Post your Bird Portraits (2)

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19352031
Perfectly captured, Steve! You get flying colors in all respects with this shot!

Superb shot, Steve. Congratulations on this capture! I never even knew that came in yellow.

Thanks once again, Mike! I checked with an ebird reviewer for Maryland as to its rarity in these parts. He said very rare and that he'd not seen one. So, it pays to look out the kitchen window while preparing lunch!

This is a great thread. I love a good bird portrait, the tricky thing is getting them to pose in the right light for long enough!
Here is a portrait of a whisteling kite taken in the morning light at Fogg Dam, Darwin Australia. They often come and perch on some of the low trees and this one let me get close enough for this photo before flying away.

steveb108 wrote in post #19351970
This was a first for me. Never seen a Yellow House Finch before.

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Nice find. House Finch colors vary from yellow to deep red depending on diet. Apparently yellow ones are seen more often in the southwest than back east.
https://feederwatch.or​g …ant/yellow-house-finches/

Common Redpoll

kd_reno wrote in post #19352101
Nice find. House Finch colors vary from yellow to deep red depending on diet. Apparently yellow ones are seen more often in the southwest than back east.
https://feederwatch.or​g …ant/yellow-house-finches/

Thanks, Ken! I did a bunch of reading after seeing the variant. I concluded the same thing you did, i.e., much more likely to be seen in Southwest and Mexico

johnfosteruk wrote in post #19352072

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Beautiful, John! Very attractive shot.

kd_reno wrote in post #19352103

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2n72​6iz White-breasted Nuthatch by Ken Drozd, on Flickr

Wonderful shot, Ken! Sharp as a razor. Very nice background.

Shortaction wrote in post #19352104
Common Redpoll

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Terrific close-up, Shortaction! very sharp image.

Trout Bum wrote in post #19352132

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Very sharp close-up portrait, Mark! Nicely photographed.

steveb108 wrote in post #19352091
Thanks once again, Mike! I checked with an ebird reviewer for Maryland as to its rarity in these parts. He said very rare and that he'd not seen one. So, it pays to look out the kitchen window while preparing lunch!

Well, I guess I'm going to have to start looking out the kitchen window more often, Steve.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19352153
Wonderful shot, Ken! Sharp as a razor. Very nice background.

Thanks Mike.

A blacksmith lapwing spreads it's wings.

Grey Heron