Some of these shots are included not because they’re particularly brilliant — indeed, you’ll note that many of them suffer from low light, long distance, haste, and bumblefistedness — but because I was especially fond of the birds pictured. (I’m still looking out for that hawk!)
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- This northern flicker (gold variety) thought itself very clever, hiding amongst the stones. (I only located it by sound.)
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- A northern flicker, looking at me. Perhaps it was annoyed by the shuttersnaps.
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- This photo has a reflection of a light bulb or the moon on it. Fortunately, it’s not ON the bird.
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- A male house finch avails himself of my feeder.
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- A female house finch, puffing herself up atop my feeder. Normally, this bird is very sleek and svelte, but on this particular evening, she kept fluffing out her feathers and making a lot of noise.
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- A rather belligerent little finch. She kept looking at me, puffing herself up, and jumping up and down.
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- This song sparrow has funny feet: some of its claws are white, and some are brown. Otherwise, it’s just a regular old song sparrow.
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- I included this sparrow twice, because I liked it so much.
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- A great blue heron, glimpsed across the marina. One day, I’ll get a closer shot.
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- A young Cooper’s hawk came and sat on my balcony, one evening. It was already quite dark, and the lens I had on was all wrong for shooting large birds at close quarters, and the wee bugger flew off after just one shot — and this is it.
