This evening, as I sat sorting photos, I felt compelled to (once again) share a series of pictures that were taken over the past week that failed to find their way into posts. I feel better filing them away knowing that someone else’s eyes besides my own have seen them.
So as not to be a blog hog, I’ll narrow it down to ten!
Thanks for letting me share. I hope your week ahead abounds in blessings!
Backyard Bird Nerd 
They are all great shots! I particularly like the ones of the Downy Woodpecker and the Brown Thrasher.
There was something about the Downy that I liked too. 🙂
Beautiful photos Kathy, it is always a great delight to see your pics!
Thanks. It is always a delight to share them! 🙂
Gorgeous! I love how there are so many fluffy feathers, and they are all perfectly in focus.
Thanks! There is something fun about capturing them when they are poofing out their feathers. 🙂
Terrific! Don’t hold back. Blog hog all you want. ☺
Deal! I’ll just say, “Mike told me to!” 🙂
I agree with Mike. Hog away!!! Love the long legs on that bluebird!!! (Been drawing one of your horse images tonight.) Thanks for sharing your lovely work.
Oooh…can’t wait to see the horse. Is it the one of him galloping?
Wow. Yes!! Initial sketch may not make it; I’ll try and perfect. Wait, maybe I’ll post both to show the progression. My mission for the day: to create the other half of “both”! Thanks, Kathy!
Do you have the opportunity to photograph horses often?
I have only photographed them 2 or 3 times…but each time I have LOVED it. If I can get them running with their manes flowing….aaah….it makes me happy!
Woo, I bet! They are magnificent creatures. They remind me of moose, a bit – equally astounding.
Simply…wonderful. Reminds me that all can be right with the world, even if for a few moments 🙂
I know what you mean. Sometimes it’s nice to just pause, look at something beautiful, and catch your breath. 🙂
Gorgeous, as always! 🙂
Another lovely set Kathy … In particular I love the striking colour of the red bellied woodpecker, brilliant.
Why thank you, kind sir. And I wish they spelled “colour” this way in my country…it has a much lovelier look to it!
Lol 🙂
Hey Kathy! I was really wondering how you get such great pics.
Is it that your camera has REALLY good zoom? Or do you angle the camera to look through binoculars and then snap the picture? The zoom on my (crappy) camera is not very good, so I’ve been having trouble taking decent pics.
Sorry to bother you bout the camera issue again 🙂
No bother at all! My camera does have a nice amount of zoom, but the birds are also often quite close. If you ever change cameras though, consider the Canon SX50HS…although I just read that Nikon has a new camera with 83x zoom.
As for the camera through the binoculars trick…pretty sure it would take someone with a lot more coordination than I have. 🙂
Wow, they´re all beautiful! A lot of birds to draw! 😉 Thanks for sharing!
You are most welcome! 🙂
Great captures, all. It’s always nice to have other eyes besides our own appreciate the bird beauty!
Love how sharp the bluebird photograph is!