Mulberry Trees and what they attract! And some spawners in the pond.

[Mike McKenzie]

Here's a few pictures of what's been going on out my computer room window for the last month! Birds gorging their-selves on Mulberries
Female Phainopepla's...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/FPP1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/femalePhainopepla.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/FPPHDR.jpg

Males too...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/Male1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/PP1A.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/Untitled.jpg
The males are all black with white patches on their wings and are really pretty but it's an almost impossible shot to get. The move a lot faster than me or my camera!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/PPHDR1.jpg

Then there's the Western Tanagers...
Males....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/WesternTaniger1A.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/WesternTaniger3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/WesternTaniger4HDR.jpg

And the females....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/FWesterntaniger2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Birds/FwesternTaniger1HDR.jpg

See jbird, we have pretty birds out here too! :D

Went down to a local pond the other day and ran into some spawners...
Red Ear on the beds...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Ponds/RedEar2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Ponds/RedEar1.jpg

A couple of nice LMB's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Ponds/LMB.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Ponds/LMB2.jpg

Mike

[Darian]

Love photo's of birds in flight.... Keep 'em coming. :D

[Kneedeep]

Nice shots!
What camera are photographing with?

[Larry S]

Thanks, Mike. Great variety! I've always wondered where that hair style
came from.
Best,
Larry S

[jbird]

Great shots! That Phainopeplas is a new species for me. Very interesting with the red eye.
I sure miss those tanagers. Southern Oregon was just thick with em. Our tanagers here are the Scarlet Tanagers and I have yet to see one.

Those fish shots do make me want to dig out my fishing gear :-)

[Mike McKenzie]

Nice shots!
What camera are photographing with?

Those were all shot with a Canon T2i and a 70-200MM 2.8 L IS ll Lens...

Mike