Garden Birds...

Just thought I'd post a few recent bird photos, mostly from my tiny city back yard. It's fun to try and get nice images of common birds. My lens is only small at 250mm but with some creative cropping some workable images can be achieved.

There is nothing special here - just thought I'd share them with you before putting some more moth photos on board. The above bird is, of course, the lovely Black-capped Chickadee.


And this is a very smart-looking White-throated Sparrow that spent the day feeding in the yard. If one sat very still it would come quite close...


The unobtrusive male Brown-headed Cowbird above is actually rather attractive if seen well. Gotta love that nice sheen. I photographed this one on Toronto Islands.


The cryptically nice-looking female Brown-headed Cowbird was in the same gang as the male above. I got really close to them as the males strutted their stuff to the females inside a large bush. The light was poor and they were quite active but with patience I got some nice photos.


A female Common Grackle...


A nice Hermit Thrush - too bad about the branch cutting out its head!


And of course a lovely plump male American Robin. Always a treat when these fellows first arrive in the early spring.