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18-DEC-2015 Hank Vander Velde

20151218 048 Mountain Bluebird.jpg

Richmond

After about an hour wait this morning, this very rare (for our region) Bluebird, finally showed up to look for food along this fence line. Lucky for her, there is no snow on the ground yet and she is still able to find some grubs in the grasses below. Not sure what she will eat once we get our usual cold and snow cover.

Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 500mm f/4D IF-ED AF-S II
1/160s f/4.5 at 500.0mm iso360 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Sam Rua13-Jan-2016 04:35
Very nice capture and a great pano comp.
Carol Rollins21-Dec-2015 17:46
Great catch!
Dennis Swayze20-Dec-2015 13:50
Great find and capture Hank...well done.
Cheers !
Ton T.19-Dec-2015 16:10
Fascinating shot! Beautiful bird V++
francoisconstantin19-Dec-2015 14:59
Great catch, happy for you!!!
Colin Storey19-Dec-2015 11:39
Fantastic with the food in its mouth.
Nestor Derkach19-Dec-2015 10:39
This is a lovely Blue Bird image, love the perched composition and the meal she has ready to enjoy.
Nice composition.
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal19-Dec-2015 08:18
Mooie compositie en achtergrond.
joseantonio19-Dec-2015 06:52
excellent capture of this beauty.
Ann Pettigrew19-Dec-2015 03:24
Lucky you to have a mountain bluebird! Beautiful, Hank!
Pierre Martin19-Dec-2015 03:14
superb capture Hank, great sharpness and bg
and a big + for thr prey!
Jean D19-Dec-2015 02:57
WOW! Terrific and very unusual find for this late in the season. Well done, Hank.
larose forest photos19-Dec-2015 02:39
Pretty amazing shot of this beauty!! Congratulations.
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet19-Dec-2015 01:23
Wow! Splendid capture.
Len19-Dec-2015 00:19
Excellent capture Hank, they are fairly plentiful in Ab. in the summer of course. Last summer there were a pair of Eastern Bluebirds nested at Elk Island quite rare for our area
Hopefully I may get a chance if they appear next summer ?
hayl18-Dec-2015 23:44
Amazing to get such a shot so late in the year - terrific.
Tom Munson18-Dec-2015 23:12
Beautiful image, Hank.
Glenn Dean (Vatorman)18-Dec-2015 22:54
Great image of these elusive fellows...
Hope she does figure out winter in unfamiliar territory.
Jan Luit18-Dec-2015 22:21
Very nice you got to see and capture her.
No snow yet you are lucky.
Range View 18-Dec-2015 22:04
This is an excellent capture of this beautiful bluebird, that is quite a good sized grub she has found. V
Barbara
Doug Griffith18-Dec-2015 21:28
Super, Hank. Nice detail, great added interest with the grub; nice colour, soft bg.
Penny B18-Dec-2015 21:18
A super shot Hank! Sharp and a clean bg. Terrific job to capture it with a grub.
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