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    Shorebirds (Maine, USA)

    I saw a few shorebirds, all within a few miles of the ocean. Can anyone ID them? I do have additional photos if needed.
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    Rhode Island birds

    Think the raptor is an osprey just because it was over water and the one I know is a finch but cant figure out if purple or house
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    New England

    Is this a crow?
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    What type of crow

    Southern New England on a River near the coast. Attached the funny sound it made. Fish Crow?
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    Bird ID (Northeastern USA)

    This bird is from a Spruce Forest in NH. Any idea what it is?
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    Heron Florida USA

    Guessing it's a funny looking little blue heron, ideas?
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    Hawk Help (NE USA)

    Here are two hawks. 2nd one (2 photos) no idea 1st think it's coopers or sharp shinned.
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    Several NE birds (US)

    Here are the rest First one I think is a green heron, last one a hairy woodpecker?
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    Several NE birds (US)

    First one is a hawk overlooking a field (Maine) Third one is a bird in a meadow (VT) Second one I thought was a blue heron but the head seemed much thicker than the other blue herons I had seen (Maine), last photo is another heron I was comparing the head size to
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    A beginner needs help...

    The biggest thing is finding an adapter that is easy to use and fairly quick to setup. Without that you will just be frustrated all the time. The upturned eye piece would seem much easier to make an adapter for. I have one of the screw on adapters for the straight eye piece and it has been very...
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    CONSERVATION BIOLOGY FOR ALL -- available for free!

    Great book. I am reading this now.
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    Backing up Photos to 2 drives on Imac

    Basically, I keep my photos on a harddisk plus I have two external harddisks. I don't worry much about losing some tiny change and focus more on the big picture--keeping the drives reasonably well sync'd. I have a nightly cron task that sync's the harddisk with harddisk 1. Very occasionally, I...
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    BirdFeeder

    I think it is bluebirds, they have been hanging around somewhat. See pics. I also think some kind of wren is there and anther bird I don't know what it is... maybe a goldfinch? titmouse, chicadee, and a woodpecker have also been seen with juncos running around on the ground.
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    Cost of going off Birding.these days.

    MY tent cost 50$ USD, Large sized Lunchbox was Free (given to me), small gas grill (much easier than finding wood) 75$, sleeping bag I cannot remember the price but somewhere around 10-15$. The price of some campgrounds is discouraging, though. I try to find free places.
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    Birding in an urban area

    I kind of worry that a bird feeder will attract some kind of an animal with a disease. Can you get a virus like rabies from touching stuff that infected animals ate off of?
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    Almost no birds in over 6 weeks?

    Looked in the pics like most of the vegetation had shed leaves. I wonder if a couple of evergeen bushes/trees would help entice birds to hang out? I like American Holly, very pretty. Does anyone know if birds like them to hide in?
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    Canon SX30 or Fuji HS10?

    etudiant, I am new to photography. I thought the advantage of raw was that you could do more post processing to fix shots?
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    Canon SX30 or Fuji HS10?

    Shop around and I believe the prices are actually pretty similar for both cameras. I think the canon has a slightly longer reach on the lens. There have been some complaints about getting good images with the canon, but others have posted really nice shots so I am thinking it is more a question...
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    BirdFeeder

    Birds are at both my suet feeders and a peanut feeder filled with sunflower seeds. I saw two blueish birds with orange chests a cardinal and several titmice
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    Bird of prey (NE USA)

    front view
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    Bird of prey (NE USA)

    Think it's an eagle but not sure. See attachment
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    Frog deaths in small pond

    It's common to find dead frogs at ponds both in nature and in man made settings. Best thing you can do is find a very small heater that will keep a few inches of the surface ice free and put leaves in the bottom of the pond. I would go with a solar powered unit and see if that works. Usually...
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    Man V Squirrel, this time I'll win!

    Nut house those feeders look fantastic, if I had squirrels in my yard I'd buy one myself. BTW, be glad you guys have squirrels, believe it or not there are places where people do not even have so much as squirrels in their yards!
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    Open Ground

    I was looking out the window today and noticed several crows were milling about in a commercial drive that had been cleared of snow. At this point, the river nearby was mostly frozen over and ground covered in snow. I thought clearing some space of snow might attract them to my yard. I shoved...
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    Plain Spagehetti for my birds???

    I'm not sure it even has to be cooked? I thought all that "expanding" food stuff like uncooked rice turned out to be urban legend?
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