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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Need help identifying some birds-Any of you guys "birders?"
From: Gary Edwards <zuikowarriors@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:19:54 -0700 (PDT)
Stephen,
 
Your tern might be an artic, or a roseate, or a common; but from the location 
(Berkely, California?) my guess is a Forster's tern.  Jerry Lyle can probably 
give us a definitive ID, if he is still on the list.
 
Nice shots, BTW.
 
Gary Edwards

Stephen Scharf <scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is completely off-topic, but as it actually relates to 
photography, and not SUV's or guns, I thought one of you guys might 
be able to help me out. Ever since I saw "Winged Migration" last 
year, I have been fascinated seeing birds in flight, especially 
migratory birds.

I went by the Berkeley Aquatic Park tonight to see if I could see my 
feathered friends and was rewarded with four different birds to 
photograph.

I know the egret and black-crowned night heron that hang out there, 
but I noticed a small, *very* fast bird that was fishing by diving 
like a Stuka dive bomber. Here are some photos I shot. I apologize 
ahead of time for these photos-they're not great, I post them here 
only for identification purposes. The first one has poor framing, 
and for the most part, they are backlit; it was about 8:05 PM, hence 
the warm lighting. This guy was really fast, and as I was shooting at 
420 mm handheld with my D60, trying to get another egret shot when 
this guy came swooping by. With (only) three AF zones, I had a real 
hard time keeping up with him and just keeping him in the viewfinder 
with his speed and my very narrow angle of view. I was wondering if 
you guys could tell me what it is....my guess is it's an arctic tern 
that happened by while migrating, but as I 've have never seen one 
for real, I don't know.
Here are the links....

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/TernWeb1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/TernWeb2.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/TernWeb3.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/TernWeb4.jpg

I also saw another bird that I have no clue whatsoever what it 
is...it seemed like a cool bird, and had green feet and legs.

Any clues?

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/MysteryBird.jpg

While I am at it, here is a shot of one of the black-crowned night 
herons. Nothing special, but I always like to see animal shots, so 
others might also.

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/animals/websize/NightHeron.jpg

Cheers,
Stephen.



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