a conversation.

OK, next time I will make sure I am moving and in the correct fashion and listen real carefully :biggrin:

[Edited on 3-13-2010 by DianaT]

woody with a view - 3-12-2010 at 08:09 PM

ssshhhhhh! i'm hunting wabbitt!

Just walk away, Renee

Skipjack Joe - 3-12-2010 at 08:30 PM

Oh, I agree with you, Diane. That's a dandy place to watch birds.

Looks like he's spotted one now.

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DianaT - 3-12-2010 at 09:21 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Oh, I agree with you, Diane. That's a dandy place to watch birds.

Looks like he's spotted one now.

It is an amazing place. That is a really cute picture. While I know it had to be from a few years ago, I swear the chipped paint on the patio looks exactly the same, but your model has aged a bit. :yes:

Barbareno - 3-13-2010 at 06:46 AM

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Originally posted by DianaT
Thanks for the comments and the help.

Barb, here is The Baja Bird Site

[Edited on 3-12-2010 by DianaT]

Thanks Diane, cool site. Have it my favorites Couldn't find the double breasted mattress thrasher though. :biggrin:

k-rico - 3-13-2010 at 07:47 AM

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Originally posted by woody in ob
ssshhhhhh! i'm hunting wabbitt!

Wabbits?? This guy has one.

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k-rico - 3-13-2010 at 07:50 AM

Anybody know what kind of bird this is? Some sort of hawk I assume. He's been hanging around the house lately.

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k-rico

woody with a view - 3-13-2010 at 07:53 AM

it looks like this Perigrine falcon....

edit: maybe not!

[Edited on 3-13-2010 by woody in ob]

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k-rico - 3-13-2010 at 07:57 AM

good shot woody!

I live on a bluff and watching my bird of prey hover in the updraft looking for critters below is really something.

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a minute later

woody with a view - 3-13-2010 at 08:02 AM

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thanks for the grubb

woody with a view - 3-13-2010 at 08:04 AM

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k-rico - 3-13-2010 at 08:07 AM

looks to be the same type as the one here in quaint and charming tijuana

peregrine falcon, eh?

woody with a view - 3-13-2010 at 08:09 AM

this one was on the beach 675 miles SOB.

k-rico - 3-13-2010 at 08:16 AM

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Originally posted by woody in ob
this one was on the beach 675 miles SOB.

A much nicer place I'm sure. I'm curious, east or west coast? Do these types of birds inhabit both sides?

Skipjack Joe - 3-13-2010 at 08:29 AM

I think it's a preregrine. Mainly due to those solid black cheek markings (and size).

A handsome bird, for sure!

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tehag - 3-13-2010 at 08:39 AM

I think the one in the first picture may be an immature red-tailed hawk. The others all look like peregrine falcons to me.

k-rico - 3-13-2010 at 08:50 AM

The two photos I posted are the same bird. Are they the ones you think are a hawk?

yes

tehag - 3-13-2010 at 09:34 AM

Immature red tail, I think.

k-rico - 3-13-2010 at 09:42 AM

Thanks tehag

Interesting stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JuvenileRedTailedHawkPhila...

Had to look up the difference between a falcon and a hawk:

A falcon has a notch on their beak that is used for breaking the neck of their prey, and the hawk's beak has a simpler, smoother curve and they typically use their talons on their feet to kill their prey. The peregrine falcon is one of the fastest animals in the world, flying up to 200 mph in a dive, while hawks are typically much slower and prefer to glide with much slower of a stroke. Hawks tend to be larger than most falcons. Falcons have long wings, hawk's wings are generally shorter. Many species of both hawk and falcon are endangered.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_a_f...

[Edited on 3-13-2010 by k-rico]

Natalie Ann - 3-13-2010 at 09:52 AM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
I'm told you have to walk the right way when birding. Quark!

All she's gonna find with that walk, Igor, are.... barn swallows. :lol:

nena

DianaT - 3-13-2010 at 10:19 AM

Thanks for the pix, k-rico and Woody---love them. I may be lousy at identifying birds, but I sure enjoy seeing them.

Nena,
If I tried to walk like that, the only thing I would be seeing would be my chiropractor. :lol:

woody with a view - 3-13-2010 at 10:23 AM

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Originally posted by k-rico

Quote:

Originally posted by woody in ob
this one was on the beach 675 miles SOB.

A much nicer place I'm sure. I'm curious, east or west coast? Do these types of birds inhabit both sides?

west coast.

Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Skipjack Joe - 3-13-2010 at 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by DianaT

Nena,
If I tried to walk like that, the only thing I would be seeing would be my chiropractor. :lol:

Mr Hobbs wasn't very good at it either:

Mr. Martin Turner: You haven't done much walking have you Hobbs?
Roger Hobbs: Only since I was about two years old!

In the 50's birders were viewed as being 'peculiar'. Their personalities often took on aspects of the birds themselves.