Varied thrush

[A.M.D.A.]

Today I saw this guy eating birdseed under a bush in my backyard. The shy bird then flew up on a tree close to where I was hiding, I barely had time to MF before he made a "beeline" to the neighbor's wooded yard.

Attachment 65119
Camera: PENTAX *ist D
Lens: PENTAX SMC PENTAX-A* 300mm F4 lens (MF-only)
Other equipment: PENTAX AF-330FTZ external flash, turned OFF
Shutter-speed: 1/1250 second
Aperture: F5.0
ISO: 400
Focal length: 300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)

[AgingEyes]

Geeze, nice to have a backyard

[Pink Dragonfly]

Nice catch A rather pretty and colourful bird! Is that snow on the branch???

Mette

[A.M.D.A.]

Snow. :yesnod: Received a fresh flurry two days ago.

[Pink Dragonfly]

Huh...poor you I must admit I'm definitely longing for spring now - at least the days are a lot longer now, 5pm and the sun is still shining And today I was out shooting without gloves for the first time ;)

Mette

[Singletracklovr]

Hi Alex,
Cool looking bird, no pun intended.

It looks clowdy in the back ground, did you use a fill flash to get the light in the eye?

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks for the comment, Bob.

No, I didn't use any flash. I did have the external (hot-shoe) one on my camera but turned it off as the thrush gets spooked easily.

[paulnj]

What an awesome bird!!!!!!

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks, Paul.

[paulnj]

That is one of the few species that has eluded me... someday, someday.......

[A.M.D.A.]

Maybe you should come up here then.

We regularily have 3 front yard "buddies" who together help each other in worm hunting:

- Varied thrush.
- American robin.
- Northern flicker.