Yard Bird

[wsmith96]

I recently picked up a refurb 60D and have been terrorizing all of the animals in my front yard with it. Here are few of my guests who join me and my family every night for dinner. What birds do you see in your yards?

Taken with a 70-200 2.8 MkII.

 

[TeT]

Yard Bird...

 

[Menace]

In our back yard.

 

[GaryJ]

Eastern Spinebill,closest we get to humming birds

 

[cervantes]

This pair of goldfinches nested in my backyard a couple of weeks ago - until they were killed and the nest destroyed by a weasel .

 

[HankMD]

In our back yard.

Nice shot, Menace! Where I live your yard would qualify as a zoo :

 

[Don Haines]

I guess I'm pretty lucky.....I did a count of the species that I have photographed in and around the yard and came up with 88 different species. These are shots from this year of the ones that I can count on being around most of the time....

 

[Don Haines]

and continued...

 

[wopbv4]

Some in my backyard

 

[wsmith96]

Yard Bird...

The true definition of yard bird

 

[wsmith96]

In our back yard.

Great picture Menace! I like how the bird flying on the right appears to be pushing the other one out of the way.

 

[wsmith96]

I guess I'm pretty lucky.....I did a count of the species that I have photographed in and around the yard and came up with 88 different species. These are shots from this year of the ones that I can count on being around most of the time....

What camera/lens combo were you using for these? These are awesome shots!

 

[Don Haines]

I guess I'm pretty lucky.....I did a count of the species that I have photographed in and around the yard and came up with 88 different species. These are shots from this year of the ones that I can count on being around most of the time....

What camera/lens combo were you using for these? These are awesome shots!

They were all shot with a 60D and either the 70-200F4IS lens or the Tamron 150-600 lens. I had a hunting blind set up so they got closer than they normally would.... the wood ducks are particularly shy, while the chickadees will eat out of your hand.

 

[IslanderMV]

Thank goodness for keywords in Lightroom. It was fun going back over "Yardbirds"

attached are a few,

PS. Here are the REAL Yardbirds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuQPTzuof4

 

[Menace]

In our back yard.

Great picture Menace! I like how the bird flying on the right appears to be pushing the other one out of the way.

Thanks. I was hiding under a makeshift hide using some bed linen.

 

[serendipidy]

A few from my yard.

Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) by EricJ777, on Flickr

Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) by EricJ777, on Flickr

Commom Waxbill in Octopus Tree by EricJ777, on Flickr

Juvenile BCN Heron by EricJ777, on Flickr

Red-crested Cardinals by EricJ777, on Flickr

Pacific Golden Plover by EricJ777, on Flickr

My Heron Fishing Pal by EricJ777, on Flickr

 

[Menace]

A few from my yard.

Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) by EricJ777, on Flickr

Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) by EricJ777, on Flickr

Commom Waxbill in Octopus Tree by EricJ777, on Flickr

Juvenile BCN Heron by EricJ777, on Flickr

Red-crested Cardinals by EricJ777, on Flickr

Pacific Golden Plover by EricJ777, on Flickr

My Heron Fishing Pal by EricJ777, on Flickr

Stunning images serendipity - and a stunning yard too.

 

[serendipidy]

Thanks

 

[wsmith96]

A few from my yard.

Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) by EricJ777, on Flickr

Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) by EricJ777, on Flickr

Commom Waxbill in Octopus Tree by EricJ777, on Flickr

Juvenile BCN Heron by EricJ777, on Flickr

Red-crested Cardinals by EricJ777, on Flickr

Pacific Golden Plover by EricJ777, on Flickr

My Heron Fishing Pal by EricJ777, on Flickr

Great shots Serendipity! I've never seen a red crested cardinal before. What region are these birds from?

 

[serendipidy]

Thank you for your kind words. I live on Oahu, Hawaii. These "cardinals" are much more prevalent here than the usual Eastern cardinal.

Here is what Wikipedia says about them:
The red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata) is a bird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It was formerly placed in the Emberizidae, and notwithstanding its common name, it is not very closely related to the true cardinals (family Cardinalidae).
It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. Among other regions, it is found in southern part of the Pantanal.
It has also been introduced to Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In Brazil, it has been introduced to various places outside its historical range, as in the Tietê Ecological Park in São Paulo, alongside its very similar-looking close relative, the red-cowled cardinal (P. dominicana).[2]