i finally found what i was looking for! also need ID

so it turns out today was a good day, i was out looking to get a picture of one yellow bird and ended up finding two. now i could use some help figuring out what they are.

thanks for any input and thanks for looking

#1

google doesn't really like yellow bird southern colorado lol so someone has an idea of identification for these little guys.

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Western_Meadowl​ark
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Cassin%27s_King​bird
https://photography-on-the.net …ht=how+to+meter​+for+black

#1 Looks like some kind of Shrike
#2 Are European Starling and Meadowlark

I am unfamiliar with Colorado birds, but these should point you in the right direction.

Waldemar may be right about the Kingbird and not a Shrike.

I think the top one is a Western Kingbird. The other yellow bird is Western Meadowlark. Nice shots!

I use spot metering. But whenever you are pointing your camera towards the sky, you need to overcompensate the exposure a bit, in general i mean. Otherwise, very oftent the subject would be underexposed against the bright sky.

thanks cfc! i appreciate the input.

and Score i agree with you on both birds! google likes proper names much better then yellow bird haha.

when you compensate do you usually just bump the exposure to overexpose the background and get a good exposure on the bird or is there another trick?

thanks again for the input made my day!

Waldemar Sikorski wrote in post #14360882
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Western_Meadowl​ark
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Cassin%27s_King​bird
https://photography-on-the.net …ht=how+to+meter​+for+black

im leaning toward the first one being a western kingbird over the cassin kingbird, i appreciate the links very helpful.

Naturalist wrote in post #14360886
#1 Looks like some kind of Shrike
#2 Are European Starling and Meadowlark

I am unfamiliar with Colorado birds, but these should point you in the right direction.

Waldemar may be right about the Kingbird and not a Shrike.

i don't know how i missed these replies, when i looked and replied to cfc it appeared that his was the only reply showing.

thanks you guys for the replies and i appreciate the links

it amazes me how these birds were almost invisible before today, but since taking these pictures i have seen several of each of these birds today.

I hope you had a chance to hear the meadowlark sing. One of my favorite birds.

I'm blessed to hear then morning and evening every day! such a beautiful tune they sing.

S.n.a.f.u. wrote in post #14362569
it amazes me how these birds were almost invisible before today, but since taking these pictures i have seen several of each of these birds today.

you now got the "birders eye" there's this small part in our brain that get activated once you appreciate the beauty of these flying creatures. it's the "bird zen" . of course i am making this up, but i know what you are saying. cool captures of the kingbird and meadowlark

yup. kingbird,
starling, and meadowlark.

you'll see birds all over that you never noticed before. I know I do.