Your Bird Pics NOT From Your Backyard

stamps4ever · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 05:32:42 am

Thank you Timbres for your kind comments! I think he is adorable

Ann

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 23:59:33 pm

Taken at Doi Inthanon, Thailand

A Chestnut-tailed Minla (Minla strigula)

Can anyone identify this bird?

Timbres · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 00:35:58 am

Your unidentified bird is in the Finch family...but which one it is I don't know.....yet.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 01:01:10 am

I think its a Chestnut-crowned Laughing thrush
Garrulax erythrocephalus

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5644341

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 08:27:02 am

Thanks. Well done!

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 09:01:25 am

Beautiful photos as usual and well done MargoZ for that identification.

For the sake of accuracy, Jeremy, the other bird's botanical name is Chrysominla strigula.

Neither of these birds have yet to appear on postage stamps. Only about 10,000 to go

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:39:20 am

Thanks Kevin. Yes, Margot did very well. I have a copy of the "A Photographic Guide to Birds of Thailand" by Michael Webster and Chew Yen Fook and it wasn't in there!

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 14:47:00 pm

A Rhea at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand in December 2009. Not sure which species it is. Beautiful birds

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 14:48:24 pm

Am emu at the Chiang Mai zoo

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 15:07:59 pm

Impressive pictures. The only time I've been so close to an emu was when he was nicking my potato chips (and I wasn't arguing!).

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 15:15:06 pm

Potato chips are worth arguing over Margo :lol:

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 15:53:05 pm

Flamingos

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 19:31:27 pm

jeremy29 wrote:

A Rhea at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand in December 2009. Not sure which species it is. Beautiful birds

As usual I am astounded at the quality ... hmmm

The colour had me confused, particularly the blue eyes. There are only two species of Rhea, the Greater Rhea and the Lesser Rhea (also called Darwins Rhea) and they both have grey/brown plumage.

I have finally concluded that what the zoo has is a bird with Leucism. I will leave others to check it further but it is a condition where reduced pigmentation results in white feathers and blue eyes. Which species this one is I will also leave to others.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 19:39:06 pm

This photo comes from the ABC News website. Way back in the 1970s, when I was just getting interested in birds, I saw many hundreds of woodswallows at Carnarvon in Western Australia. They were packed together on overhead wires in the main street and I could not believe how many could fit into a small space.

This photo was taken in South Australia and is of the White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus):

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 21:31:21 pm

Thanks Kevin, that explains why I couldn't identify it. Do you know what species the flamingo is?

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2012 22:44:27 pm

A palm cockatoo, what a beautiful bird!

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 21:06:10 pm

jeremy29 wrote:

Thanks Kevin, that explains why I couldn't identify it. Do you know what species the flamingo is?

Jeremy, I have enough grey hairs without you giving me more :wink:

We can eliminate three of the flamingo species because of beak or leg colourings and we are then left with the Greater, Lesser and American. There are many websites, some of them quite frivolous, but I have yet to find a site which provides detailed descriptions accompanied by pictures.

One of the problems is that the plumage of Flamingos, unlike other birds, is coloured according to the food they consume and this can cause great variations. I have seen photos of American, also called Caribbean, Flamingos where the plumage is either white, pink or orange.

Transfer this scenario to a zoo and you will find that the colour of the birds can be deliberately changed by providing different food.

Would I be right in thinking that the last image is of juvenile birds? I cannot be sure of this because I have yet to find a site which compares adult plumage with that of young birds but I think the leg colour is not that of an adult.

I would not be putting a species name on your photos without confirmation but I am inclined to think those birds are the Greater Flamingo.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 21:16:58 pm

Just to lighten the atmosphere a little ...

I used Google to try and find how to compare different Flamingos. What I wanted to do was to differentiate between the species but Google concentrated on the difference between genders. The fact is there is no notable variation except a minor difference in size.

