Mike McKenzie
09-18-2011, 02:35 PM
I spent the last couple of days out in the yard learnin' with my new zoom lens, gettin' ready for this Fall....
Here a few Nuthatches for Ed Wahl, who I've heard likes 'em. These suckers are hard to shoot because they NEVER sit still!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Nuthatch1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Nuthatch2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Nuthatch.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/NuthatchA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Upsidedown2.jpg
A couple of the woodpecker types...
Acorn Woodpecker
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/AcornWoodpecker-1.jpg
Here's one makin' off with his booty...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Offwiththebooty.jpg
A Ladder-Backed Woodpecker
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Ladderbacked.jpg
This (I think) is a surprise shot of the good kind..Mourning Dove
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Dove3.jpg
A male Allen's Hummer
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Hummer1361.jpg
From the bottom up...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/HummerBottom.jpg
Female Allen's Hummer...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Hummer.jpg
This Scrub Jay lords it over his territory..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/ScrubJay.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Blueonblue.jpg
Red Shouldered hawk givin' everything the "eye"..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/RedShoulderedHawk.jpg
Female Western Tanager..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/FemaleWesternTanager2.jpg
Here's a young of the year Blue Bird gettin' it's "grown-up" feathers...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Bluebird2.jpg
This last Bird is of the U.S. Marine Corps type.... A UH-Y1 that flew by yesterday and was almost gone before I could get out from under the trees...Semper Fi, brothers!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/USMC.jpg
Mike
Here a few Nuthatches for Ed Wahl, who I've heard likes 'em. These suckers are hard to shoot because they NEVER sit still!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Nuthatch1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Nuthatch2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Nuthatch.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/NuthatchA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Upsidedown2.jpg
A couple of the woodpecker types...
Acorn Woodpecker
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/AcornWoodpecker-1.jpg
Here's one makin' off with his booty...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Offwiththebooty.jpg
A Ladder-Backed Woodpecker
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Ladderbacked.jpg
This (I think) is a surprise shot of the good kind..Mourning Dove
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Dove3.jpg
A male Allen's Hummer
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Hummer1361.jpg
From the bottom up...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/HummerBottom.jpg
Female Allen's Hummer...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Hummer.jpg
This Scrub Jay lords it over his territory..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/ScrubJay.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Blueonblue.jpg
Red Shouldered hawk givin' everything the "eye"..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/RedShoulderedHawk.jpg
Female Western Tanager..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/FemaleWesternTanager2.jpg
Here's a young of the year Blue Bird gettin' it's "grown-up" feathers...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Bluebird2.jpg
This last Bird is of the U.S. Marine Corps type.... A UH-Y1 that flew by yesterday and was almost gone before I could get out from under the trees...Semper Fi, brothers!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/USMC.jpg
Mike