Well Thank you! Cardinal – male
Mourning Doves – Oops..someone’s watching.
Bluebird – So sweet
A House Sparrow on steriods
Sweet female house sparrow
American Robin – Hello!
Carolina Chickadee – Do you think she can see me behind this bud?
Singing my heart out for you. Red Winged Blackbird
Be as a bird perched on a frail branch
that she feels bending beneath her,
still she sings away all the same,
knowing she has wings.
Victor Hugo
Canon 7D, 500mm L, Auto ISO, f/7.1, various shutter speeds. Daylight white balance, -1/3 exposure compensation, centered focus points. Minor exposure edits in Lightroom 4.
Categories: 2013 Project 365, Birds, Nature
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
Reblogged this on Mmnmom's Blog and commented:
Wish we had birds! We still have snow, brown grass and stick trees (no leaves):-(
Thank you so much Mmnmom. I certainly hope things turn around soon for you and you can enjoy the great outdoors.
very nice variety of birds – and good capyures
Thank you so much Will ! I love my backyard birdies. 🙂
All little sweeties. You have a nice selection of winged visitors.
You are so kind. Indeed, I am quite lucky with the visitors I get.
Definitely spring is here when the birds are starting to come out. Love those flying sweet things.
These lovelies get to fight with the squirrels for the best food. It’s fun to watch.
Beautiful photos / happy spring!
You are so kind. Thank you so much!
You really attract an amazing variety of visitors, love the photos.
The day before a Sharp Shinned Hawk (juvie) was in the yard with a dead junco in his talons. He flew off before I could get the camera. Oh darn!
Nice selection of birdies! It was also good to see what the 500 L is capable of, I almost ordered a 400 L today, but I settled for a Sigma 150-500 instead, since I can only afford one lens at this time.
Awww…I wish you could have gotten the 100-400 L lens. It’s a better lens than the Sigma. With a good sunny day you’ll get fantastic shots with the Sigma and I know you’ll love the reach.
I had the 100-400 L in my hands, didn’t like the push pull zoom at all. I am still going to get a long prime lens eventually, and it will be an L series, either 400 or 500, depending on what I learn using the Sigma. I know the Sigma isn’t top quality, but it’s a lot better than the lens I have been using. My next purchase will be the 15-85 EFS lens, then one of the 70-200 L series, so I know where my tax refunds are going for the next few years.
I know you’ll have a blast with the new kit and can’t wait to see what you think. The 400mm doesn’t have IS, but the 500mm does. But talk about a price difference..WOW !
Canon makes four 400 mm L series prime lenses, 3 have IS if I remember correctly. The other difference is maximum aperture of course. I used to shoot handheld using a 300 mm lens with a tripler behind it, but that was pushing it. I had the cheap 400 on my list, but since I went with the Sigma, the long prime can wait. I want to do some playing with the Sigma first.
Wonderful birds, excellent captured… 🙂
Thank you so much Drake.
LOVE these guys!! So lovely.
Are there bluebirds in Florida? I don’t remember them as a child.
Not in this area… Perhaps more north, as you get to the panhandle area (which is TOTALLY different)!
These are beautiful. Looks like spring has sprung.
It’s certainly getting there. Now to get the cherry blossoms to bloom.
Wow, I love these bird pics!! Especially the little bluebird.. So cute! I wish we had those birds over here as well!!
But you have your own cuties that I don’t get to see Calee. 🙂 Thank you so much for your kind words.
Wonderful series of these cool little guys Emily!
Can you tell I’m scraping the barrel already for this project 365? If I don’t intentionally go out for a specific shoot, I scramble by days end for an idea. LOL ! These guys were quite cooperative.
Such sweet little ones, and such a wonderful mosaic!
Thank you so much Lisa. I’m starting to like the mosaic gallery style more.
Wow! Marvellous bird shots Emily…particularly the cardinal!
I think I can even hear their songs! Wow, so beautiful! 🙂