Morning Bird Pic

[sleigh]

This one's a starling -- they're actually an interesting-looking bird if you look closely: all the speckles and tan trim on the wing feathers, They're not just a dull black. However, I'm not looking forward to a flock of 'em descending on the bird feeders...

Comments

[aulus-poliutos.livejournal.com]

Be careful, that's just the scout. :-)

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

there is a large flock of them in downtown Oregon City, and in the summer you can sit outside and watch them go to roost.. well, mostly to watch the raptors trying to take them out ...

[maiac.livejournal.com]

In my experience, the starlings tend to be ground feeders. I see a lot of them in my yard, but rarely on the feeder. It's the dratted House Sparrows that empty the bird feeder.

And pigeons. I hope the pigeons don't discover your feeder. I only put out sunflower seeds in the shell, because the pigeons won't eat those. (The shells make good mulch for those out-of-the-way places like under the privet hedge.)

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Nice. What kind of lens are you using? What settings?

B

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

B -- I'm using a Nikon Coolpix L820 with a 30x zoom lens, 4.0 - 120mm (the equivalent of a 22.5mm to 675mm 35mm zoom) and 16 megapixels. I'm about 20 - 30 feet away from the feeder. The zoom lets me get in close, but in most cases I'm also cropping the image later.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

No pigeons thus far... Just mourning doves, and they're ground feeders too.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Hah! :-)

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Raptors gotta eat! :-)