Have you ever been places a number of times before, and then come to that place with a camera, and suddenly see that there are lots of things you didn't notice before? I've discovered there are lots of different birds in Bayfront Park, not far from where I work. Some are common, but a close up makes capturing them fun.
The Eastern Kingbird is a flycatcher, somewhere between a sparrow and a robin in size. It catches insects in the air, darting after them with quick movements. You will also see them picking bugs off trees branches and leaves - darting through and along branches to catch them for lunch. They often like to perch in branches of dead trees. I never really noticed them before, thinking they were swallows. The white tip of the flat tail is the key to setting them apart.
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| Eastern Kingbird |
The all too common Canada Goose...
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| Canada Goose - going for a snooze |
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| Canada Goose - head shot |
This baby Red-winged Blackbird is flying about already. They look like an old man with big fuzzy eye brows.
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| Red-winged Blackbird Fledgling |
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| Female Red-winged Blackbird |
Another familiar sight, but a nicer setting than around the backyard.
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| Mourning Dove on thistle teasels |
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