Bird

[ronwoodcraft]

Took this in Arizona. Looked it up in my book, and found it to be a "King Bird".

 

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[naturegirl]

Beautiful! You even got the little hook in the beak! It's part of the flycatcher family, cousin to the Scissortail. I think they are the most noble looking of the little birds. Nice pretty picture

 

[Tuberale]

Kingbirds are truly fearless. I have seen them attack cats in trees; on falcons, hawks and eagles. They mimic the sound of raptors, especially eagles. You need to witness seeing 2 kingbirds chasing a bald eagle from near their nesting site: 2 small birds about the size of blackbirds scaring a much larger bird away. How? They were making sounds similar to a Perigrine falcon, perhaps the only bird unimpressed by eagles.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Stunning shots of a super little bird reminds a little of our yellow wagtail

SS

 

[naturegirl]

Tuberale, that behavior is why this family of birds is the genus Tyrannus(sp?) like the dinosaur. Thus the 'King' part. they are fierce! Tyrant flycatchers! wouldn't be summer without them.

 

[hammered]

Stunning shots of a super little bird reminds a little of our yellow wagtail

SS

You got there first Colin , I was going to say the same thing. Nice shots tho', tack sharp, really well done


hammered

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Many Thanks To ALL for your comments. Heres another pic that I cropped and made afew adjustments to.

 

[naturegirl]

stunning!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Very nice, clear pic fit for publishing

 

[fyrffytr1]

Awesome picture. What camera did you use?

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Awesome picture. What camera did you use?

I used a Canon XSI, with a Canon 400mm lens and a 1.4 teleconverter attached. I was about 12 feet away from the bird.

Thanks again ALL,

Ron

 

[allen]

its a pretty little bird !

 

[NGE]

Nice shot. Sure glad I don't have to buy extra lenses to do the same thing (Fujifilm HS20exr) I shoot in manual mode a lot. My fixed lens zooms from 24mm - 720mm..........NGE

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Nice shot. Sure glad I don't have to buy extra lenses to do the same thing (Fujifilm HS20exr) I shoot in manual mode a lot. My fixed lens zooms from 24mm - 720mm..........NGE

Thanks NGE and ALL.

Cool, 24 to 720 is quite a range. It does get expensive buying lenses, seems like I need another one at times.