duck, shorebirds, owl, warblers, sparrows, oh my....

[ShawnZ]

In a mood to post a bunch....enjoy.

All images made with SonyA300, Sigma50/500, typically f8 to f10, various shutter speeds based on shooting in manual exposure with a spot meter reading off the brightest part of a given scene, adjustments typically made to contrast and saturation due to shooting in RAW with global settings at a minimum "in camera", crops, USM. Various techniques have been used here including crawling, taped calls, and feeding.

Comments and critiques always appreciated.

Regards,

Green winged teal

Semi Palmated Plover

Lesser Yellowlegs

Dunlin

Least Sandpiper

[ShawnZ]

Least Sandpiper

Black bellied plover

Northern Hawk Owl

Black and white warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

[ShawnZ]

American Redstart

White Throated Sparrow

White Crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

[ShawnZ]

Song Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

And a rusty blackbird just because

[finnbay]

Absolutely incredible series, Shawn! I am drawn to the composition reflection of the lesser yellowlegs. Great art!

[Scott M]

Sweet images!

[Dbl]

Beautiful group of work Shawn! Outstanding! Like Ken I am really drawn to the yellow lesser legs as well! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.

[fishinchicks]

Beautiful! I also love the lesser!

[IA4PATS]

Great pictures! I like the teal, yellowlegs, splashing sandpiper, black and white warbler, and the white crowned sparrow. Just to name a few

[captainshane]

Sweet pics!!! I really like the high-steppin Dunlin.

[Steve Foss]

Shawn, excellent work, as always!

[yakfisher]

Wow!

[Hwood]

Very nice

[Jim Almquist]

Wow what a great series Shawn!

[dockothebay]

A beautiful series Shawn! I'm not sure I can pick a favorite, certainly the Lesser Yellowlegs is a great composition & I love the White Throated Sparrow as well. The thing I notice overall, is what a nice job you've done with the eyes of each, the focus and a bit of catchlight certainly bring life into each image.

Thanks for sharing!!