The Nursery

Gallery: AvianPosted February 2, 20052,653 views16 comments

Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

I love this Shot. Head turn and all ;) What you think? Chick is 6 days old. The nest is at local pond built only 2 feet above the water. Canon 10D w/300 2.8L w/1.4X. Taken in late July.

Thanks for looking

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Michael Farina on February 2, 2005 at 7:21 PM

Great capture, I never saw such a crisp image of this species on a nest plus with chicks. Usually their out of photo distance. Great find

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Comment posted by LILWINGS on February 2, 2005 at 7:30 PM

what a great shot- I've seen this scene myself many times, but they're usually in a spot where I can't get a good angle on the chicks. Well done Richard

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Comment posted by Tom Grey on February 2, 2005 at 7:51 PM

Wonderful! Head turn, pine needles, and the begging chicks -- great shot.

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Comment posted by Bob Steele on February 2, 2005 at 8:23 PM

Spectacular! That's what I think.

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Comment posted by Toni Lankerd on February 2, 2005 at 8:29 PM

Excellent!

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Comment posted by Michael Bates on February 2, 2005 at 8:58 PM

This is outstanding!!!! Perfect DOF, nothing distracting me from viewing the subjects either!!

Michael

Registered on November 1, 2003, 149 Posts, 2381 Comments

Comment posted by Garth McElroy on February 2, 2005 at 9:06 PM

I think it's FANTASTIC!!!

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Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on February 2, 2005 at 10:34 PM

Ditto from what others have said...

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Comment posted by Ernie Kuo on February 2, 2005 at 10:52 PM

Nice. Look like she is pleading for help with the chicks.

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Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on February 2, 2005 at 11:45 PM

Awesome!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 3, 2005 at 12:01 AM

Very nice. A clean view and very natural.

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Comment posted by Jasper Doest on February 3, 2005 at 4:06 AM

What I think? You have a winner here!!! Excellent work...can't say anything else!

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Comment posted by Juza on February 3, 2005 at 1:20 PM

Kudos! Amazing image

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on February 3, 2005 at 2:34 PM

You bet! That's really outstanding.

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Comment posted by Ofer Levy on February 4, 2005 at 6:16 AM

Awesome!!!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 4, 2005 at 10:14 AM

I love this shot too, very nice Richard!

Ken Archer

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