Sparrows and Finches

[baturn]

I'm kind of on a short leash because I twisted my knee, but can get out in the yard when the weather cooperates.
Thanks for looking.




1. House Finch

2. House Sparrow

3. House Sparrow

4. White Crowned Sparrow

5. White Crowned Sparrow

 

[BillM]

Beautiful shots, especially love the setup to get the nice clean backgrounds

 

[tirediron]

Agree - really nice backgrounds on those.

 

[baturn]

Thanks. The sigma 150 - 500 does a good job with nice backgrounds. unfortunately not all birds cooperate.

 

[tirediron]

...unfortunately not all birds cooperate.

Tell me about it... you'd think for what I lay out in seed and sugar-water, I would be entitled to a few poses!

 

[annamaria]

Nice shots and backgrounds. A lot of my seed gets eaten by the blackbirds and other unwanted birds grrrrr [emoji13]

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set!

 

[ayyappadhas]

Very nice shots

 

[DarkShadow]

Nice set.

 

[weepete]

I really like that house finch, what a cool little bird!

 

[baturn]

I really like that house finch, what a cool little bird!

They are quite common here, but can be difficult as they are skittish and even if you can get them close, they take off at shutter click. I swear they can actually hear the focus motor. However we wouldn't do this if it was easy.