Thematic Wildlife

**noelcmn** · 07-17-2017, 05:51 AM - **2 Likes**

Buzzard

**aslyfox** · 07-17-2017, 02:40 PM - **1 Like**

Red-Winged Black Bird Agelaius phoeniceus

https://identify.whatbird.com/obj/144/overview/Red-winged_Blackbird.aspx

spider web and bagworm cocoon (neither of which I saw when I took the picture )

K 3 + HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6 ED DC AW

**noelcmn** · 07-18-2017, 01:18 AM - **2 Likes**

Baboon posing

**aslyfox** · 07-19-2017, 03:17 PM

decided to try out my experienced SMC Pentax-DA L 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED + the HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter and my K 3

female red winged black bird Agelaius phoeniceus and food for the chick

I like it

1 no crop or pp

2 cropped and pp

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**noelcmn** · 07-20-2017, 12:58 AM - **3 Likes**

Black shouldered Kite

**aslyfox** · 07-20-2017, 01:04 PM

any one able to help with the i d on this bird

a house sparrow Passer domesticus

breeding plumage

.
perhaps

but solo, not in group

found at the Topeka Zoological Park

**noelcmn** · 07-21-2017, 02:30 AM - **3 Likes**

Hoepoe I saw yesterday

RobG · 07-22-2017, 08:49 AM - **1 Like**

Australian Hobby by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

**aslyfox** · 07-23-2017, 04:15 AM

sometimes, if your memory is like mine at times, you will forget what your target was when taking the shot, so look close

the red flash is helpful on 3 and 4

1 and 3 - as is no crop or pp

2 and 4 cropped and pp

K 3 + SMC Pentax-DA L 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED + HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter

**noelcmn** · 07-23-2017, 04:21 AM - **2 Likes**

Looking into the neighbors yard

**aslyfox** · 07-25-2017, 04:04 PM

a mallard doing its best Bela Lugosi hidden face impression

K 3 + Smc PENTAX-DA L 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED + HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter

**noelcmn** · 07-26-2017, 02:21 AM - **1 Like**

Two brothers guarding an elephant carcass- Pilansberg National Park

**dadipentak** · 07-28-2017, 12:12 PM - **3 Likes**

In my neighbor's yard. I worry that this fawn is an orphan--at this age, a doe should be near but wasn't. I know I grumble about the deer but still...

**pepperberry farm** · 07-28-2017, 05:41 PM

**dadipentak** · 07-28-2017, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by noelcmn

Hoepoe I saw yesterday

So that's a hoepoe! There was a reference to hoepoes in a college production of Aristophanes' The Birds. For some reason, it was one of those mysteries which stuck with me--unsolved 'til now. From the photo, it certainly seems worthy of 50 years of low-level puzzlement. I could have looked it up I suppose, but it's more fun having the veil lifted this way.

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dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by noelcmn Hoepoe I saw yesterday So that's a hoepoe! There was a reference to hoepoes in a college production of Aristophanes' The Birds. For some reason, it was one of those mysteries which stuck with me--unsolved 'til now. From the photo, it certainly seems worthy of 50 years of low-level puzzlement. I could have looked it up I suppose, but it's more fun having the veil lifted this way.