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rawshorty wrote in post #18100226
Trying to attract the girls with a flower.

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Amazingly wonderful capture!!!!

Which Cardinal to shoot? The backyard studio is full of them old, young, Mr. and Mrs.
I wish I could trade a few Cardinals for a Fairy Wren!!!

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Agree.

The Grass is always greener MedicineMan,...The Grass is always greener....While in this forum it's what you did with your subject not who he is.... ...BECAUSE I WOULD KILL ..to have that red dude for the day. Just sayin

Mother and Son

Your images of these small birds are amazing, Jeff. And such wonderful IQ!

I decided to watch Winged Migration tonight. It's an old movie/documentary but very beautiful. Anybody see that? Seeing the White Storks in it I decided to process a shot I took last week of one in the countryside. Although we have them in the city too. This bird in fact was born and banded at The Vondelpark, Amsterdam's central park, in 2013.

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Thank you Levina,.. I for one have never seen a Stork in my life,....except my first night on this earth but that was a long time ago....

I'm trying to make the best of having them, I see them every year but don't always have so many new little one's around the yard.

I always envy people with yards, Jeff. I live in the city and don't have a garden and I find my birds in the parks and the countryside. It's basically always down to chance meetings and luck, even though I know some local residents, but they too are skittish, although some more than others. Larger birds are usually not a problem, but songbirds, oy, they're hard for me.

Here are two shots of a Long-tailed tit. There was a whole group of them the other day but they are tiny birds and it's hard to get them in the thick Summer foliage of the trees as they move around incessantly. Still, I take what I can get because otherwise I can't shoot them at all, and that's no fun.

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i found out tonight that if I just walk to the fence like normal, the goldfinches stay put. if i stalk to the fence, they fly away when im 20' away. Here is an end result..

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Night capture! Hoping the goldfinch that made an appearance here today, will be a regular.

...in cahoots !

Pondrader wrote in post #18100368
The Grass is always greener MedicineMan,...The Grass is always greener....While in this forum it's what you did with your subject not who he is.... ...BECAUSE I WOULD KILL ..to have that red dude for the day. Just sayin

Mother and Son

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You're a good man Pondrader, always sage advice.
Now look at those two cuties! The blue feet caught Poof's eye immediately and that little dash of red in the feathers. Lovely
capture.

Pondrader wrote in post #18100377
Thank you Levina,.. I for one have never seen a Stork in my life,....except my first night on this earth but that was a long time ago....

I'm trying to make the best of having them, I see them every year but don't always have so many new little one's around the yard.

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Another perfect portrait.....now tell me what bird is this?

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18100384
I always envy people with yards, Jeff. I live in the city and don't have a garden and I find my birds in the parks and the countryside. It's basically always down to chance meetings and luck, even though I know some local residents, but they too are skittish, although some more than others. Larger birds are usually not a problem, but songbirds, oy, they're hard for me.

Here are two shots of a Long-tailed tit. There was a whole group of them the other day but they are tiny birds and it's hard to get them in the thick Summer foliage of the trees as they move around incessantly. Still, I take what I can get because otherwise I can't shoot them at all, and that's no fun.

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Gorgeous Tits!! Such round little fluffballs they are and I bet they get 'rounder' when winter comes.