And another first.

[MN Shutterbug]

It seems like early in the morning these birds are much more cooperative. Maybe it was the cooler temps. Whatever, I appreciated it.

[mmeyer]

Those are really great XT. Congrats

[Steve Foss]

Good job, Mike. That last pose is totally sweet!

[Royce Aardahl]

Really, those are sweet.

[finnbay]

Mike, you've really been on a roll! Nice job!

[MN Shutterbug]

Thanks guys. Did you notice, on the third photo, you can see the bird's breath? I couldn't figure out the strange spot on the BG, until someone on another forum mentioned it. She thought it made the photo because she had never seen a bird's breath on a photo before. Well, it was around the freezing point this morning, so it does make sense. I'm good at visually missing important parts of photos, but this time, I saw it but didn't recognize it.

[Steve Foss]

I did notice that, XT. It's the backlighting that makes it visible.

[Dbl]

One of my favorite birds X, good job!

[JayinMN]

Great captures of a neat looking bird. I have never seen one either, hopefully some day one will show up in my neck of the woods.