A Bluejay

[sdommin]

These guys are loud & boisterous, and they travel in packs - just like me!

Canon 20D with 100-400L lens.
http://home.att.net/~sdommin/bluejay1.jpg

[foxbat]

Sharp and colourful, very nice!

[einsteinsauntie]

Ah yes, but are you as beautiful?

[sdommin]

Ah yes, but are you as beautiful?

Ha ha! Not by a long shot!

[sparker1]

Very nicely captured.

[Angel_LCD]

Nice shoot :)

[pcasciola]

Nice one, Scott.

[Bald Eagle]

great shot, love the color.

[PhotosGuy]

Very nice shot!

[Airedale1]

One of the best Blue Jay captures I have ever seen, excellent!

[cjm]

You got one! I saw one in a perfect picture today on my tree, went in to get my camera and he was gone :( Later was sitting outside again with out my camera and a magpie came by with in 5 ft from me and sqauked at me, like he was laughing "Ha Ha Loser" Whats my point? I am jealous your blue jay picture is awesome!

[latigid soe]

Very nice shot.....Very colorful and well composed, Thanks for sharing :)

[tforonda]

Great capture Scott.

[Stephen Stephen]

Great detail Scot. These fellows are usually pretty hard to get close enough to around here.

[tupe]

One of the best Blue Jay captures I have ever seen, excellent!my sentiments exactly. Very well done!

[Mitcon]

As other have said, it's a great capture. I love it and the colours are just wonderful. very nice

[dancad]

Yes, beautiful shot. The blue colors on the wing are nice and vivid and really pop against the background.

[Dragonslayer]

Very nice shot of this common bird, sharp and colors are great. You notice I said common bird, I have not one single image of this common bird that is worth posting, I find them to be very elusive to my camera and me.

[BigAl-SA]

All I can say is WOW!

[stoneylonesome]

Great shot Scott, they are loud and aggressive no doubt about it.

[Blackburnian]

Nicely done! Love the composition and striking colors!

I have them on my feeder daily and are quite common here, but have yet to shoot them.

Marc

[sw2001]

that's a really good pic with great details

[chemicalbro]

fantastic shot of this jay............ yknow its actually just a blue and white crow...... (same family)
as is your magpie :)
I live in a district called ravenswood (as you prolly guess theres hundreds of ravens here) even those HUGE birds are hard to capture and i've tried on many occasions to get the magpies, i guess crow type birds are just camera shy :) ..........
Great work

[cjm]

Very nice shot of this common bird, sharp and colors are great. You notice I said common bird, I have not one single image of this common bird that is worth posting, I find them to be very elusive to my camera and me. Aint that the truth! Common but if you either take you camera out of its bag or go get you camera they take off. If you have no camera at all then they pose for the best pictures. Its almost like Blue Jays know that people are out gunning for the image. Its not like they are Michael Jackson and we're the Paperazzi but it almost seems like that.

Once again! Awesome picture.

[Raj]

Very nice, sharp pic with lot of details !

Cheers :-)

[HJMinard]

Excellent, Scott! I've been after these guys, but I haven't captured anything that nice yet. Well done.

[Carzee]

Great shot - must've laid out good 'bait'. Looks like parrot mix or somesuch. The other day a bird pic used an apple to attract the bird. Have to try this feed idea...

[sdommin]

Hey, thanks everyone, especially Airedale1 for bringing this old thread back to life! Carzee mentioned bait - I did do that by spreading some sunflower seeds on a rock. They got a meal and I got a picture - sounds like a good deal to me!