A Few Birds

[SCraig]

Really, really cold here this morning. 17 degrees when I left home but it didn't seem to bother the birds at all.

Tufted Titmouse

Female Downy Woodpecker

Coopers Hawk (Chicken Hawk)

There were three Downy Woodpeckers in the tree I was standing by when this guy landed straight over my head and ran them off. He saw me about the same time I saw him so I only had time for a couple of quick shots. I really wish he had stuck around for a bit.

Ring-Necked Ducks (name edited, I had it wrong. See posts below)

 

[LarryLomona]

Very nice shots.
I like pic 1 & 2.

 

[Patrickktown]

Great perspective of the hawk. Nice work.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice shots, I really like the second one. It looks like the bird is holding on for dear life, as the saying goes.

WesternGuy

 

[SCraig]

Very nice shots.
I like pic 1 & 2.

Thank you, I appreciate that.

Great perspective of the hawk. Nice work.

Thanks! I really wish he had stuck around for a few more shots, I really do. I agree the perspective is unusual and I found out that it's hard to hold a 500mm lens pointed nearly straight up

Nice shots, I really like the second one. It looks like the bird is holding on for dear life, as the saying goes.
WesternGuy

Thanks! Woodpeckers do tend to appear to defy gravity sometimes, and I love to watch them.

 

[rodbender]

Great Pics but you Scaups are Ring Necked Ducks

 

[SCraig]

Great Pics but you Scaups are Ring Necked Ducks

Crap! You're right. They both have light blueish / grayish bills and for some reason I thought it was the Scaup that had a white ring around the bill. You are right though, thanks for the correction.

 

[TKD]

Great shot! Very sharp.

 

[SCraig]

Great shot! Very sharp.

Thanks, glad you like them. I went back to that same tree today and not a bird to be seen