And then I noticed a zoo site which stated that it is easy to tell apart the male and female flamingos .....

wait for it .....

the males are all banded on the right leg and the females on the left leg :roll:

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 21:23:48 pm

Kevin, your knowledge of birds is extraordinary! I had no idea their colour was dependant on their food source. Many years a go I saw a lake full of flamingos in northern South Africa and I am pretty sure from memory that they were pink. It was the most incredible sight, there must have been thousands of them

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 21:43:45 pm

My knowledge of birds is elementary but I do enjoy it.

This photo might bring back memories:

As you can see the photo is by Mark A Chappell and the site states:

Lake Nakuru is a saline lake in the Rift Valley of east Africa, and is famous for its huge flocks of lesser flamingos, pelicans, cormorants, and many other birds. This picture shows African white pelicans, lesser flamingos, and a marabou stork (at left) gathered around the mouth of a freshwater stream, where they congregate to drink and bathe.

Nikon F2, Nikon 300mm f4.5, Kodachrome 25 (1973)

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 21:48:43 pm

Yep, that's them :-)

norvic · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2012 00:42:40 am

From the masses to the few, and I was lucky enough to get these with a point+click Sony 6MP. They are a mixture of black-headed and 'ordinary' gulls (I have trouble with the ordinary ones, they aren't great-black-backed, and are probably herring).

10 points for anybody who recognises the (UK) location :lol:

MargoZ · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 03:20:42 am

Northen gannets and their breeding cliffs in Helgoland this week.

pookie9121 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 03:23:22 am

MargoZ wrote:

Northen gannets and their breeding cliffs in Helgoland this week.

Great pictures Margo.

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 07:44:27 am

Double Decker Seagulls

Coffs Harbour Jetty New South Wales

21 August 2012

Photo taken by my wife

MargoZ · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 08:57:17 am

Ha- both just waiting for you to drop a chip!

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:02:23 am

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Arundel Queensland

Yes? Did you want something?

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:03:42 am

Sparrow and Seagull
Coffs Harbour Jetty New South Wales

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:05:04 am

Galahs
Gwydir Highway West Grafton New South Wales

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:07:00 am

Galah and Butcherbird
Gwydir Highway West Grafton New South Wales

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:09:08 am

Friarbird
Woolgoolga North Coast New South Wales

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:10:16 am

(?) Ducks
Woolgoolga North Coast New South Wales

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:12:04 am

Butcherbird
Woolgoolga North Coast New South Wales

bazza4338 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:13:17 am

Bee-Eater
West Grafton New South Wales

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:07:57 pm

Birds in Harrison Park in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. After the stamp show in Kincardine, my wife and I went to visit the in-laws.

Sorry I couldn't always get a photo of the colourful male of these pheasants. Some of them were in their pens and not in the outdoor area. Also, it was impossible to avoid getting the caging in the photos. The park is in the woods, really, so I guess the tough caging is for the birds' protection.

Yellow Golden Pheasant

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:08:44 pm

White Earred Pheasant

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:09:34 pm

Temmincks Tragopan

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:10:14 pm

Silver Pheasant

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:11:56 pm

Reeves Pheasant

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:12:45 pm

Red Golden Pheasant

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:13:39 pm

Lady Amherst Pheasant

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:14:32 pm

Himalayan Monal

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:15:12 pm

Elliots Pheasant

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:16:38 pm

Before somebody yanks my chain if I don't mention this....yes, I'm aware the next birds aren't pheasants. :wink:

Also in the park,

Canada Goose

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:18:30 pm

pretty sure these are...

Double Crested Cormorants

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:19:53 pm

Mallards

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:22:41 pm

correct me if I'm wrong here....

Super African Geese

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 20:23:22 pm

Trumpeter Swan

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 09:56:07 am

a one legged seagull at Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra on a wet and miserable day

jeremy29 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 09:57:30 am

Another bedraggled bird on the same day. Is it also a seagull?


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