Some Feathered Friends for Your Friday

Welcome everyone, it's a Feathered Friends Friday Today

Ah the weather has been good this week and I've been able to get out and get to know my new lens =)

I must say it hasn't disappointed so far.

All the images in this post taken handheld with this lens on a Canon EOS Rebel T7( soon to be replaced w/ 7D Mk II)

I started off on the 2nd story deck at a friend's house. We set out seed for the birds all year so we get a steady stream of Sparrows.

Oh here we have the Grand Poobah himself. This little guy seems to be the leader among the local Sparrows.
no one gets to eat the seeds till he has had his fill.

Well no one except Mrs. Grand Poobah O.o

She can eat as she pleases wile the Grand Poobah fusses with and chases off the others. He won't even let them wait around the edges wile she is around. You should hear him talk @#$% to the others at these times. lol

My tweety bird watching came to an abrupt end though as the neighbor's cat came sneaking up along the railing... =/

Oh, just a note. Kitty's eyes were done in editing, they don't actually look like that o.o

A couple days later I went out to the bay to try my hand at shore birds and get some action shots and of course to visit the tree where the Night Herons roost.
The fallowing are some of the better shots over 2 days. some at sunrise and the others at sunset.



This is a Great Blue Heron, you can find these around Humboldt Bay year round.
This was the only one out wile I was here and it was at a bad angle for light and glare but it's a cool bird so I included it.



These are the Night Herons, some of my favorites. They can be found here all year long as well.

These are Black Crowned/Capped Night Herons. They will roost till the sun sets then go out hunting at night.




Not sure what type of Night Heron this is but it's not seen nearly as mush as the others.




Not sure about the ID on these birds. The fly out of the shallows just after sunrise to hunt.
They also move fast, the group of 4 here are moving around 35 - 40 MPH with fast flapping wings, difficult to keep in frame wile panning that fast




Lastly I have a Western Osprey, this one was kinda far out and I had a little trouble finding it lol
These are also yearlong residents of the Bay

Well.... I should break it off here before this post gets too big.
There are hundreds of bird species that live here on the bay and many hundreds more that stop over in spring and fall as we are on a major migration rout. Right now there are 1000 s of Geese flying through.
Going to try to drive up to the Northern end of the Bay this next week and visit the Arcata Marsh, a jewel on Humboldt Bay and a major bird sanctuary.
Till next time =)


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