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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: jackbreakfast on March 30, 2012, 09:33:01 PM

Title: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: jackbreakfast on March 30, 2012, 09:33:01 PM

Felicitations, birdfriends...
I had a wonderful time at Col. Sam the other day, and was especially delighted to get a few (relatively) in-the-open shots of the famous flittering twirlybird known as the g. c. kinglet! Anyhow, I hope you'll enjoy these snapshots from our own hot spot in the west end of T.O.
(http://www.jackbreakfast.com/birds/sb1.jpg)
(http://www.jackbreakfast.com/birds/sb2.jpg)
(http://www.jackbreakfast.com/birds/sb3.jpg)
(http://www.jackbreakfast.com/birds/sb4.jpg)

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: thouc on March 30, 2012, 09:55:03 PM

Very nice pictures, I was there today and saw lots of G-C Kinglets around.

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on March 30, 2012, 11:31:35 PM

your photography's grown in leaps and bounds since i bumped into you a while back.
keep it coming

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: jackbreakfast on March 31, 2012, 09:52:24 AM

Thanks so much, Thomas and Richard, it's appreciated. So glad the little kinglets are back...yellow-rumped warblers too...I forgot to add our butcherbird friend. I ran into him also on that fine day. Col Sam Smith is the Ashbridges Bay of the west end! Richard, I remember your fine scarlet tanager pictures from last year. Getting that close to such a lovely bird would delight me to the point of lunacy!

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: Rob'in'To on March 31, 2012, 10:16:28 AM

Great stuff!

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: Trillian Flummox on April 01, 2012, 11:05:48 AM

I especially love love love your amazing shot of the tiny "twirlybird" and how she manages to look EVIL !!  God bless those crazy cuties.   :D

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: Reg on April 01, 2012, 01:31:41 PM

Great set, I especially like the Shrike.

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: steven rose on April 01, 2012, 02:27:27 PM

Tough to get a kinglet to sit still  :D
Steve R

Title: Re: A few fine friends from Colonel Sam
Post by: jackbreakfast on April 01, 2012, 03:01:40 PM

Many thanks, folks. Kinglets are a fun and frustrating photographic challenge, that's for sure. Anyhow, I appreciate your comments very much!