Join Me on a Bird Walk in the Park

nice set of pictures of some really pretty birds. You are lucky u live in area with soo many pretty birds to take shots of. And what nice shots there were!! gratz.

Reigh Higgins wrote in post #3278604
Very nice Ed. Thanks for the walk.

Thanks Reigh. I am glad you enjoyed the little walk around my part of the world. I've been wanted to get to Nova Scotia for a long time and haven't made it even though we visit Bar Harbor annually and have been salmon fishing in New Brunswick several times.

Once again, thanks and glad you enjoyed the photos.

Sindri Skulason wrote in post #3278668
Very good series. The last shot is my favorite.

Thanks, Sindri. Positive feedback coming from someone who produces the beautiful images that you do is certainly appreciated. I've shot so many Tree Swallows over the past month or so that I must finally be getting the hang of it!

Reyno wrote in post #3278752
Great series of nicely captured images Ed. Like em and the Bluebird and Tree Swallow are just fantastic, nicely posed and well composed.

Thanks, Reyno. And glad to see you back and putting out those fabulous photos. Glad you like the series. I was really happy with the way the Bluebird images turned out. And that Tree Swallow and I are on first name basis.

jpalmer wrote in post #3278983
there all very nice ed. it looks like the family tree shows again with no.2 shot looks like a stone chat with differant colour that ive just done.

Thanks, Jason. Glad you like the images. Yes, it would be interesting to follow some family trees back!

philc123 wrote in post #3278997
What a nice walk in the park that was Ed, love the bluebird shot.

Thanks, Phil. Glad you enjoyed the walk. I got to share my favorite park and some wonderful birds. It doesn't get any better than that.

csquared63 wrote in post #3279120
Nice selection here, Ed. Yes, the Bluebird shot is special.

Thanks, Carl. It looks like the Bluebird and the Tree Swallow were the showstoppers of this walk!

howzitboy wrote in post #3280712
nice set of pictures of some really pretty birds. You are lucky u live in area with soo many pretty birds to take shots of. And what nice shots there were!! gratz.

Thanks, Gratz. Yes we do have some nice birds here but I think there are nice birds everywhere.

Another vote for the Bluebird and Tree Swallow! The first shot is a good lesson on keeping up with your settings before starting to shoot...don't worry though its happened to most of us (ahem, including, ahem me, cough cough).

Great shots, Ed. Haven't visited Jacobsberg yet. Wasn't sure how the birding would be, but I see it's great.

Nice collection of species ED, 3 of which I have no captures of yet. Well done.

I like them all I went to Jacobsburg a few years ago and took my mountain bike I need to go back with my camera, I kinda forgot about that place, good work

dancad wrote in post #3281723
Another vote for the Bluebird and Tree Swallow! The first shot is a good lesson on keeping up with your settings before starting to shoot...don't worry though its happened to most of us (ahem, including, ahem me, cough cough).

Thanks Dan. What can I say. I ended up shooting that Common Yellowthroat at f/5.6; 1/60 sec and ISO 100. Not the end of the world but I should have kicked up the ISO to 200 or 400 at least in order to gain some shutter speed.

stefeb wrote in post #3282149
Great shots, Ed. Haven't visited Jacobsberg yet. Wasn't sure how the birding would be, but I see it's great.

Thanks, Steve. Jacobsburg is pretty nice for birding. We've been hiking there for several years now and it is one of our favorite places.

bromm wrote in post #3282269
Nice collection of species ED, 3 of which I have no captures of yet. Well done.

Thanks Trevor. And I know that you have many more than three of which I have no captures and I haven't gotten out of Owls yet! Get them spuds planted so you can get back to the birds again.

fritz1 wrote in post #3282311
I like them all I went to Jacobsburg a few years ago and took my mountain bike I need to go back with my camera, I kinda forgot about that place, good work

Thanks Fritz. Instead of being the biker, you can now try to dodge the bikers. They love me when I set up my camera and tripod along the trail... especially when they are barreling down hill!

Very nice shots and commentary on these!

Very nice set.

Rock

morehtml wrote in post #3282545
Very nice shots and commentary on these!

rocklyons wrote in post #3282658
Very nice set.

Rock

Thanks Allen. Thanks Rock. I appreciate the comments and am glad you enjoyed the images.

Wonderful shots! Thanks for the tour!

KAC

kenyc wrote in post #3282989
Wonderful shots! Thanks for the tour!

KAC

Thanks Kenny. Glad you enjoyed accompanying us on our little walk in the park.

Quite a good series here with a nice selection of species. My favorites would be the Bluebird, the Towhee, the Tree Swallow and I think the Am. Goldfinch is my favorite. I don't see many shots of these in their natural element and this shot is also very sharp. Though the Tree Swallow and Bluebird are right up there in quality. Towhees are hard to get shots of, so my hat's off to you!

ngannet wrote in post #3287844
Quite a good series here with a nice selection of species. My favorites would be the Bluebird, the Towhee, the Tree Swallow and I think the Am. Goldfinch is my favorite. I don't see many shots of these in their natural element and this shot is also very sharp. Though the Tree Swallow and Bluebird are right up there in quality. Towhees are hard to get shots of, so my hat's off to you!

Thanks for taking the time to resurrect the thread and comment on the bird images. I am glad to hear that you like the Goldfinch and Towhee in addition to the oft-mentioned Bluebird and Swallow.

I respect your opinions and appreciate your feedback here Bob. Thanks.

All are crisp and clear except for the 1st and 5th one...great shots on the rest though!