Great shots! I love how they look so soft and fuzzy (lol..the feathers, not your focus!!!)....I just want to pet them!!

These photos are stunning! Absolutely gorgeous! Great work!!!

GORGEOUS!!!! The quality shots you get with your equipment never ceases to amaze me. At least half of it is getting the birds to approach so closely

Ken, these pictures are wonderful! I am sure others have already asked, but what equipment are you using? I am pretty satisfied with mine until I see yours...........

We have the same birds visiting daily.

Now if you could just get a shot of either House Finches or Purple Finches.....my bird book photos are not good. I am always in a quandary about which I have. So far, haven't been able to get a good enough shot to post for id.

Glenda

Glenda scroll to the bottom of Kenn's last post. Here's a link to it.

Thanks everybody for your nice comments. :)

Rachel - You are so right about the importance of being close for getting the best photos. It's also a great joy for us to have our birds approach us casually without our having to hide ourselves. We spend a great deal of time outside with our regulars everyday here, and many of them have over time become quite accustomed to our being in their midst. This makes for a lot of great photo opportunities, and it let's us both observe and capture their so delightful character.

Glenda - We have many House Finches here thruout the year. This is a male House Finch:

I'm sorry to say that Purple Finches are very rare visitors here... But here is a female:

Thanks also to Bob for pasting the link to my earlier post about our camera gear. It's very gratifying to be asked what equipment we use, but I want to say again that there are many similar and superior cameras available which can all take excellent photos. We are not expert photographers. For us it's much more about the birds than the camera. We just love to share our joy of them with other bird lovers and that's the main reason we take their pictures. :)

Thanks again and happy birding to all,

Kenn

Here is a link that might be useful: Slideshow

Kenn, I just spent some very enjoyable time at your slideshow.

That
gnarled wood they land on is just a great piece. It adds to the beauty of the bird pictures.

From your pictures, I think mine are Purple Finches. I will try to get a shot of them, but they don't come to the window feeder often.

Thank you for posting the pictures.

glenda