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By MDB8
#87209
I like catching birds doing things I don't normally see. So yawning photos, etc., are fine with me. But the Marsh Wren blooper is more like my bloopers. My most recent one is a shot of some branches in a tree where a Boreal Chickadee had been sitting prior to my shutter release. An older one is of a shrub where a White-eyed Vireo had been sitting prior to my shutter release. Despite waiting for some time, I never obtained another photographical view of these birds. I don't keep such images.

Another type of blooper is a lucky photo, one I wasn't expecting. When I first started taking bird images, I had no experience with which to judge an uncommon occurrence. If I saw something, I assumed I would see it again and get another opportunity. Well, it often didn't turn out that way. For example, while at Blackie Spit in 2009, I was watching a raptor which at the time I didn't recognize. It was a Peregrine Falcon, sitting not far from me. As I was lining up the photo, another raptor attacked it. Never since then have I seen a Northern Harrier attack a Peregrine. (Later the same day, I spotted the Harrier sitting on a snag and the Peregrine returned the favour.)

Older photos, saved in smaller size (I keep full size TIFFs in a large server.) I couldn't find these photos on my Flickr account, so posted them now to Flickr.

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A good kind of blooper....
#87210
I've seen that same thing take place at Boundary Bay/104th St.! There is a tree right at the corner that the falcons like, and in my case the Peregrine actually held its own and didn't leave the perch, but it did endure a kick in the head or two from the female Harrier.

I saw another first a couple of days ago, which was a falcon of some sort (probably Peregrine) taking out a shorebird (probably a Dunlin). The victim made a large SMACK as it hit the mud, and the falcon took off (presumably planning to come back for it later).
By Garym
#87230
On one of my first forays into the world of birding and photography, I happened
to be focused on a Hooded Merganser when he got too close to a Grebe's nest
and was unceremoniously ejected. I thought his expression was priceless.
Gary Magnusson

ImageGrebe3 by
Gary Magnusson, on Flickr
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