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This photo does a few things that I like.
The bird stands out from the background. This is helped by the background being mostly light monochrome colors and not a very busy background.
The Barn Swallow has deep colors that sets it apart form the rest of the scene.
Light is glinting off the Barn Swallows feathers.
Posture makes a difference. And the Barn Swallow with its wings back and tail to the side with tail feathers fanned out makes it interesting.
And the beep blue and orange colors are an interesting color combination on the bird.
Photo details: Nikon D300S. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal Length 420mm. ISO 400. 1/1250 sec. f/5.6.
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There are so many reasons to love birds.
Bright colors. Sharp beaks and talons. Enormous wingspans. Amazing acrobatics. Ability to catch prey.
Sometimes these features occur all in one creature.
One bird I really like is this tiny little drab colors bird, the Eastern Phoebe.
They are just un to watch
Eastern Phoebes are hyper active little birds. They do not sit still for long.
Moving from branch to branch. Exploding into flight to catch insects.
Then the cutest thing they do is in the moments they are perched they often have this tail wagging movement that for me always tells me that it is a Eastern Phoebe that I am watching.
I have seen them around my yard a lot this year, but never managed to capture any photos of them this year.
Photo details: Nikon D300S. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal Length 420mm. ISO 400. 1/500 sec. f/5.6.
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I love watching birds being birds.
Sometimes bird behavior mingles with humane life.
This Eastern Kingbird has come to rest on a bench built for humans to sit on at the park.
I like the imagery of a state park that exists for people to commune with nature.
And then the wildlife in the Eastern Kingbird takes place on a structure made by humans for humans.
Photo details: Nikon D300S. Nikon 300m f/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 400. 1/1250 sec. f/5.6.
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I love the view of this Rose-Breasted Grosbeak as it is about to lean in and take a piece of food from the birdfeeder.
The Rose-Breasted Grosbeak is another one of those birds that I’ve seldom seen for the most part.
Then all of a sudden one season I saw Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks a lot.
They were regular visitors to my backyard feeders for a season.
I had so many opportunities to watch them and photograph them.
More opportunities for photographs in one season than in all my other years photographing birds combined.
That’s one big reason I recommend bird feeders if you really want to have an opportunity to see more wildlife.
You never know what it will attract.
Photo details: Nikon D500. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 640. 1/1250 sec. f/5.6.
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Its hard not to like colorful birds.
When there is a burst of color at the bird feeder it can quite literally brighten up the day.
If you enjoy seeing wildlife. Set up a birdfeeder wherever you can.
If you want to photograph wildlife. Set up a birdfeeder wherever you can.
Photo details: Nikon D300S. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 400. 1/1000 sec. f/5.6.
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Some birds seem to be few and fare between.
Other birds are seen all the time.
Then there are birds that for some reason or another it seems to be that I have increasingly frequent sightings.
That is the case for Pine Siskins.
It was a long time before I saw my first Pine Siskin.
Then it just seemed over the years I have been seeing them with increasing frequency.
There are all sorts of possible reasons for this. But I am happy to be seeing them regularly.
They are nifty little birds to see around.
Photo details: Nikon D500. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 640. 1/2500/sec. f/5.6.
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The Northern Cardinal is probably one of the more well known bird species in my area.
They are known for their song and most significantly for their bright bold red color.
The bright red color is great. But for me it is all about the more subtle colors of the female Northern Cardinal.
I love the subtle brown color of the feathers that cover mosst of the body.
The brown is set off by red tips.
The beak is reddish. The tuft of feather atop the head is a dark red. Wings are highlighted with red. And the tail has red highlights.
This is one of my favorite color patterns in our local birds.
Photo details: Nikon D300S. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 400. 1/1600/sec. f/5.6.
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Beautiful light and a beautiful bird combine in this image.
I had never seen an Evening Grosbeak until all of a sudden I saw a lot of them.
I had more opportuinities to focus my phtogorapohy on a new species of bird than I almost ver get.
All this right at home. NAture is always full of surprises.
Photo details: Nikon D500. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 400. 1/800 sec. f/5.6.
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Some birds you see all the time. Some birds you see only a couple of times ever.
Common Redpolls are cool looking little finch type birds.
I have seen them on four occasions.
The last time I saw one was in 2013. I have not seen one since.
I love the little bits of dappled sunlight hitting the Redpoll in this photo.
Photo details: Nikon D300S. Nikon 300mm f/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 400. 1/1250 sec. f/5.6.
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Some birds are a constant if you are someone who notices birds. The American Goldfinch is one of those birds.
I love the sharp side light hitting the Goldfinch.
The blue sky in the background and the almost completely dark tree branches help the bird to stand out in the photos.
The light side vs the dark side of the bird is interesting as well.
Photo details: Nikon D500. Nikon 300mmf/4. Focal length 420mm. ISO 640. 1/6400 sec. f/5.6.
