Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Yellow Bottom

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After watching the diving Cormorant and the sunning alligator I finally looked up and discovered this little fellow. He refused to look at me.

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I liked his little yellow bum but I really wanted to see his shining face.

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Is he going to turn around?

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Finally he peeked at me momentarily. I have no idea what he's called - a yellow rumped something or other?

16 comments:

  1. That's it!!! A Yellow Rump! I've heard of them! :)

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  2. Never mind what he's called, you captured him well!

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  3. Isn't he sweet. For a moment I thought he might be the same as the bird that I just posted, but they are a bit different.

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  4. I think we have those too. :) Good job. He´s a cute little fellow!

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  5. "Does this yellow make my butt look big?"

    No idea what s/he might be. I'm even more orinthologically challenged than botanically challenged. Love the photos though!

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  6. I have no idea, either, but he sure is cute.

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  7. It's always the way with animals isn't it? I know that my cats, who should be more amenable to photos, either turn away when they see me approaching camera in hand, or start cleaning their 'bits'! :D Glad your patience paid off - that's a lovely photo.

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  8. So cute little fellow and great colours in your photos! :)

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  9. In the second from last photo I think I see an airplane in the distance......

    Great shots!

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  10. Apparently there are two subspecies -- one has the broken eye ring. As seen in your capture. Female.

    I was out birding two weeks ago and ran into a migrating flock of male yellow rumped (migrating through the valley).
    Their colors were primed for courtship and I was quite shocked at their flamboyance.

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  11. Wonderful captures of this little creature. I like your bird photos Lisa.

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  12. Sometimes if we wait they DO turn around for us.

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  13. I think it's a pine siskin - the males have yellow tipped wings - and it kind of looks like that's the tip of the wing and not the rump. All of the other markings match the siskin. :)

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  14. A yellow rumped warbler I believe! What a beauty!

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  15. Did I name this bird? If I named birds, they would all have obvious names like this one.

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  16. Hi Lisa! Pretty sure this gal is a female palm warbler. Warblers get pretty tough to identify sometimes (I still have issues...) Yellow-rumped warblers have white on the crissum (where this one is yellow) and yellow on the flanks (the side). Nice shots - warblers are tough little guys to photograph!

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