a few more shots...

[dannylightning]

tree swallow
20160413-DSC_7469 by Daniel Caldwell, on Flickr

dark eyed junco
20160413-DSC_7660 by Daniel Caldwell, on Flickr

purple martin
20160413-DSC_7306 by Daniel Caldwell, on Flickr

american robin being bothered by bugs
20160413-DSC_7227 by Daniel Caldwell, on Flickr

chickadee
20151211-DSC_6660 by Daniel Caldwell, on Flickr

 

[JacaRanda]

Very nice set Danny! It's been real cool to see you progress.

 

[dannylightning]

Very nice set Danny! It's been real cool to see you progress.

thanks man, i just hope i can keep photos of this caliber coming, before it was just use anything that turned out good and it was easy to get lots of photos that way.

i am finally getting to use this lens in some nice light and its definately got me impressed., at the end of last year when i got the lens all the sunny days were pretty much all gone.....

 

[JacaRanda]

Very nice set Danny! It's been real cool to see you progress.

thanks man, i just hope i can keep photos of this caliber coming, before it was just use anything that turned out good and it was easy to get lots of photos that way.

i am finally getting to use this lens in some nice light and its definately got me impressed., at the end of last year when i got the lens all the sunny days were pretty much all gone.....

Yup yup. The better you get, the pickier you get. Definitely a good thing.

 

[robbins.photo]

Great set Danny. Love the Martin shot, though maybe clone out the oof vegetation lower left frame, it's a bit distracting. Other than that love the composition

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[WesternGuy]

Nice set. I do agree about the oof vegetation in the Martin image.

WesternGuy

 

[manaheim]

I love juncos. They're so fat and fluffy.

 

[spiralout462]

I really like the Swallow. I appreciate unique compositions of the small birds. Great set all in all !

 

[jcdeboever]

Like the bugs flying around the robbin.

 

[DarkShadow]

Nice set.

 

[FITBMX]

Great set, and I love the purple martin!

 

[fishing4sanity5 1]

Great photos, I really like the details you got in those iridescent blues of the swallow.

 

[katsrevenge]

Love the first one.

 

[dannylightning]

thanks everyone.

it was weird how these birds acted yesterday, it was like i was just another bird or animal that they were used to being around, usually its only the chickadees and nut hatches that act like this. i was originally standing back a bit from where the swallows were hanging out, i took a few steps closer every now and again till i was just a few feet away from the bird houses that were set up at this place. ( lots of plastic bird houses on metal poles ) next thing i know i am probably 15 feet away from the pole which was probably only about 6-7 foot tall and the birds did not flinch, they just set there and cleaned their feathers and acted like they did not notice me. so i though they were just another bird that was not really worried about people but there were robins and sparrows on ground, very close to me. this is about the time i decided i wanted a really close close up decided to try to walk right up to the swallows, the birds on the ground that were probably just a few feet from me did not fly. they did not even seem to look at me when i started moving again. they just kept pecking at the ground and hopping around and eating their lunch.. it was almost like these bids did not even see me. i always see bids and squirrels running around in my front yard together and there just hanging out together and paying no mind to each other. i always though it would be nice if it could be like that for people and other animals.. yesterday it was like that. well the blue heron, coots and grebes all stayed way far away on the other side of the lake but all the little birds seemed completely relaxed around me.

anyone else ever have this happen ?

 

[goooner]

Great set Danny. You're a lucky man getting so close. I've noticed that if I just make myself 'small', hunching and stay still for a while the birds tend to relax.

Love the BIF, would have liked to see more space in front of him though.