Post your best bird shots!

[Jayson]

Yeah, the 200-800. I finally got to sit by the lake today and give it a good run watching my eagle pair. Much better than my older 2x and the 100-400 I've been using. Only problem is the super warm temps last week thawed the whole lake and they fish just a bit too far away.

[Jayson]

Caught a cardinal at the feeder today. Had a slight breeze through his feathers.

[Zach]

hey guys, i've returned. here's an osprey with breakfast

IMG_8961 by Baka Watcher, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

Caught a cardinal at the feeder today. Had a slight breeze through his feathers.

Great hair. Err...I mean head feathers.

hey guys, i've returned. here's an osprey with breakfast

Welcome back.

Nice pic!

[Zach]

Green-winged teal pair
IMG_0071 by BAKA, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

After a failed dive, this osprey flew right past me

0M3A2300 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

This is actually from the same sequence as the image above. But, I've received some comments on it from friends and thought I'd share here as well.

0M3A2307 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

Swasey Park is ~20 min from our house, a nice walk along the water and also near restaurants and shops. So, from the third recent walk along the park.

0M3A3532 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

I have only seen Indigo Buntings at my feeder a few times, always in May. They are always fleeting encounters. So I am happy to have got reasonable light on this one a few days ago:

0M3A4180 by kayaker72, on Flickr

The behavior would indicate that they are migrating, but looking at some migration maps, it seems a small population lives in New England throughout the summer. Most seem to summer in the Arkansas-TN-KS area, or so it seems.

It would be great if they stuck around longer.