Post your best bird shots!

[dsiegel5151]

More Geese:

[HDNitehawk]

More Geese:

I like the composition, it is very interesting.

[ahab1372]

More Geese:

dsiegel, this is one of my favorite shots. How did you get the "models" to line up so nicely?

Here is a shot of three turkey vultures striking the pose. Not as pretty as the geese, I wonder if I always going to get the weird shots (crane eating a rat, vultures... well, there was actually a dead racoon right next to these three guys):




Arnt

[Dave Throgmartin]

Weird or not, the crane and turkey vulture pictures you've posted are both good... and both probably hard to come by to be honest.

[ahab1372]

Weird or not, the crane and turkey vulture pictures you've posted are both good... and both probably hard to come by to be honest.

Thanks Dave,
I have to admit that I was very lucky with these shots. They were both within a mile of another on the same day at the San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail. There is a bike trail right next to the creek, and animals are very used to people so I could get close enough for the 55-250. All I had to do was get off my bike and take the camera out, and fortunately I didn't screw up the settings completely in all the excitement.
And then today I took some pictures of a hawk flying directly over my head - might be too underexposed against the overcast sky, I haven't had the time yet to load into the computer. But if that comes out ok, I fear that after so much beginner's luck there will be a looong dark period with only dull and boring shots

Arnt