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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:18:11 AM EDT
Pictures of some Texas birds I got on my slick-wire fence this weekend.
ETA Barn Swallow: 
Scissor Tailed Flycatcher (aka: Bird of Paradise): 
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:19:02 AM EDT
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very cool, what camera and lenses?
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:21:22 AM EDT
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very cool, what camera and lenses? Nikon D700 with 300mm/f4.0 AF-S Nikkor lens. ISO 2000, 1/3200 sec. f4.0. |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:21:40 AM EDT
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What part of the state are you in? No bluebirds have shown up here yet.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:22:04 AM EDT
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very cool, what camera and lenses? Nikon D700 with 300mm/f4.0 AF-S Nikkor lens. ISO 2000, 1/3200 sec. f4.0. thanks! |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:22:47 AM EDT
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What part of the state are you in? No bluebirds have shown up here yet. Fort Worth |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:26:04 AM EDT
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Birds are beautiful, but their chirp is SO annoying to me.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:26:07 AM EDT
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AWESOME pictures, very nice detail!
I think your first picture is actually a Barn Swallow 
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:36:04 AM EDT
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Badass Bokeh Brah!
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:45:11 AM EDT
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AWESOME pictures, very nice detail! I think your first picture is actually a Barn Swallow this |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:54:06 AM EDT
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beautiful pictures!
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Posted: 4/9/2012 7:58:04 AM EDT
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thanks for sharing
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Posted: 4/9/2012 8:01:37 AM EDT
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Thanks for the pictures of the dinosaurs.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 8:32:29 AM EDT
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Beautiful pictures.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 8:34:29 AM EDT
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Funny. You tell my dag that there are birds on the wire and he goes ape shit.
Sorry I got nothing else. Nice pitchers. |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 9:52:25 AM EDT
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AWESOME pictures, very nice detail! I think your first picture is actually a Barn Swallow this You guys might be correct, but when they fly, they don't seem to have a barn swallow split tail. In fight, they behave just like a Chimney Swift. My neighbor and I have guessed about this too, we think they are Bluebirds. Any way to tell for sure???? |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 12:26:27 PM EDT
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AWESOME pictures, very nice detail! I think your first picture is actually a Barn Swallow this You guys might be correct, but when they fly, they don't seem to have a barn swallow split tail. In fight, they behave just like a Chimney Swift. My neighbor and I have guessed about this too, we think they are Bluebirds. Any way to tell for sure???? just look at google images. the barn swallows have orange above their beaks. blue birds dont. |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 12:28:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:20:56 PM EDT
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AWESOME pictures, very nice detail! I think your first picture is actually a Barn Swallow this You guys might be correct, but when they fly, they don't seem to have a barn swallow split tail. In fight, they behave just like a Chimney Swift. My neighbor and I have guessed about this too, we think they are Bluebirds. Any way to tell for sure???? just look at google images. the barn swallows have orange above their beaks. blue birds dont. Good one. Thank you for that. |
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:28:20 PM EDT
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Good looking birds. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:31:15 PM EDT
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1st one look like a Purple Martain
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:33:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:35:02 PM EDT
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1st one look like a Purple Martain I thought purple martins were black / dark blue all over 
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:35:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:37:39 PM EDT
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1st one look like a Purple Martain I thought purple martins were black / dark blue all over http://www.purplemartinroost.com/images/prettymartin.jpg He looks pissed 
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:48:03 PM EDT
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Lots of color variation from males to females and younger ones but now that I got google fired up not seeing any with brown heads
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