Some Boids.

[Ed Rotberg]

Just a few birds taken recently.

Here is a Steller's Jay - sometimes I feel like we're overrun with them, but they have their moments.

http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Stellers%20Jay%202.jpg

A wild turkey in my neighbor's yard - the lighting here was very harsh.

http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Wild%20Turkey.jpg

And finally some Cliff Swallows. These guys build their nests (one mouthful of mud at a time) under bridges and on cliff walls. They tend to build them out of direct sunlight, so the lighting was horrible. This was the best I could do, but they're such interesting birds, I thought I'd post them up anyhow.

http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Cliff%20Swallow%201.jpg

http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Cliff%20Swallows%202.jpg

http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Cliff%20Swallows%203.jpg

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[Skip Souza]

Those Cliff Swllows are quite the engineers, aren't they. Nice captures all around.

[Vetteography]

Excellent shots! I love the first and last ones...

[skade]

That first one is amazing! All great shots.. took me a sec to realize the last few were not upside down lol (A Blonde moment)

[Richard51]

Love the first one. Nice shots, all of them.
Richard

[John Trogdon]

I like the first two shots. The turkey is really sharp. . . good work!

[herderdog]

The first one is outstanding! I really like it.
Glad those swallows are not at my house. I used to get alot of them--camped under the eves of the barn I lived in.

[Titus213]

Very nice captures, all. The Stellars can be quite the comedians around a hanging bird feeder. They are loud and persistent but fun to watch.

[witchy]

Nice pics.

[birch]

Great shot of a Steller's Jay.

[Ed Rotberg]

Those Cliff Swllows are quite the engineers, aren't they. Nice captures all around.

Thanks for looking Skip. Yeah, I'm often amazed at what some of the more industrious birds will do to build nests.

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[Ed Rotberg]

Excellent shots! I love the first and last ones...

Thanks Vette. Glad you enjoyed them.

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[Ed Rotberg]

That first one is amazing! All great shots.. took me a sec to realize the last few were not upside down lol (A Blonde moment)

Thanks Sandi. It's really all about light, isn't it? The light was great for the first shot, and really quite bad for the rest of them. Pretty much directly overhead and dappled for the turkey, and just plain lousy for the swallows. Oh well :D

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[Ed Rotberg]

Love the first one. Nice shots, all of them.
Richard

Thanks Richard. And thanks for looking.

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[Ed Rotberg]

I like the first two shots. The turkey is really sharp. . . good work!

Thanks John. I used a little trick for the turkey. Even though it was in my neighbor's yard, I got in my little hybrid car and drove up almost next to her. With the engine shut down, I used the window as a secondary camera rest. The car acts as a blind since the turkey would have been much more wary of a human form. She was pretty much ignoring the car.

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[Ed Rotberg]

The first one is outstanding! I really like it.
Glad those swallows are not at my house. I used to get alot of them--camped under the eves of the barn I lived in.

Bonnie, are you sure the swallows at the barn weren't Barn Swallows? Still active little buggers, though they have irridescent blue-ish feathers.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

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[Ed Rotberg]

Very nice captures, all. The Stellars can be quite the comedians around a hanging bird feeder. They are loud and persistent but fun to watch.

Definitely comedians Titus! Stellers' do the wackiest stuff sometimes. They also tend to hog the suet feeder at times, chasing off the smaller birds.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

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[sixshot]

These are great shots. Love the first one the most, its like the bird is wondering why you want to photograph him!

[Ed Rotberg]

Thanks for the nice words witchy & birch!

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[cfcRebel]

Great captures Ed! I enjoy the shots very much. Thanks for sharing.

[soma]

when you said "boids" i was expecting pictures of boa constrictors (also known as boids)

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