Some more from Fennessey Ranch, Central Texas Coast

Maestro

As you can see, the wonderful weather continued for me. (sarcasm) :rolleyes

Northern Cardinal



Two more green jays





Actually down the road from the Fennessey Ranch-Sandhill Cranes



American Pippit



Eastern Phoebes







Even the common grackles looked nice, at least much better than their suburban cousins.

bfjr

Dig the variety

Jack'll do

Outstanding Stephen
I particularly like #3, the second Phoebe, and the last one.

WildWally

Very nice !!!
I like the first Eastern Phoebe the best . All the empty space seems to make the photograph jump out !!!!

Harryb

Excellent set Stephen.

Maestro

bfjr wrote:

Dig the variety

Thanks Ben.

Maestro

Jack'll do wrote:

Outstanding Stephen
I particularly like #3, the second Phoebe, and the last one.

Thanks Jack. I like those too.

Ric Grupe

Interesting group, Stephen.

Aguadulce

Very nice photos, I really like the color and the detail in the feathers on the two Jays.

The grackle is similar to a Talingo here in Panama.

Maestro

Harryb wrote:

Excellent set Stephen.

Thanks Harry. I think I am going to go back and redo one of those jays. I introduced too much noise in the head area trying to bring out the eye.

Mark Edell

I love the colorful ones, we don't get a whole lot of color up here.

stevehapp

ooh, i like the green jays and the blues of the grackle..

nice stuff, stephen..

PrescottPhotog

Maestro wrote:

As you can see, the wonderful weather continued for me.

All are very nice shots Stephen but the Cardinal is GREAT.. Used to see them all the time growing up in Ohio.. but never see them here.

Maestro

WildWally wrote:

Very nice !!!
I like the first Eastern Phoebe the best . All the empty space seems to make the photograph jump out !!!!

Thanks Wally. I like phoebes. They are very photogenic I think.

Maestro

Ric Grupe wrote:

Interesting group, Stephen.

But of course....Actually, it was a pretty boring day because I had specifically gone to the ranch for raptors, but that was a bust, so I concentrated on the small guys.

Maestro

PrescottPhotog wrote:

All are very nice shots Stephen but the Cardinal is GREAT.. Used to see them all the time growing up in Ohio.. but never see them here.

We have them in droves. But in Arizona you should have its desert cousin, the pyrrhuloxia.

Maestro

Mark Edell wrote:

I love the colorful ones, we don't get a whole lot of color up here.

Those are one of my favorite birds for sure.

Maestro

stevehapp wrote:

ooh, i like the green jays and the blues of the grackle..

nice stuff, stephen..

Thanks Steve.

Maestro

Aguadulce wrote:

Very nice photos, I really like the color and the detail in the feathers on the two Jays.

The grackle is similar to a Talingo here in Panama.

Grackles are so common and successful as a species that I wouldn't doubt that they are related somehow. Thanks for looking.

dlplumer

Great series Stephen. Love the variety.

Maestro

dlplumer wrote:

Great series Stephen. Love the variety.

Thanks Dan

Giphsub

Cool set despite the great weather! (sarcasm)

I particularly like the phoebes. Very cute!

Maestro

Giphsub wrote:

Cool set despite the great weather! (sarcasm)

I particularly like the phoebes. Very cute!

Thanks Mike...much appreciated.

bhowdy

Stephen,
More great images!
Both the Green Jays
The Pipit

Well done as always

Maestro

Thanks Bob. I wish I had had better light, but you take what you get.