Neat pictures I've taken - Page 114

chrisinhouston · 01-24-2014, 07:03 AM

One of the last shots from my Istanbul adventure taken on the Sea of Marmara near the Istanbul airport.

glatt · 01-24-2014, 08:21 AM

gorgeous!

Gravdigr · 03-27-2014, 03:40 PM

*If anyone can back-up, or, refute, my ID of this bird, please do so.

TIA

Griff · 03-28-2014, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

*If anyone can back-up, or, refute, my ID of this bird, please do so.

TIA

I back your ID using my Merlin Bird ID app! Cornell Ornithology put the thing out. It has good pics, a systematized approach, and bird songs for each critter. Fun to prank kids with as well.

Gravdigr · 03-28-2014, 03:19 PM

Thanks!

BigV · 03-27-2014, 04:15 PM

I'd say you're right.

I don't know what you see/saw (see what I did thar?) that makes you think it's a juvenile, but it does seem to be female. What a great shot. Kudos!

Gravdigr · 03-27-2014, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I don't know what you see/saw (see what I did thar?) that makes you think it's a juvenile, but it does seem to be female. What a great shot. Kudos!

These two pics from Wikipedia:

Wiki IDs this as a female adult:

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Notice the breast pattern is more akin to stripes, than to spots, like on my boid.

And a Wiki-ID'd young 'un:

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Notice the spots on the breast.

My bird's feathers look a bit on the down-y side. He's fluffy. Also, it looks like the malar (or 'cheek') stripes look darker on the younger birds, and paler, or faded, on the older ones. Might just be me, or the particular pics I looked at.

Thanks, V.

lumberjim · 03-28-2014, 01:54 AM

Looks young to me too. Clean.

orthodoc · 03-28-2014, 02:01 AM

The malar stripes are definitely there. I'd say you have a positive ID, grav. Nice pic!

I like the turkeys as well, but this one was special.

busterb · 03-28-2014, 06:28 PM

Smoked with what?

busterb · 03-28-2014, 08:03 PM

Made behind the library few years ago. Plant was the one with berries, maybe
Lantana?

Carruthers · 03-29-2014, 04:02 AM

What a splendid photo. Absolutely beautiful!

I'd hazard a guess that the bush is Buddleia (Buddleja), sometimes known as the 'Butterfly Bush', at least on this side of the Atlantic.

Griff · 03-29-2014, 08:43 AM

Nice.

Gravdigr · 03-30-2014, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

...I'd hazard a guess that the bush is Buddleia (Buddleja), sometimes known as the 'Butterfly Bush'...

Seconded.

Cool pic, Buster!

Gravdigr · 03-30-2014, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by busterb

Smoked with what?

Mashed redskins, and green beans?

01-24-2014, 07:03 AM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	One of the last shots from my Istanbul adventure taken on the Sea of Marmara near the Istanbul airport. Attached Images

03-27-2014, 03:40 PM	#3
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03-28-2014, 03:19 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Thanks! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-27-2014, 04:15 PM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I'd say you're right. I don't know what you see/saw (see what I did thar?) that makes you think it's a juvenile, but it does seem to be female. What a great shot. Kudos! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-28-2014, 01:54 AM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Looks young to me too. Clean. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-24-2014, 08:21 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	gorgeous!

03-28-2014, 02:01 AM	#9
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	The malar stripes are definitely there. I'd say you have a positive ID, grav. Nice pic! I like the turkeys as well, but this one was special. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

03-28-2014, 06:28 PM	#10
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Smoked with what? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

03-28-2014, 08:03 PM	#11
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Made behind the library few years ago. Plant was the one with berries, maybe Lantana? Attached Images __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

03-29-2014, 04:02 AM	#12
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	What a splendid photo. Absolutely beautiful! I'd hazard a guess that the bush is Buddleia (Buddleja), sometimes known as the 'Butterfly Bush', at least on this side of the Atlantic. __________________

03-29-2014, 08:43 AM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Nice. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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