House Sparrow

Spotted this little fella sitting on my fence

An often overlooked garden visitor.

Canon 1Dmk3, EF500f4 + 1.4x Conv, iso800, 1/400th sec, f6.3, tripod, cropped

That is just gorgeous!!

Thats nice very nice, love the feathers, composition is great, lovely image Peter

I wish they would visit my garden again, a catastrophic decline over the years . I had six visit for a few days during the winter but not seen any since. Superb image indeed.

Lovely stuff.
One of my favourite birds . We have a flock of about 70 with us all the time but it costs a fortune in corn etc.
They even use the nest boxes put up for redstarts etc.
Good shot.
JohnR

lovely colours and a very attractive shot. I always worry slightly when I see a bird sitting like this with its feathers fluffed up as I do tend to associate it with poorly birds (particularly finches). Hopefully not in this case though.

Matt

Wonderful ,its pictures like this that start a self imposed debate in my mind ,”Is it more satisfying to get the very best shot that I can of a common subject or an acceptable image of a distant lesser spotted Mongolian dwarf eagle that has only been seen in the UK once”. Shots like this convince me that the humble sparrow, for me wins hands down.

Bob.

Lovely image Peter. Spot on - no nits at all. Tristan

Now this is an outstanding portrait of this little guy.
perfect
Bertl

Thank you all, much appreciated

Beautiful - superb light and fluffed out & relaxed pose!

David

Hello Peter
It ticks ALL the boxes, what a great image! Compostion, subject, BG, and the spuggies expression is the icing on the cake.
Best wishes
Phil