More Yard Birds

[flyrod98 0]

Blue Jay and Sparrow

 

The Blue Jays really like the unsalted peanuts

 

 

Looking For Aliens

 

Deleted the forth photo. After looking at it today, I didn't like it. Looked like a stuffed lifeless bird with out a catch light in the eye.

[smallieFanatic 0]

Super photos. Love the first shot!

[BigDaddyHub 0]

jays are suckers for peanuts...used to keep a stash of cheap off brand dry roasted nuts around just for the jays in the winter...Growing up in the hardwood forests of Appalachia yielded tremendous bird watching oppportunities....My aunt was a professional photographer and in a wheelchair. Some of her most popular and nationally sought after prints were taken from her bedroom window where she had a feeder attached to the sill. Most people thought the photos were taken deep in the woods...but I digress...beautiful shots. the pic of the sparrow is crisp and accents the bird's aerodynamic lines.

[navigator37 0]

Awesome shots!

We have loads of squirrels around our place now.

Gotta shoot them sometime too.

[flyrod98 0]

Blue Jays were about the only bird around when I wanted to try out a new Manfrotto 393 gimbal type tripod head, aka the poor mans Wimberly. It is really going to make it easier for me to get on birds quickly from my chair.

 

Blue Jay in Late Evening light.

 

[Tybugs1 0]

Hi Flyrod

 

All really nice photos on the yard birds. All really good close ups. Nice shots!

[flyrod98 0]

Got out with the camera for the first time in 2010. This male house finch posed for a shot or two. They are already starting to get dressed up for the girls but this guy needs to clean up his beak. Thanks, everyone for the comments on the earlier shots.

 

[flyrod98 0]

Seeing Steeldrifter's photo of the Downy Woodpecker reminded me I have a couple of firsts for me to add to the collection.

 

First the Black Capped Chickadee

 

A Red Breasted Nuthatch. These little guys are like little rockets. The zoom in grab a couple of seeds and they are outta there.

 

[letumgo 0]

I love your photo William. You've got a great eye for capturing their beauty.

[BigDaddyHub 0]

Tremendous photographs! Loving this thread!

[Gustav F. 0]

Ahh, I love birds and particularly the smaller ones. Please keep updating the thread, I really enjoy it. Great pics!

[flyrod98 0]

A couple of new birds for me to observe and photograph.

 

First a couple of shots of the Black-headed Grosbeak

 

 

Then this little guy with a high cute factor - A Chipping Sparrow

[SearchingSolitude 0]

You guys are pulling out the cameras when you should be pulling out the BB guns...Soft Hackles anyone?? $10 bounty for the first DEAD Blue Jay pic posted!!

 

:hyst:

[flyrod98 0]

The bully of our feeders. . . The Common Grackle. I wonder how some of those iridescent feathers would look on a fly?

 

[flyrod98 0]

My spring and summer birding hasn't amounted to much this year. My old hide isn't as tough as it used to be and I am bothered by sores on my arse. I did make one drive to the Poudre River trail. These are the keepers I came away with.

 

This was a new bird for me. The Lark Sparrow

 

A Western Kingbird

 

A Bullocks Oriole

 

A Great Blue Heron. I was really lucky to spot this bird, but I got so excited and didn't pay attention and cut its toes and foot off at the bottom of the frame.