Subject: [Tweeters] Great batch of images, new quiz shot on www.birdinfo.com
Date: Nov 29 14:18:57 2006
From: Michael Shepard - mgshepard at pacificcoast.net


Hi all,



An assortment of water birds are featured in the new "Seabirds in Flight"
quiz, accessible from http://www.birdinfo.com/birdquiz.html



Contributions from many photographers have been added to the web site over
the past few weeks. Some of the most interesting ones include,



A collection of breeding season shots of Red-necked Grebes and their young
(by Laure W. Neish):
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Images_R/Red-neckedGrebe_image.html

Bald Eagle harassing a Brown Pelican (by Tony Markle):
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Image_B/BrownPelican_0009.html

More gorgeous photos of Long-tailed Ducks (various photographers):
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Images_L/Long-tailedDuck_image.html

Displaying male Sharp-tailed Grouse (by Jared Hobbs):
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Images_S/Sharp-tailedGrouse_0002.html



Since my posting on November 8, other new images posted are of
MacGillivray's Warbler, Common Loon, House Wren, Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill,
Ferruginous Hawk, Greater Shearwater, Upland Sandpiper, Trumpeter Swan,
White-tailed Ptarmigan, Pelagic Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant,
American Pipit, Black Oystercatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sooty Grouse,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Tropical Kingbird, Wandering Tattler, Common
Merganser, Killdeer, Turkey Vulture, Savannah Sparrow, Brewer's Blackbird,
Red-winged Blackbird, Cassin's Finch, Dusky Grouse, Pine Grosbeak, Rock
Ptarmigan, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Merlin, Chipping Sparrow,
Bohemian Waxwing, Cedar Waxwing, Slaty-backed Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake,
Ruffed Grouse, Hoary Redpoll, Common Redpoll, Purple Finch, Black-belied
Plover, Bewick's Wren, King Eider, Black-backed Woodpecker, and Snowy Owl.



Thanks so much to photographers and critics Dave Beeke, Gary Davidson, Jamie
Fenneman, Jim Grant, Nathan Hamm, Stuart Healy, Jared Hobbs, Ralph Hocken,
Tony Markle, Laure W. Neish, Marie O'Shaughnessy, Chris Siddle, Richard
Stern, Jorma Tenovuo, Rick Toochin, Robert Worona, Mike Yip and Tim Zurowski
for their contributions.



All these images and the quiz can be accessed from
http://www.birdinfo.com/recentpostings.html



Cheers,



Michael G. Shepard

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