6 more Scrub Jays

[Canon_For_Life]

Well, where my house is located, I am unable to get the sun to my back verry easily, so I am forced to use flash, wich really doesnt look to bad to me.

CC is welcomed and encouraged,
Thanks for looking and enjoy!
Mike

#1 That bird is gettin away with my Peanuts!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2242/2039556752_90c97c71d9_o.jpg
#2 "Thats right, I'm takin your nuts and there is nothin you can do about it!"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2323/2039556746_d181a52904_o.jpg
#3 "Fine, quick pose then im out"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2316/2039556744_2c00110750_o.jpg
#4 "WHEW, almost dropped that one"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2039556738_2d2f0a553c_o.jpg
#5 "Here, ill give you this small one back for this big one!"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2039556732_d8aa736339_o.jpg
#6 "Cya, thanks for the nuts!! Same time tommarow?"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2418/2039556722_822efba553_o.jpg

Thanks again for looking, hope you enjoyed!
Mike

[canonloader]

Cool shots Mike and cool looking Jays. Is that with onboard flash?

[Canon_For_Life]

Thanks Mitch,
Yes, it is with the onboard flash
ISO 400 and shutter speed of 200 (as fast as it will go with onboard flash :()
Thanks for the comment and for looking! :)

[ajosteve]

Man those suckers are blue, and they sure like those peanuts. I like that 3rd shot where you can see the red tongue....cute...steve

[Canon_For_Life]

Thanks Steve,
It's hard to get good shots of them because they move so darn fast! they hang out about a football fields length away, somtimes on the telephone wire, but somtimes in a bare tree in sombody's backyard..Then they fly swiftly and quietly over to my bottle brush tree (shown in the first and last shots) then hop around there for a few seconds. Then fly over to my balcony railing, hop over to the peanut(quickly), take it, and take back off to the bottle brush tree, back too the other bare tree, then come back for more!:lol:

[ajosteve]

Thanks Steve,
It's hard to get good shots of them because they move so darn fast! they hang out about a football fields length away, somtimes on the telephone wire, but somtimes in a bare tree in sombody's backyard..Then they fly swiftly and quietly over to my bottle brush tree (shown in the first and last shots) then hop around there for a few seconds. Then fly over to my balcony railing, hop over to the peanut(quickly), take it, and take back off to the bottle brush tree, back too the other bare tree, then come back for more!:lol:

Mike, just a thought, why not make it harder for them to get the peanuts, and they would hang out longer where you could get more shots of them. Mitch might have some ideas on this. Maybe fix a small tree stump or branch that has some deep cracks in it to the railing. You could force the peanuts down in the cracks and that would keep them there longer....I think Mitch does something with an old tree with cracks that he pounds peanuts down into....steve

[Canon_For_Life]

^^This is a great idea, I will have to start thinking of things to do like this, Thanks Steve :)

[canonloader]

I have an old section of a tree trunk and wedge the peanuts into the bark where it has loosened up near the cut ends. It also has some center rot holes where I hide seeds. But mostly, I have my blue jays trained. I make them call out from the lilac bush, then I throw them out one peanut at a time. I also have one bird that will come to the window sill and take his own peanuts from the pile. But that works cause I am here all the time and can see them from my desk. ;)

[Canon_For_Life]

:lol: lucky you!
I only have weekends and time after school :(
I will have to try somthing like this sometime though, thanks :)