Birding and Bird Photography

black throated grey warbler caught him whilst hunting that western tanager.

 

another from my kayak..

 

Last guy left on his own. His siblings left yesterday.

 

Hooded Crow and Lesser Whitethroat seen in early May in Tallinn, Estonia.

 

Double-breasted cormorant & sooty shearwaters seen cruising out of Newport last week. Also, duck.

 

Baby wood duck and a yellow warbler

 

Couple of owls here at the house in AZ...

 

Red-shoulders (?) near the death-row Ziggurat building in Laguna Niguel.

 

Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh this morning.

 

black vulture

 

A few from this week. First two are with my 100-400 lens, and the last two are from my new 600mm F4 that I was playing around with last night. So far it is an impressive lens.
Common Yellow throat.

Western Meadowlark

Double crested cormorant


And a butterfly.

 

Knocked a few more species of my list for the year this morning. Only ten more to go to 100!

 

Wow, very nice!!!

 

Stumbled upon a couple shots this weekend.
Mountain Blue Bird


Great Horned Owl

 

Pulled over to capture this fella.

 

A week in Montana was fruitful.
Clarks Nutcracker

Horned Lark

Chipping Sparrow with an incoming female Mountain Bluebird

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Red Tailed Hawk

Western Tanager


Osprey


Golden Eagle or juvi baldy?


Bald Eagle

 

Thanks! The new lens is taking some practice but the results speak for themselves. Most of all I e certainly been lucky with some of the close encounters.