HamRHead Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: If that is the eye... where is the beak? Haha the red marker obliterated they actual eye. I think the eye is above the red circle, and the beak is a little lower to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) I think the eye is above the red circle, and the beak is a little lower to the right. I think your "eye" and "beak" are part of the wing. The bird is flying away from the camera on picture 1. Edited March 6, 2020 by Jefferson Shank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Where's its bill? Assuming we can see an eye, we should be able to see a bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: I think your "eye" and "beak" are part of the wing. The bird is flying away from the camera on picture 1. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 If that is the eye... where is the beak? Where's its bill? Assuming we can see an eye, we should be able to see a bill. That's what I wondered too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: I think your "eye" and "beak" are part of the wing. The bird is flying away from the camera on picture 1. Away????? Not left to right? If that isn't the leading edge of the right wing, with the primaries pointing down, then I have been up too long and don't have a clue what I'm looking at again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Could someone lighten the photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Okay, maybe I've just had a long day at work but if that blob in the upper right of the second photo is a bird, I'm John James Audubon. And what's that white sail-looking thing in the first photo? 3 hours ago, HamRHead said: I'm pretty sure that blob in the upper right of the second photo is a narwhal. Habitat is a bit off but everything else fits. You guys made me laugh so hard! ? But seriously, these are obviously game cam type photos with the shutter speed too slow to catch a bird in flight (especially when being chased by sasquatch) - hence the hideous distortions. ? I'm pretty sure you have two shots of the same bird heading towards the upper right and away - taken a few seconds apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 My take on it before reading anything was that in the first picture there is an owl flying left to right But there is some mysterious UFO floating above it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 If I open this thread again, would y'all please smear me with offal and stake me out for the vultures? Thank you. You're most kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 9 hours ago, HamRHead said: Could someone lighten the photo? Quick and dirty attempt to get some more detail but trail cam pics (with a time stamp of Jan 5, 2012?) so......may confuse things even more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 I think it is an American Robin. The tail on the first photo fits with an American Robin and the way the wings are folded on the second photo is just like an American Robin. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: I think it is an American Robin. The tail on the first photo fits with an American Robin and the way the wings are folded on the second photo is just like an American Robin. Yep, robin was my first impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerri Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Could the streak perhaps be a feather? As it flew by one floated off and the trail cam has a small time elapse to cause the weird photo effect? It does remind me of a flying wig with the curly feathers at the back lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim W Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 I took a crack at brightening the picture. Doesn't really look like an American Robin to me... but I'll defer to the experts. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 This thread needs to be saved forever in an archive somewhere 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome55dove Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 I have no comment on the ''bird blob'' but is it possible that the ''floating'' object is a smear on the camera lens, maybe bird splatter? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 The photo is a result of refresh rate I believe. The smear is the bird's wing, just in a different position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, lonesome55dove said: I have no comment on the ''bird blob'' but is it possible that the ''floating'' object is a smear on the camera lens, maybe bird splatter? ? Wouldn't it be present in the second photo? 28 minutes ago, Melierax said: The photo is a result of refresh rate I believe. The smear is the bird's wing, just in a different position. If that was the case,wouldn't the rest of the bird be present too? Hey, stop that! Get your head out of my spleen! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 29 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: If that was the case,wouldn't the rest of the bird be present too? No... if I'm right it's essentially taking a double exposure because the bird's wings are too fast. So it got the bird's body in one spot but the wings are in separate spots across the image. Does that make sense? Probably not. Oh well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) I think we can say with certainty that it is NOT an American Robin, those primaries are far too broad. I like Great Horned Owl here. Also, OP said "crow size or larger" Edited March 6, 2020 by AlexHenry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerri Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, AlexHenry said: I like Great Horned Owl here. Hmmm Owl might explain the missing beak (flat face?) @Charlie Spencer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 39 minutes ago, AlexHenry said: Also, OP said "crow size or larger" That assumes the OP is an accurate judge of size, one of the more deceiving observable properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 38 minutes ago, AlexHenry said: I like Great Horned Owl here. And the sparrow (?) just sits by a a Great Horned Owl flies by? I was thinking Dark-eyed Junco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 I think that the bird in both photos is flying away. And that the suposed bill is it's tail. It seems to long and thin to be any thing but a hummers bill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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