This shooting birds thing ain't as easy

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

as I want it to be...

[ManiacJoe]

1. You got that right!

Nice shot. Probably could use a little noise reduction. Any EXIF info available?

The current theory on bird photos is that regardless of what lens you have, you are always 100mm too short.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

7. well, this was from raw

so I may have screwed it up there

and I may have over magnified him... I may have issues with my televonverter and this new lens

[regnaD kciN]

2. Try telling that to the Vice President...

...at least you didn't get a shot of a lawyer instead. :evilgrin:

[F.Gordon]

3. I don't even bother trying

Unless they land within 3 feet of me and I use a wide angle. But I'm still waitin' for that to happen.

Nice boid pic.

[ConsAreLiars]

4. My best is certainly not Audobon Calendar material, you can see why,

but it is as close as I've come to anything like Maestro and others have posted here. Sure, the fur-feathers and genus stuff matters, but this is as close as I am likely to get. (If it was a "she" then it was a "bird" in Brit vernacular, so maybe it gets into the contest, and even if not, who can claim the gender ID of the subject was not as a "she" and thus a "bird.") So I will enter this as my best "bird" pic. (edit to fix wrong link)

[Eurobabe]

6. Awww, that is adorable!

I love squirrels.

[Maestro]

5. Looks like a an immature red tailed hawk

If you can reduce the noise it will be a killer shot. Nice head-turn.