Mmmmmm...Flies!!!

[Hillbillygirl]

These two belong to the flycatcher family. It is amazing to watch these little guys dart from the tops of the trees and pick off bugs.

Eastern Kingbird



Eastern Phoebe

[Wicked Dark]

Eastern kingbirds are so fun to watch. Occasionally a pair nests at the top of a lodgepole pine in the front yard and I watch them from the hammock in back. It's great. For some weird reason we don't get phoebes. Your portrait is good, showing the yellow underbelly.

[Marko]

You bird shooters and your collective patience continually impress me! Nice set!

[Hillbillygirl]

You bird shooters and your collective patience continually impress me! Nice set!

Thanks for the compliment Marko, and I hear ya' on the patience there. Not to mention all the muddy, dirty clothes to wash.
We spent 7 hrs. and over 300 shots combined on Sunday, and wound up with 9 keepers overall, and huge blood loss from the blackflies.
Yeah, this is fun, .

[Matt K.]

Thanks for the compliment Marko, and I hear ya' on the patience there. Not to mention all the muddy, dirty clothes to wash.
We spent 7 hrs. and over 300 shots combined on Sunday, and wound up with 9 keepers overall, and huge blood loss from the blackflies.
Yeah, this is fun, .

I concur with Marko, and with you. Birds seem to have an instinct that tells them when you have your camera ready for the shot: cause that is the instance they take off! So shots like these are indeed the fruits of patience. Blackflies you say? Try mosquitoland for a change

[Hillbillygirl]

I concur with Marko, and with you. Birds seem to have an instinct that tells them when you have your camera ready for the shot: cause that is the instance they take off! So shots like these are indeed the fruits of patience. Blackflies you say? Try mosquitoland for a change

We actually live smack dab in the centre of 500+ acres of bush/swamp, that starts just 30 yards from our bedroom window, so mosquitoes are an everyday way of life for us.

[Matt K.]

We actually live smack dab in the centre of 500+ acres of bush/swamp, that starts just 30 yards from our bedroom window, so mosquitoes are an everyday way of life for us.

Mosquitos and I do not get along at all. Must be Karma. They see me comming and they gather for the feast. "Off" for them is like BBQ sauce, I suppose.

[JAS_Photo]

Another couple of nice captures, HBGirl.

[Hillbillygirl]

Thanks JAS.