a pair of Eastern Kingbirds (tyrannus tyrannus) came for a drink and a bath in the pool.  This one was shaking itself dry on the fence.

Fantastic pics, great stories.  It's always a treat to look in this thread!

what a beautiful bird Barry.  Nice pictures. 

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                       *** WEASTERN TANAGER   ** ( pirango  ludoviciana)

hard bird to get a pic of they like the top part of the hemlock

and fir tree,s to eat cones -  hope to get a closer pic next time

Great bird behavior shots, Barry. Interesting and educational.

Oh boy, Barry, you are truely lucky with some of your shots. I must try and sit still in the garden for long enough to see if it works.

Really great action shots, keep it up.

 then the robin came within 10ft of me  so i clicked a pic as it

cocked its head   to listen for insects in ground 

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i  am not sure  what happened  next -  the robin either seen the

mirror in the camera flip up or itself  in the 100-400 mm lens

but it went into a  panic  distressed mode  -  i looked around

for a hawk  or somthing at first not thinking it was the camera

setting the bird off

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then the  bird stood up and preened itself in front of me for a

minute -

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 it finnally flew off  and  5 minutes latter it returned with  one of

this years young  they landed   3ft from me on the deck looked at

me - i raised camera and the  flew off -     oh and by the way

 ( TRUE STORY)

 had a strange thing  happen with an *  AMERICAN ROBIN *

THIS ROBIN  eating  bugs on the lawn and slowly made it way

near me as i sat on the deck -

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 the  robin  gulped down a large   moth or butterfly cattapilar 

 i was drinking a coffee and looking out the   french doors-  saw

a lone  turkey vulture soaring near  end of property so i grab

camera and go out on deck - i hear a raven  croaking i look up

and over it comes  i raise camera focus  zoom and click click -

grey dull sky - and the raven went  bye bye  ( true story )

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