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Raptor? Nampa, Idaho, USA (1 Viewer)

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jnicholes

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Hello,

So, I got a new birding camera. I went out to test it out this morning around 7 AM my time. I snapped multiple pictures. I knew what most of the birds I saw were.

This picture, however, I am trying to figure out what it is. It looks like a raptor.

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Can someone help me ID this bird?

Jared
 
Well, thanks for the help so far. I'm going to try and go back later and get a better picture if I can see it again. Maybe a better picture will help.

Jared
 
I apologize. I uploaded the wrong picture. Its difficult to tell with so many different file names. This was supposed to go on another thread.
 
@fugi, thanks for that ID! It wasn't the ID I was looking for, but thanks anyway!

I actually think you guys are right about it being an osprey. it makes sense because the place where I took that photo was right next to a Fish and Game fish hatchery. He was probably looking for an easy meal.

Jared
 
Another illustration, if one were needed, of the utter futility, of guessing what things are from poor shots.
 
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you're right. It was a poor shot. Even I have to admit that.

I actually got my first birding camera yesterday. Up until yesterday, I was using my phone. I'm still getting used to it and still learning the ropes of good picture taking. This was one of my first pictures.

I am aware it's a bad shot, and I am still learning.

Jared
 
jnicholes said:
you're right. It was a poor shot. Even I have to admit that.

I actually got my first birding camera yesterday. Up until yesterday, I was using my phone. I'm still getting used to it and still learning the ropes of good picture taking. This was one of my first pictures.

I am aware it's a bad shot, and I am still learning.

Jared
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It wasn't a dig at you Jared, rather the increasingly poor shots that are appearing with increasing regularity on the site. It's not a new talking point either and people have to realise that there are limits as to what can be ID'd, even by 'experts'.
 
I didn't take that as an offense. I was just making sure you guys knew that it was one of my first pictures. Thats all. No offense taken.

Thanks for saying that, though. I suffer from mental illness, and it's hard to tell what's a dig at me and what's not.

Jared
 
I was going through my camera, and I found a better picture of that bird. The first one. Wing profile matches that of an osprey. Color matches also.

after comparing it to another Osprey picture I have, I can say that this might be an osprey.

Jared
 
andyadcock said:
Another illustration, if one were needed, of the utter futility, of guessing what things are from poor shots.
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C'mon andy that's the fun of it!, bad shots at worst can be ''imagination'' stretching, after all it's only a game...you win some and you lose some. :t:
 
I would plump for Osprey and actually quite like these fuzzy shots - if bird ID was easy peasy and an exact science it would take not only all the fun out of it and there would be no more ‘little Brown jobs’;)

Laurie -
 
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