Eastern Towhee

Haven't had much to share lately. Hope you enjoy these! These guys are difficult to get into any decent light.

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Wow, these are awesome, especially # 2 and 3

Wonderful shots Chris! They're beautiful birds. I keep hoping to see these guys down here for winter. I guess I'll have to wait another year.

Wow - stunning images, beautifully framed, great colours and totally nailed focus - all great though, for me, the second image is the stand out (a wall hanger for sure).

those are wall worthy shots.
good job.

Thx everyone for the nice comments!

Great shots of a beautiful bird; well done.
Al

Exceptional shots Chris... the natural detail you captured is like being there... getting the "ground scratchers" image perched on a branch is not always easy.

Dave

By the time I went from a RAW file, to uploading to Flickr (JPEG), to resizing for the forum some of the detail has softened. Is there a gotcha in the workflow to Flickr that might be softening my images? Thx in advance to you guys!

Absolutely excellent Chris!
These guys are difficult to find in the open and tend to perch for only seconds before moving on. Especially this time of year. I think the 2nd portrait is my favorite, but all 3 are very well executed.

Very nice details and sharpness. I especially like #2.

Excellent shots, what great detail you got, especially #2.

2 and 3 are perfect

Nice shooting Chris. Very good looking bird.

Excellent work Chris,

We don't get Towhees here (sadly)... These are some of the best shots I've seen of them.

great work,

Kenn