Birds (and occasional squirrels) - Mostly Through My Windows Photo Gallery by Isabel Cutler at pbase.com

Birds (and occasional squirrels) - Mostly Through My Windows

Always a challenge to get a good bird shot. Pictures have been shot through double glazed NOT SPARKLING CLEAN glass (unless otherwise noted). Shot with Canon EF 300mm f/4 IS. It a different focal length, shot with Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 IS or recently the 70-200 f/4L. Unfortunately, shooting through double-paned gray tinted glass makes me lose a full f-stop of light, so I have to use higher ISOs than I would like.

I am not secure in my bird identifications, so if you see a label that is obviously wrong, please let me know!
A very few of these pictures have sound files with them. Turn your speakers down from maximum volume!
Note: If you're just getting started in shooting birds, I suspect you will discover as I have recently, that shooting on sunless days will yield much better images! Reflections off feathers and strong shadows and highlights can ruin your captures.

_MG_6869 Happy Valentine's Day!	_MG_6852 Pause that refreshes	_MG_6804 Where there's a will....	_MG_7400 Supposed to be squirrel proof
_MG_7395 Getting less wary	_MG_7380 Crows are fastidious eaters	_MG_2607 Through My Front Door	P1020274 Before FedEx arrived
_MG_7364 Bluebird Waiting her turn	_MG_7241 Shouldn't be too hard	_MG_7356 B-b-b-b-b-but Your Honor....	_MG_7338 Gotcha
_MG_7287 Wary Crow	_MG_7174 Where there's a will	_MG_7182 Mr and Mrs Bluebird	_MG_7184 House Finch Male
_MG_7194 Female Bluebird Nuthatch	_MG_2573 A Seedling Will Do	_MG_6904 From about 30 feet away	_MG_6880 Youngster Caught in the Act
P1000105 The seed is always better	_MG_6403 Red Bellied Woodpecker	_MG_4712 In Neighbor's Driveway	_MG_6338 Aw Please Dad?
_MG_6323 Not ready for seed	_MG_6298 Male Goldfinch Feeding Baby	_MG_2365 Early Evening Visitor (not thru the window)	_MG_6008 "Hummertude"
_MG_6001 Hummer stretching	P8285080 Hungry Forager	_MG_5667 Perky Loud Sentinel - Carolina Wren	_MG_5535 Evidence
_MG_4993 Sounding Off	_MG_4997 In entryway	_MG_4981 Chow time kids	_MG_4974 Entryway
_MG_4981 Chow time kids.jpg	_MG_4964 Quick Catch	_MG_4931 Look what I found	_MG_4938 Whoopie
_MG_4762 White Squirrel Eating Dead Bird	_MG_4664 Carolina Wren Through Window	_MG_4573 Male Bluebird	_MG_4558 Caught her raiding
P3092532 Drenched Bluebirds	_MG_4543 No fun in the rain	_MG_4496 Pine Siskin	P1181922 Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
_MG_4165 Junco on Suet Feeder	_MG_4160 Junco at Feeder	_MG_3840 Pine Warbler	_MG_3808 American Goldfinch
_MG_3763 Female Pileated Woodpecker	_MG_3767 Male Pileated Woodpecker	_MG_3755 Bluebird on Rock in Birdbath	_MG_3758 House Finch
_MG_3754 Fluttering Bluebird	_MG_3753 Female Bluebird	_MG_3728 Raymond has offered a good name...	_MG_3715 Nuthatch
_MG_3696 Chickadee	_MG_3689 Goldfinch on Niger Sack	_MG_3681 Welcome Drink	_MG_3673 Cold Morning Dove
_MG_3662 100 percent crop no edit raw	_MG_1351 A Regular Visitor - White/Grey Squirrel Cross	_MG_1348 Half Breed Thief - White/Grey Squirrel Mix	_MG_1260 Juvenile Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak.
_MG_1234 Juvenile Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak	_MG_1229 Juvenile Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak	_MG_0775 American Goldfinch	P1070341 Bye Bye Bird Feeders
_MG_1313 Spring Finery	_MG_1559 What was that?	_MG_1560 Having his say	_MG_0537 Who me?
_MG_1506 Too chilly for a bath?	_MG_1480 Hermit Thrush	_MG_0436 A Little Drink....	_MG_1425 Male and Female
_MG_0400 Overfed?	_MG_0364 Hermit Thrush.	_MG_1371 Resting Dove	_MG_1375 Pine Warbler
_MG_0314 Pine Warbler	_MG_0302 Hermit Thrush	_MG_0292 Raider	IMG_0452 Female Bluebird
IMG_0439 Three Bluebirds	_MG_0145 - 135mm test	_MG_0145 - 135mm crop test.jpg	_MG_3171 Watching Me Watching Him.jpg
