Winged Wednesday 4/13/2022

[Eric Gofreed]

My contribution for today's Winged Wednesday is the second series of five Columbian tanager photos. Tanagers are usually brightly colored birds that have short rounded wings and bills that evolved for their foraging niche. Males are brighter than females. Tanagers are primarily found in the Neotropical region ( Central America, the Caribbean, and South America). We have five species in North America (six if we count bananaquits). Tanagers represent 4% of the world's bird species and 12% of the Neotropic bird species.

Black-capped tanager

Golden Tanager

Blue-necked tanager

Crimson-backed tanager

Golden-hooded tanager

 

[Douglas Sherman]

The colors on these birds are astounding, Eric. Your photographic skills make them even more so.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Coots are definitely not colourful. Not found in the Americas, they are slightly smaller than a mallard and for most of the year are frankly boring. At this time of the year however both sexes become incredibly aggressive and for no reason that I can work out will launch themselves across 100s of feet of pond to attack another coot or duck, only swans seem immune to attack. They are poor flyers but run across the surface with wings whirring and raucous calls to land on another bird. I have neither the skill nor the equipment to capture them properly but here are the best from this week. They also have the most unfortunate looking chicks, this image from last year. Ken

 

[Joe Colozzo]

Fantastic set Eric each and every one of them are beautiful.

Fanatstic Coot shots Ken!

 

[Joe Colozzo]

Royal tern, Laughing Gull and Ruddy Turnstone.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

The colors on these birds are astounding, Eric. Your photographic skills make them even more so.

Thank you Doug

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Coots are definitely not colourful. Not found in the America's, they are slightly smaller than a mallard and for most of the year are frankly boring. At this time of the year however both sexes become incredibly aggressive and for no reason that I can work out will launch themselves across 100's of feet of pond to attack another coot or duck, only swans seem immune to attack. They are poor flyers but run across the surface with wings whirring and raucous calls to land on another bird. I have neither the skill nor the equipment to capture them properly but her are the best from this week. They also have the most unfortunate looking chicks, this image from last year. Ken
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great coot series, Ken. I do like to watch them run on the water

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Royal tern, Laughing Gull and Ruddy Turnstone.
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great shots, Joe.

 

[AlanLichty]

Great shots so far - mine will likely lower the bar with more Birds on a Beach in the form of more sea gulls feeding near a creek flowing into the surf.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Eric. what a wonderful set of tanagers.

I have an eagle just touching the water for a fish pick up. This is from Lake Coeur d' Alene Idaho in 2005 using a Canon 20D and a 500f4+1.4 ext

 

[Amy Nelson]

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Eric. what a wonderful set of tanagers.

I have an eagle just touching the water for a fish pick up. This is from Lake Coeur d' Alene Idaho in 2005 using a Canon 20D and a 500f4+1.4 ext

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that's a fine shot, Ben!!!

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I had to work in the yard today, so I am late to the party. My contributions are some birds that like to fish in shallow water from Florida.

Great Egret Portrait.

Black Crowned Night Heron.

Green Heron

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Three great heron photos, Douglas