The rest of the Great Kiskadees

Maestro

Right at the end of the day, I took these pictures at the Martin Refuge. It was probably 7:30pm by now or close to it. I had seen plenty of great kiskadees this day but up until this point I hadn't been able to photograph a nice perch of one. Luckily at the end of the day, this all changed.









I really like these flycatchers. They are so vocal and animated.

Ric Grupe

These are pretty darn good, Stephen! clap

Giphsub

with Ric! Particularly 1 & 4! Lovely crisp shots Stephen. Nice one!

dlplumer

Great shots Stephen

Jack'll do

All great captures Stephen. I love the expression on his face in #3 (he looks quite vexed with you)

bhowdy

Very nice collection Stephen. Especially liked #1, but all were great.

Harryb

Excellentcaptures Stephen. I would have tried to bring out the eyes more in my post processing.

raptorcaptor

Great set Stephen! I'm going to have to make a Texas trip one of these days!

Maestro

Harryb wrote:

Excellentcaptures Stephen. I would have tried to bring out the eyes more in my post processing.

Thanks Harry. I think I am going to do that and make the overall picture a bit brighter.

Maestro

Ric Grupe wrote:

These are pretty darn good, Stephen! clap

Thanks Ric. I appreciate it.

Maestro

jimmyjojo wrote:

i love the yellow on his chest, it seems soo strong

And that is about the way I saw the bird's chest in person. They have beautifully rufous colored wings too!

Maestro

Giphsub wrote:

with Ric! Particularly 1 & 4! Lovely crisp shots Stephen. Nice one!

Thanks Mike. They don't quite measure up to some of those colorful birds down under, but they are handsome flycatchers.

Maestro

dlplumer wrote:

Great shots Stephen

Thank you , thank you!

Maestro

bhowdy wrote:

Very nice collection Stephen. Especially liked #1, but all were great.

Thanks Bob. I was lucky that this one finally obliged me with some perches.

Maestro

raptorcaptor wrote:

Great set Stephen! I'm going to have to make a Texas trip one of these days!

When you do, let me know. Thanks for looking.

Maestro

Updated versions
Taking some of the advice here I brightened the images and tried to bring out the eyes more. There does not seem to be much difference in the eyes in these compressed versions but the full versions do show a difference.