400mm f5.6

These were some of the most common birds in the woods around our house this summer. They were also some of the most vocal!

Any help on these would be appreciated. I like the insect dangling from the mouth.

One of my favorites from the summer. The males are really colorful, and the females have nice lime caps.

This is probably my favorite picture from my Europe trip. From Yorkshire Dales. Fear not, I'll have lots of other birds to be identified in the Bird Identification forum!

I just thought this was kind of interesting, the way he was peeking out at you.

I recently put up this feeder, and it has been attracting cardinals, which is nice since they hadn't really come to my feeders before.

I set up some natural perches by my feeders, hoping to get the birds to land on them, and this female cardinal finally did!

I think the chickadees around here are carolinas, but I'm not sure. They certainly look different than the black-capped ones I see in Michigan. Hopefully I'll have some pictures of those later this summer!

This is to go with the female I posted earlier. I like the soft greeness of the leaves.

See my other cardinal photo.

This was taken from my hide, with a tripod. Only my second day with the 400mm f5.6l, but already I'm getting some pictures that I love!

Another with my new 400mm f5.6L. So far, (one afternoon) I'm really enjoying it!

Taken with my new 400mm f5.6L, an old tripod, and my homemade hide. The interesting thing was that my head was down by my thigh to be able to look through the viewfinder, since the camera was pointed almost straight up.

I was glad to finally get a nice picture of one of these. Previously, all my shots had been very distant. From Shaw Nature Reserve.

Yet another from Shaw Nature Reserve. They were all over the place, in all the different habitats.

Another with the 400mm f5.6 from Shaw Nature Reserve.

There were many nest boxes at Shaw Nature reserve, and a couple were being used by these little guys. Last year, I had one that would sing from the wires in my backyard, but he hasn't showed up yet.

Another with my rented 400mm f5.6, also from Shaw Nature Reserve. If you happen to be in the St. Louis area, I can't think of a better place to go birding.

Taken at Shaw Nature Reserve, with a Canon 400mm f5.6 I really enjoyed using it, but it's gone back to lensrentals (I highly recommend them). Now I look forward to getting my own-hopefully before summer.