Watch the Birdie....

spocklingspockling Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
edited March 27, 2005 in Wildlife
Caught a couple yesterday that are OK(IMHO)... and thought I would share.

First a couple of Chickadee's
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A couple of geese....
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And a Woodpecker. Don't know what kind, but he must've been 8-10 inches tall. This is as close as I could get with a 28-135.

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Enjoy....and Thanks for Looking.
Steve
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,014 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    how
    how did you get that one on your hand ????the series is a nice one, good group of shots but how did you get him/her on your hand [it is YOUR hand ?] jeff
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  • spocklingspockling Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    jwear wrote:
    how did you get that one on your hand ????the series is a nice one, good group of shots but how did you get him/her on your hand [it is YOUR hand ?] jeff
    Thanks Jeff, yeah it's my hand. They're just that tame there that I just stuck out my hand and they would land on it. The noise of the shutter would scare them off, so I could only get one at a time.
    Steve
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,014 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    spockling wrote:
    Thanks Jeff, yeah it's my hand. They're just that tame there that I just stuck out my hand and they would land on it. The noise of the shutter would scare them off, so I could only get one at a time.
    next time take andys idea FOOD :D good shots Jeff
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    Hey Steve,

    Nice shots and the chickadee shots were amazing. I never got an egret to land on my hand. :D
    Harry
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  • spocklingspockling Registered Users Posts: 369 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Steve,

    Nice shots and the chickadee shots were amazing. I never got an egret to land on my hand. :D
    Thanks Harry, As Jeff said, maybe it's the food :D
    Steve
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  • thollawathollawa Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited March 26, 2005
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    Great shots!!!

    Now, If you could only get that big one to sit on your finger....mwink.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,014 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    thollawa wrote:
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    Great shots!!!

    Now, If you could only get that big one to sit on your finger....mwink.gif
    come on you would need a tripod rolleyes1.gif and a 12/24 Jeff
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  • ysr612ysr612 Registered Users Posts: 148 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    have you tried sticking your hand out to one of those geese??:uhoh
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited March 26, 2005
    those are really nice! the woodpecker (I think?) has some great color too. It's so true, chickadee's are not shy at all, they practically land on my head when I'm filling our feeder. Still, I've never gotten one to land on my finger - very cool.
    :D
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 27, 2005
    Nice shots. Really like the ones with the chickadees. They appear to be pretty young and just like kids they haven't learn to fear things yet.

    The woodpecker appears to be the Northern "Red-shafted" Flicker. Flickers are woodpeckers. They are one, if not the only, woodpecker with a brown back in North America.
    Dixie
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited March 27, 2005
    Great shots, the goose in flight is wonderfull, and the chickadee's on your hand are amazing. I would have never believed it if you just said they would do it.
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