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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: What was that? on October 10, 2009, 05:49:58 PM

Title: Toronto Islands - some not too bad, others not as good
Post by: What was that? on October 10, 2009, 05:49:58 PM

Hermit thrush
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999265096/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999265096/)

Phoebe (free at last, free at last, thank the gods, free at last.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999264202/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999264202/)

Red tailed hawk, circled us and landedd in a tree less than 60ft away.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999263326/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999263326/)

White throated sparrow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999262196/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999262196/)

Yellow bellied sapsucker F - why can I never see such gorgeous birds? Especially when they are feeding.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999261552/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3999261552/)

Yellow bellied sapsucker M.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3998497005/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/3998497005/)

Graham.
Going out with a group really helps the visually and ID challenged.

Title: Re: Toronto Islands - some not too bad, others not as good
Post by: JTF on October 10, 2009, 06:02:08 PM

Lovley shots, my fav is the white throated sparrow. Lighing is excellent, well done.

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Post by: The Observer on October 11, 2009, 09:01:37 AM

Great shots!
LOVE the depth and colour of the White Throated Sparrow and the composition in the Phoebe!

Thanks for the share!

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Post by: What was that? on October 11, 2009, 10:28:50 AM

Thanks for the comments.
I love the general composition of freedom (bird) and imprisonment (barbed wire).
Bird photography gets me out of the house, so I feel the contrast.
Graham