Some Love for the Little Guys - Share your Songbird/Warblers/Wrens....

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House Sparrows aren't my favorite subjects but when I looked out the kitchen window to see this guy perched on the crabapple tree with autumn colors I figured I'd better try for the shot.

Nikon D850, 500mm PF @f/5.6, 1/1250", ISO 5000
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DRwyoming said:
I came across these Horned Larks by the side of a dirt road early one morning as I was out scouting Sage Grouse leks. There a couple of dozen of these guys hopping around the brush and hanging out by the roadside.

I am envious of these shots. These guys are so hard to get a good low perspective of. When I do get down with them (laying on my belly) there is usually grass/twigs in the way.
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This Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) around 150mm was one of pair that I saw getting nesting materials and entering a drain under a road.
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This may be the other one(?) with nesting material in its mouth.

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Oztours said:
@soundbyte have you ever managed to get a BIF of these little fellows. I used to get lots of opportunity to try but never succeeded. :cry:
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No, not as yet, these two are regularly coming into and out of the drain so one would think it is a golden opportunity, BUT I am not likely to be going back there this trip.
Another time if I can find a similar location and even then they are a nightmare to try to follow in the air!
My BIF skills are sadly lacking, much more practice needed.
 
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DRwyoming said:
Lot's of great threads on Hawks, Owls,Eagles and the big guys but if you're like me you have plenty of file images of small birds like: finches, sparrows, wrens, warblers, flycatchers and the like. Thought it might be nice to start an ongoing thread for sharing photos of the little guys.

Here's a House Wren that I didn't expect. I was shooting Cedar Waxwings and a King Fisher from a blind along a small stream when this guy jumped up on a nice perch in decent light.

Nikon D850, 600mm + TC-14 iii, @f/5.6, 1/1000". ISO 320

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Anyone else want to share images of songbirds and the like?
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Super.
 
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Was working a bull moose up along a river this evening when this Mountain Bluebird flew down on the riverbed gravel right in front of me. I liked the way he looked against the river pebbles in the evening light all fluffed up against the chilly breeze.

Nikon D5, 600mm f/4, 1/1000", ISO 500
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Woke up to snow this morning and was pouring a cup of coffee when I noticed this small bird I didn't recognize out of the kitchen window. Spent some time with online guides and birding books but I'd guess it's a Green-Tailed Towhee based on the greenish yellow back, facial markings and crown. First of these I've seen and photographed.

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DRwyoming said:
Woke up to snow this morning and was pouring a cup of coffee when I noticed this small bird I didn't recognize out of the kitchen window. Spent some time with online guides and birding books but I'd guess it's a Green-Tailed Towhee based on the greenish yellow back, facial markings and crown. If so, first of these I've seen and photographed.

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A real beauty! Congrats
 
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Cristobal said:
Very nice! Looks more like a Fox sparrow?
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After taking a close look at the two I really cant be sure given they are so similar. However it does look like the fox sparrow may have more yellow in its beak. I have to admit I originally just plugged it into the Merlin Bird ID app so I'm definitely no expert!
 
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