Earlier this year I started taking pictures of birds in the wild. Sitting still and patience are truly virtues I need to work at...




                 
              
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 9/12/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 400		 Female Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 9/15/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f5.6, 1/400, ISO 400		 Starling (Sturnus Vulgaris) 9/16/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f6.3, 1/60, ISO 200
     
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 9/12/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/1000, ISO 400		 Female Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 9/4/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/200, ISO 400		 American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 9/4/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/250, ISO 500
     
American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis
Female American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 9/3/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/200, ISO 400		 Female Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 9/3/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/320, ISO 400		 American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 8/11/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f6.3, 1/640, ISO 250
     
American Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani, birds, bill dahl American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, bill dahl, birds Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor, bill dahl, birds
The American Black Oystercatcher, (Haematopus bachmani) 6/26/2008 - Depo Bay, Oregon
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f5.6, 1/400, ISO 100		 American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). 4/27/08 - Mississippi river north of St. Louis
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/320, ISO 400		 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) Grand Cayman Island. 4/18/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f9, 1/25, ISO 320
     
Female Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, bill dahl, birds Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, bill dahl, birds Wood Duck chicks, Aix sponsa, bill dahl, birds
Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 9/3/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/200, ISO 400		 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 9/3/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f5.6, 1/320, ISO 400		 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) chicks. 5/19/2008 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS w/Extension Tube, f6.3, 1/640, ISO 250
     
Green Heron, Butorides virescens, bill dahl, birds Green Heron, Butorides virescens, bill dahl, birds Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Nyctanassa violacea, bill dahl, birds
Early morning trip to Forest Park. Misty conditions enable a siloutte shot of a Green Heron (Butorides virescens). 6/15/2008
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 100 		Green Heron (Butorides virescens) a bit later in the morning in a swampy area. 6/15/2008
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f5.6, 1/250, ISO 640		 Early morning trip to Forest Parkand and a shot of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea). 6/22/2008
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8.0, 1/60, ISO 100
     
Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, bill dahl, birds Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, bill dahl, birds female Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, bill dahl, birds
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). 3/28/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f6.3, 1/320, ISO 500		 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). 5/21/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f9.0, 1/60, ISO 100		 Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). 5/21/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 1250
     
Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, bill dahl, birds American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, bill dahl, birds Green Heron, Butorides virescens, bill dahl, birds
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), one of the largest birds of prey in North America, it eats almost exclusively fish. It is one of the most widespread birds in the world, found on all continents except Antarctica. 6/30/08 - Portland, Oregon
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8.0, 1/30, ISO 500		 American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). 4/27/08 - Mississippi river north of St. Louis
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f11, 1/400, ISO 100		 Another Green Heron (Butorides virescens) a bit later in the morning in a swampy area. 6/15/2008
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f5.6, 1/250, ISO 640
     
Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor, bill dahl, birds Great White Egret, Ardea alba, bill dahl, birds Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, bill dahl, birds
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 4/8/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/25, ISO 100		 Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 5/31/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS, f5.6, 1/1600, ISO 200		 Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). 7/4/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8.0, 1/80, ISO 400
     
Young Great White Egret, Ardea alba, bill dahl, birds Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Nyctanassa violacea, bill dahl, birds Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor, bill dahl, birds
Young Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 4/18/08 - Grand Cayman
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/250, ISO 320		 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) 6/15/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f10, 1/100, ISO 200		 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f9, 1/25, ISO 320
     
Great White Egret, Ardea alba, bill dahl, birds Great White Egret, Ardea alba, bill dahl, birds Great White Egret, Ardea alba, bill dahl, birds
Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 6/13/08 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/250, ISO 320		 Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 6/13/08 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/250, ISO 320		 Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 6/13/08 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/250, ISO 320
     
Great White Egret, Ardea alba, bill dahl, birds Green Heron, Butorides virescens, bill dahl, birds Female Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, and chicks, bill dahl, birds
Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 6/13/08 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/250, ISO 320		 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Missouri. 6/13/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f10, 1/100, ISO 200		 Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) and chicks Missouri. 6/15/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f9, 1/25, ISO 320
     
Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, bill dahl, birds Great White Egret, Ardea alba, bill dahl, birds Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura, bill dahl, birds
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Missouri. 5/16/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f10, 1/100, ISO 200		 Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 6/13/08 - Missouri
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/400, ISO 100		 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). 4/2/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f10, 1/320, ISO 200
     
Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors, bill dahl, birds Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes, bill dahl, birds Eastern Wood Pewee, Contopus virens, bill dahl, birds
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors). 5/17/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f10, 1/100, ISO 200		 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 4/10/08 - Grand Cayman
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f8, 1/400, ISO 100		 The Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens). 5/17/08
Canon D30, 400mm f5.6L UMS + 1.4x, f10, 1/100, ISO 200