Cedar Waxwing (must see larger)
Common Merganser
Ring-billed Gull
Tufted Titmouse
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32 Comments
5 May 2008 at 9:22 pm
Oh my! That is amazing!
5 May 2008 at 9:26 pm
First, getting a waxwing shot is hard… (well to me anyway…) And then to get that shot. Holy cow…. that is amazing Tom. (Like I said before when I grow up I want to be just like you.) & I loved how you could see the Merganser skip across the water to catch flight… now that is a wicked shot! Great work!
5 May 2008 at 9:43 pm
I love the action shots! The merganser especially – he looked like he finished skipping across the lake like a rock.
5 May 2008 at 10:18 pm
It’s their motion that makes them so amazing.
5 May 2008 at 10:57 pm
SORRY EVERYONE . . . I thought I had scheduled this to go live tomorrow (Tuesday) instead of today! Whoops!
@ Rondi – thanks
@ Aullori – blush . . . you are too kind! The merganser . . that’s how I normally see them . . . flying away from me!
@ Shelley – Thanks and does look like skipping rocks!
@ Lynne – thanks!
5 May 2008 at 11:37 pm
Ya, I didn’t want to break the news to you that is was only Monday, ha. I just love that Cedar Waxwing photo.
5 May 2008 at 11:53 pm
Linda – I guess at this point we probably should keep it live! Hmm I guess I will also keep it titled WW?? I just might get a few laughs out of this if anything!
6 May 2008 at 12:28 am
Those shots give me the chills! Very cool!
6 May 2008 at 5:25 am
The colors on those waxwings look like they’re painted on, don’t they? Very nice work!
6 May 2008 at 6:49 am
So hard to get those shots! Bravo Tom!
6 May 2008 at 7:40 am
What an interesting set of photos. It is so difficult to capture birds in flight. Very good. Cedar Waxwing is one of my favorite birds.
6 May 2008 at 7:53 am
Gotta say — I just love BIFs! Don’t birds look different when they are flying? That tufted titmouse shot made me laugh – great post!
6 May 2008 at 9:19 am
Great “action” shots Mon@rch!
6 May 2008 at 9:33 am
Oh darn and here I thought it was Wednesday and we were that much closer to the weekend! LOL
I love, love, love the Waxwing shot!
6 May 2008 at 10:51 am
That cedar waxwing shot is spectacular!
6 May 2008 at 12:00 pm
Beautiful action shots. Love that Cedar Waxwing. Those eyes are stunning.
6 May 2008 at 12:15 pm
@ Liza – sorry but thanks!
@ Dave – thanks and it kinda does!
@ Jayne – thanks and it can be!
@ Lisa – I know and I almost deleted it in the camera . . . I am glad that I ended up saving it!
@ Bird Girl – thanks and they do look different when flying! The Titmouse was a cute bird and flew just as I was about to take it’s picture!
@ Ruthie – thanks
@ Marg – I had wished it was Wednesday also! our bird adventure would be just about to start!
@ threecollie – thanks
@ Robin – thanks and they sure are~!
6 May 2008 at 2:36 pm
Your shots ROCK Tom!
-K
6 May 2008 at 3:37 pm
I love love love these pictures, Tom ~ just beautiful!
6 May 2008 at 3:41 pm
Poetry, quite literally, in motion.
6 May 2008 at 3:45 pm
You’re too early for me: but these are stunning. The waxwing is my favorite!
6 May 2008 at 4:41 pm
Very nice.
6 May 2008 at 5:01 pm
Great shots of birds in flight. I like the Cedar Waxwing the most.
6 May 2008 at 6:49 pm
Wow, excellent photos, Tom!!
6 May 2008 at 8:52 pm
Dear Tom,
Wonderful flight shots!
The Waxwing is great!
Sherry
6 May 2008 at 9:11 pm
OMG – they are all great, but the first one is incredible.
6 May 2008 at 9:24 pm
WAY TOO COOL waxwing photo. Hey, it ain’t Wednesday, is it?
6 May 2008 at 9:43 pm
Cedar Waxwing looks like Batman.
I miss them and I’ll love them as much next year.
Your shots are amazing. I can’t do birds in flight, at all.
6 May 2008 at 9:51 pm
I love the cedar’s bandit eyes! Comin’ right at you! Great shot.
6 May 2008 at 10:52 pm
@ Kaz – thanks
@ Lisa – thanks and glad you enjoy these!
@ Scienceguy – LOL, thanks
@ wesleyjeanne – Thanks and it is mine also!
@ Pinar – thanks
@ Joan – thanks and I just got very lucky with it!
@ Pam – thanks
@ Sherry – thanks and glad you enjoyed it!
@ Wren – Thanks and I was very happy when I saw it on the computer!
@ Zen – Thanks and no . . . I thought I had scheduled it to go live Tuesday Night but must have hit publish now.
@ Mary – I only wish it was a bohemian but does look like a batman also! Thanks and its all luck!
@ Chicago – isn’t that cool! Thanks
7 May 2008 at 8:29 pm
Nice flight photos! That waxwing looks like a member of the superheroes team with that mask.
7 May 2008 at 10:33 pm
So busy you forgot which day it was.
“Rats with Wings” maybe, but gulls sure are graceful flyers.