Tom Grundy's Bird Pictures Page

As the title suggests, this page is for the birds, or more specifically the pictures of birds I have taken... As my cameras and lenses have gone from a point and shoot to a point and shoot with a better zoom to a Canon dslr with a cheapo 300mm zoom to a Pentax K5 with an ok 300 mm zoom to a Pentax K3 with a pretty good 150-500mm zoom the pics have gotten a bit better. Having a good vantage point or going to a target rich environment like the Salton Sea or Everglades doesn't hurt either...

My identifications are a hopefully educated guess and if you know better I am open for suggestions. Also some of the locations I am certain of, but for some of the older ones I am not so sure. If I haven't listed the location, then they are likely in or near the Owens Valley.

**crows mobbing a hawk**

**crows mobbing a hawk**

**crows mobbing a hawk**

**humming bird (flagstaff)**

**Mallard duck coming in for a landing**

**Mallard duck coming in for a landing**

**Mallard duck extending landing gear**

**Mallard duck landing**

**Raven on a raft in the Grand Canyon**

**Raven in the Grand Canyon**

**baby birds near Buckskin Gulch, AZ/UT**

**rooster head**

**Falcon**

**domestic Turkey**

**Nashville Warbler? (Kentucky)**

**Tufted Titmouse (Kentucky)**

**California condor flying**

**California condor flying**

**California condor flying**

**California condors on a ledge in the Grand Canyon**

**falcon**

**hawk in Florida**

**hawk in Tuolumne**

**Red-Tailed hawk**

**Hornbill in Thailand**

**gull attacking**

**Great Blue Heron with a fish (Flagstaff)**

**Turkey vulture at Devils Tower**

**Turkey vulture**

**Turkey vulture**

**Turkey vulture (Gold Wall, CA)**

**White-Faced ibis (Flagstaff)**

**hawk eating (Needham, MA)**

**hawk**

**hawk taking off**

**hawk and Kestrel**

**Ostrich head (Kuala Lumpur zoo)**

**Pigeon on Devils Tower**

**owl (if anyone knows what kind, I'd like to know)**

**owl (if anyone knows what kind, I'd like to know)**

**Shag or Cormorant (Ushuaia, Argentina)**

**House Finch**

**Osprey at New Melones Lake**

**Osprey at Mono Lake**

**yellow bird hiding in a willow**

**cropped in on yellow bird hiding in a willow (Wilson's Warbler)**

**American Coot**

**pre-birds in the alpine tundra**

**Black-Necked Stilt at the Salton Sea**

**Bullock's Oriole**

**Canada Goose head**

**Flicker**

**female Western Tanager**

**flying Great Blue Heron (Moab, UT)**

**Common or American Egret head**

**flying hawk**

**flying hawk battle**

**flying White-Faced Ibis**

**Lesser Goldfinch**

**flying Magnificent Frigatebird (Bahamas)**

**Marsh Wren**

**Mocking Bird**

**cropped in on Mocking Bird**

**Phainopepla (Imperial NWR)**

**Ring-Necked Ducks**

**rufous-sided towhee (evidently these have been split into Spotted and Eastern Towhee, this is a Spotted)**

**Spotted Towhee**

**Violet-Green Swallow channels a fat penguin on a Mono Lake tufa iceberg**

**Violet-Green Swallow prepares to take off**

**Western Tanager**

**Verdin (Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR)**

**Wren**

**Yellow-Throat**

**Yellow-Headed Blackbird**

**Cactus Wren - at Red Rocks near Vegas**

**White-Crowned Sparrow - at Red Rocks near Vegas**

**Audubon's Warbler**

**Red-Shouldered Hawk**

**Black-throated Gray Warbler**

**White Pelican and Double-crested Cormorant. pelicans sure seem like pterosaurs**

**Mallard Duckling - one of 19**

**and another duckling**

**Western Tanager in a cherry tree**

**Kea - New Zealand mountain parrot - Hump Ridge, South Island, NZ**

**Raven - a rescue raven**

**Eared Grebe**

**Wilson's Warbler (female?)**

**Tibetan Snowcock (near Gorakshep, Nepal)**

**Tibetan Snowcock (near Gorakshep, Nepal)**

**hawk**

**Bufflehead male**

**American Widgeon**

**Mallard duck on thin ice**

**California Quail**

**California Quail**

**Red-Tailed hawk**

**Red-Tailed hawk**

**hawk**

**high altitude hawk (over 14,000ft)**

**Red-Shouldered hawk**

**Red-Shouldered hawk flying**

**Mute Swan (Needham, Ma)**

**hawk**

**Roadrunner**

**Great Blue Heron preparing for landing**

**Great Blue Heron landing on a branch**

**Great Blue Heron couple on nest**

**Red-Tailed hawk above**

**Red-Tailed hawk aborting a landing**

**Osprey overhead**

**owl and raven**

**owl 0, raven 1 - note feathers flying**

**great horned owls in an old mine in the tungsten hills**

**a red-tailed hawk with probably a gopher snake**

bald eagle

cropped in on bald eagle head

The next series of pics are from the west coast of Florida

**Brown Pelican with a fish**

**Red-breasted Merganser female**

**Red-breasted Merganser male**

The next series of pics are from the Everglades - Shark Valley

**Anhinga or snake-bird "drying" itself in the rain**

**Anhinga or snake-bird**

**Turkey Vulture**

**Roseate Spoonbill**

**Purple Gallinule**

**Purple Gallinule in a tree**

**Green Heron**

**wading Great Blue Heron**

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