Good shot. Ugly bird:-))
Paul
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From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cotty wrote:
> > I try not to post non-Pentax pics here, but I thought some of the
> > twitchers here might like to see this. A nest of Blackbird chicks
> > resides just inside the roof of our house and the mother flutters to and
> > fro bringing food and taking out the garbage (old feathers). I found a
> > very close vantage point trough my son's window. Here she is filling the
> > frame, just about to dart up under the wooden eaves...
> >
> > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/nature/images/pic32.html>
> >
> > 1DmarkII, 70-200 2.8 L IS, ISO 800, 1/1000th at f 5.6
> >
>
> Nice grab, cot, but that ain't no blackbird... that's an awful,
> horrendous, European Starling.... ewwwwwww :-) (starlings are cavity
> nesters and as such, due to their aggressiveness, displace less
> aggressive Eastern Bluebirds in the US for nesting sites).
>
> --
>
> Christian
> http://photography.skofteland.net
>
