I made an east coast trip to see family and the eclipse, and I also saw a few lifer common east coast birds.
The lifers were American Tree Sparrow, Red-breasted Merganser, and Swamp Sparrow (all of which have eluded me here in Oregon), Common Grackle (I've seen them many times, but this was my first eBird sighting and first photos), Eastern Phoebe (of which I got a quick but clear binocular view), and Great-tailed Grackle (out of an airport window in Phoenix).
My favorite bird photos of the trip are of the breeding plumage Great Egret, which I don't think I've photographed before.
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My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
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8:25AM Sunday April 07, 2024
American Tree Sparrow
8:25AM Sunday April 07, 2024
American Tree Sparrow, American Goldfinch
8:26AM Sunday April 07, 2024
American Tree Sparrow, American Goldfinch
4:05PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:05PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:05PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:05PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:05PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:06PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Bonaparte's Gull
4:07PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Bonaparte's Gull
4:08PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Bonaparte's Gull
4:08PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-bellied Woodpecker
4:08PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-bellied Woodpecker
4:08PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-bellied Woodpecker
4:10PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Double-crested Cormorant
4:11PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Herring Gull
4:11PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Common Merganser
4:12PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:12PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:13PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:13PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:13PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
4:13PM Sunday April 07, 2024
Red-breasted Merganser
9:11AM Monday April 08, 2024
Hairy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker
9:11AM Monday April 08, 2024
Northern Cardinal
10:42AM Monday April 08, 2024
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
10:42AM Monday April 08, 2024
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
10:53AM Monday April 08, 2024
Swamp Sparrow
10:53AM Monday April 08, 2024
Swamp SparrowLifer Swamp Sparrow! I was only able to locate it because of its singing, and I'm also assuming it's a male.
10:53AM Monday April 08, 2024
Swamp Sparrow
10:53AM Monday April 08, 2024
Swamp Sparrow
8:32AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Chipping Sparrow
8:33AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Chipping Sparrow
8:33AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
White-throated Sparrow
8:33AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Chipping Sparrow
11:06AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Osprey
11:34AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Common Grackle
11:34AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Common Grackle
11:34AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Common Grackle
11:43AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
American Robin
11:46AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Great Egret
11:46AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Great EgretI combined a bit of another frame to complete the edge of the bird's right wing. I also used Photoshop's "Generative Expand" feature to add the necessary new sky pixels, and Topaz Sharpen to help sharpen up the edges of the merged wing pixels.
11:46AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Great EgretI combined a bit of another frame to complete the edge of the bird's right wing. I also used Photoshop's "Generative Expand" feature to add the necessary new sky pixels, and Topaz Sharpen to help sharpen up the edges of the merged wing pixels.
11:46AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Great EgretThis shot is a bit more in focus than the previous one, but the top of the wing is clipped by the edge of the frame.
11:46AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Great EgretI also used Photoshop's "Generative Expand" feature on this shot to give the bird a little more space in the frame. It worked fine but I had to do some blending to hide the seam between the real and generated pixels.
11:46AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Great Egret
11:48AM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Bonaparte's Gull
2:37PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Osprey
2:37PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Osprey
3:18PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
American Goldfinch
3:19PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
American Goldfinch
6:45PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Northern Cardinal
6:46PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Blue Jay
6:46PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Blue Jay
6:46PM Wednesday April 10, 2024
Blue Jay
3:01PM Thursday April 11, 2024
Northern Cardinal
3:01PM Thursday April 11, 2024
Northern Cardinal
3:01PM Thursday April 11, 2024
Northern Cardinal
3:01PM Thursday April 11, 2024
Northern Cardinal
3:01PM Thursday April 11, 2024
Northern CardinalThis male seemed to be doing some sort of display behavior directed at another male Cardinal on the ground below. Unfortunately these photos were taken through a window, and a tree branch is in the way in some of these shots in the foreground. Maybe future machine learning software would fix these shots.
3:01PM Thursday April 11, 2024
Northern Cardinal
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