Your Best Shot Of The Day

[stitch58]

Thanks Greyhawk95 for setting this up. Going to start out by replicating some of the threads from Whatbird.

A Le Conte's Sparrow I saw recently;

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[Charlie Spencer]

NIce bird but how did you post the image? The 'Insert URL' button does post a working link, but the 'Insert Image' returns a broken 'Image' icon. Attempting to paste did nothing.

Thanks.

[Greyhawk]

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[Greyhawk]

NIce bird but how did you post the image? The 'Insert URL' button does post a working link, but the 'Insert Image' returns a broken 'Image' icon. Attempting to paste did nothing.

See the attachment tab at the bottom left when you post. After you upload the file, it will give you the option of placing inline.

[stitch58]

NIce bird but how did you post the image? The 'Insert URL' button does post a working link, but the 'Insert Image' returns a broken 'Image' icon. Attempting to paste did nothing.

Thanks.

Yes I did post the picture. It shows up for me so not sure what's going on. I'll try posting it again. Let me know if it wors for you.

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[Charlie Spencer]

Yes I did post the picture. It shows up for me so not sure what's going on. I'll try posting it again. Let me know if it wors for you.

My apologies for my imprecise post. I was describing what happened during my first attempts to post a photo, not the results of your post. Your photos are appearing correctly.

[Michael Long]

Western Gull choking down a starfish
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[Aidan B]

We are so Back!!!!!! Thanks for setting this up Greyhawk!

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[stitch58]

Western Gull choking down a starfish
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Great shot!!

[stitch58]

I'm laid up right now from knee replacement surgery so have to go back a few weeks for newer shots. Ash-throated Flycatcher.

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[Lonestranger]

We are so Back!!!!!! Thanks for setting this up Greyhawk!

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Western Gull choking down a starfish
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Nice shots guys. I am curious about your methods of attaching the images from the Macaulay Library. If it's not too much to ask, could you guys provide a detailed walkthrough of your procedure, for those of us trying to learn the different methods.

[Kevin]

Lifer/rare Short-eared Owl!

[Kevin]

We are so Back!!!!!! Thanks for setting this up Greyhawk!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/644544898

Western Gull choking down a starfish
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/648216044

Nice shots guys. I am curious about your methods of attaching the images from the Macaulay Library. If it's not too much to ask, could you guys provide a detailed walkthrough of your procedure, for those of us trying to learn the different methods.

Drag the photo into the bare at the top in macaulay, then copy and come here to open up the reply page, select the insert image at the top of the text box(the mountain and sun icon), click that then paste in the middle.

[Charlie Spencer]

have to go back a few weeks for newer shots.

I always interpreted 'Best Shot of the Day' as 'Best Shot You'll Post Today', not "Best Shot You Took Today'.

[Lonestranger]

Drag the photo into the bare at the top in macaulay, then copy and come here to open up the reply page, select the insert image at the top of the text box(the mountain and sun icon), click that then paste in the middle.

That method, which works for me, loads my image from the cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/ part of the site, but differs from the Macaulay Library attachments that Aidan B and Michael Long have shared. For some reason, putting the Macaulay link in using the Insert Image method leaves me with a broken image icon, pasting the Macaulay URL into the message doesn't work either. To clarify, the URL on it's own works as a hyperlink, but it doesn't work loading the image. See below.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/611373760



Edit: Out of range Bullocks Oriole from Nov 2023

I think I've got it figured out. I clicked and dragged the photo right out of the Macaulay tab and over to the WhatBirdisThat tab and then dropped it right into the already open message box. Dragging and dropping directly in the message box eliminates a few copy and paste steps for those interested in efficiency.

Edit: I may have had a Chair-Keyboard Interface problem. Going to remove the Attachment and try dragging and dropping again.

[Charlie Spencer]

For some reason, putting the Macaulay link in using the Insert Image method leaves me with a broken image icon, pasting the Macaulay URL into the message doesn't work either.

That's what I was describing back on page 1. I haven't tried from Mac since, and the only photo I've posted was directly from a file. I'll try @kevin 's suggestion.

[Braxton L]

American Coot against misty golden sunrise

[Lonestranger]

Drag the photo into the bare at the top in macaulay, then copy and come here to open up the reply page, select the insert image at the top of the text box(the mountain and sun icon), click that then paste in the middle.

That method, which works for me, loads my image from the cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/ part of the site, but differs from the Macaulay Library attachments that Aidan B and Michael Long have shared. For some reason, putting the Macaulay link in using the Insert Image method leaves me with a broken image icon, pasting the Macaulay URL into the message doesn't work either. To clarify, the URL on it's own works as a hyperlink, but it doesn't work loading the image. See below.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/611373760



Edit: Out of range Bullocks Oriole from Nov 2023

I think I've got it figured out. I clicked and dragged the photo right out of the Macaulay tab and over to the WhatBirdisThat tab and then dropped it right into the already open message box. Dragging and dropping directly in the message box eliminates a few copy and paste steps for those interested in efficiency.

Edit: I may have had a Chair-Keyboard Interface problem. Going to remove the Attachment and try dragging and dropping again.

I noticed that dragging an eBird photo from Macaulay to the URL bar opens the photo on a Cornell page with a '/2400' size restriction at the end of the URL. Dragging the same image to the URL bar directly from my checklist loaded what seemed to be the same Cornell URL with a '/900' size restriction on the end. Just wanted to share that dragging an image into the URL bar may result in varying file/photo sizes depending on where you're viewing that image from. If the size restriction on the end doesn't meet your needs, try dragging the photo to the URL bar from a different page. I tried changing the size restriction manually but that didn't work for me. Just an observation that probably won't matter but might be handy to know if you're up against tight file size restrictions.

[GracesWarbler]

American Coot against misty golden sunrise

Fantastic atmosphere on this one! It's always nice to see birds in their environment.

Also, hi folks! This is GracesWarbler from WhatBird. Nice to see a new site. Here's a photo from November: a Song Sparrow in the windy morning light of western NC. I made a bird calendar for friends and family last year, and this was the December picture.

[HamRHead]

[Greyhawk]

County first Short-eared Owl from Jan 5

What county would that be, if you don't mind saying?

By the way, I encourage everybody to put a location in their profiles. Not a requirement, but it would be nice to have an idea where the membership is located generally.

[HamRHead]

This was in Burke County, GA. As it turned out, there were actually two birds. Neighboring Richmond County has had at least one, maybe two, Short-eared Owl reports. The next closest eBird reports are close to 100 miles in any direction.

[Michael Long]

Very happy with this, my best ever views of a Canvasback
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[Charlie Spencer]

Great Blue Heron. My backyard, Brunswick County, southern coast of NC. November 2025

I don't think I posted this one on Whatbird before it crashed. If so, I apologize for putting it up again. I'm sure we all have some degree of backlog to work through.

[Kevin]

I also just got my lifer short-eared owl here in Texas last week.

[Aidan B]

Leucistic California Towhee from recently.

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[aveschapinas]

From yesterday, one of my favorite daily visitors:

Male Rivoli's Hummingbird

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[Charlie Spencer]

Saltmarsh Sparrow. Huntington Beach SP, Georgetown SC. Dec 2025. https://ebird.org/checklist/S288114727

Photo lifer from a trip with South Carolina Wildlife Federation in early Dec '25. I saw my lifer on the 2024 trip but didn't get photos then.

[stitch58]

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[Braxton L]

Townsend’s Warbler
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