_MG_0118 Northern Flicker	_MG_0116 Northern Flicker	_MG_0104 Flicker at Screen	P1060844 Flicker Damage
_MG_0109 Perpetrator	_MG_0100 Northern Flicker	_MG_0095 Squirrelbrella	_MG_0092 Northern Flicker in Snow
_MG_1233 Male Northern Flicker	_MG_1202 Male Northern Flicker	_MG_0121 Wood Thrush on Water Tray	_MG_0066 Carolina Wren
_MG_0053 Tufted Titmouse	_MG_0046 Male Bluebird	P1060806 It's not always easy, shooting through windows	Female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker - My first!
_MG_0097 Downy.jpg	_MG_1076 Male Pileated Woodpecker	_MG_0946 Male Hairy Woodpecker	_MG_0923 Downy Woodpecker
_MG_0843 Dove Dip	_MG_3041 Almost Sharp	_MG_3042 Check your aim, Ms. Hummer	_MG_8138 Late Day Female Cardinal
_MG_8136 Grabbing a Late Day Snack	_MG_8132 Late Day Female Cardinals	_MG_8058 Goldfinch	_MG_8044 Purple Finch
_MG_8063 Female Purple Finch	_MG_8083. Argument	_MG_8084 Feeding Frenzy	_MG_8090 Coming in for a Landing
_MG_2721 Almost Refeathered	_MG_2726 Windex does the trick!	_MG_7676 chickadee	_MG_7667 Got it!
_MG_7621 Regal Red Bellied	_MG_7617 What was that?	_MG_7599 Anything down there?	_MG_7595 Red Bellied
_MG_7591 Red Bellied	I am having the best time with this bit of tree trunk!	_MG_7486 Female Bluebird	_MG_7412 Purple Finch.
_MG_7441 Red Bellied	_MG_7389 What was that?	_MG_7358 Mrs. Bluebird	_MG_7357 Which lump?
_MG_7355 Mr. Bluebird	_MG_7352 70-200 Mrs. Bluebird	_MG_7351 70-200 Mrs. Bluebird	_MG_7348 Mrs. Bluebrid
_MG_7345 Gray Day Female Bluebird	_MG_7340 Female Bluebird	_MG_7199 Hairy(?) Woodpecker	_MG_2577 Pine siskin
_MG_2591 Warm water refreshment	_MG_7187 Was that a shutter click?	_MG_2516 Red Bellied Woodpecker	_MG_2536 Wonderful light
_MG_2524 Tough Balancing Act	_MG_2517 Combo	_MG_2508 Takeoff	_MG_2493 Snow!
P1020291 Bad Feather Day	_MG_7120 Female Downy	_MG_7114 Downy Woodpecker	_MG_7105 Old and/or Sick
_MG_7078 chickadee.	_MG_7073 Carolina Wren with Peanut	_MG_7005 Bluebird on Water Dish	_MG_7009 FPine Siskin
_MG_6913 Can Spring Be Far?	_MG_6909 Robin on Sourwood	_MG_6893 Bluebird	_MG_6878 Wren
_MG_0247 Inaugural Bird	_MG_6842 cold bird	_MG_5746 Flash Through Glass	_MG_5344 Last Picture!
DSC02795 Day Four	DSC02793 Day Four	DSC02791 Day Three	DSC02787 Day 3 of Peeps
DSC02780 Baby Squeaks-Day 2	_MG_2201 Aimed and Hoped	DSC02774 We have babies!	DSC02776 Pretty high up!
My neighbor has bluebird boxes	_MG_1231 Juvenile Bluebird	_MG_0354 If you were a hummingbird...	_MG_1106 Turkey in the Rain thru Window
_MG_3671 Viewpoint	_MG_1058 Charming Crow	_MG_1058 With ReDynamix plug-in	_MG_1074 Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak
_MG_1077 Maybe a Baby	_MG_1084 Female Pine Siskin	_MG_1085 Crest Up	_MG_1087 Rose Breasted Grosbeak?
_MG_1099 Heard something	_MG_0829 Wary Crow	_MG_0808 Bluebird hears click	P1000251 Eyeing more food
_MG_0852 You know spring's coming	_MG_3274 Early Evening Mrs Bluebird	_MG_0965 First Cardinal	_MG_3349 Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak
_MG_1018 Molting American Goldfinch	_MG_3141 Nuthatch	_MG_0813 Pine Warbler	_MG_0819 Carolina Wren
_MG_0775 Yellow Shafted Flicker	_MG_2909 Pine Warbler	_MG_2910 Pine Warbler	_MG_2484 Heard the Click
P1010137 Family Outing	_MG_1180 Pileated XTi Mama (Male Pileated)	_MG_1176 Male Pileated Woodpecker	_MG_2431Crow with Raindrops
_MG_0553 Touch of Sun	_MG_0515 Blends in	_MG_1175 Sun Through Western Window	_MG_0630 Balance
_MG_0470 Snow Stopped	_MG_0459 Yellow Bib	_MG_0455 Staring Me Down	_MG_0442 Barrymore Profile
_MG_0424 Snow	_MG_0404 A Little Stressed Out?	_MG_0396 Frigid Meal	_MG_0601 Baby, it's wet outside!
_MG_0366 Female Bluebird	_MG_0364 Male Bluebird Swallowing	_MG_0337 Snacking	_MG_0319 Heading for Water
_MG_0320 Just dipped it	_MG_0307 Macho	_MG_0295 Northern Flicker	_MG_0263 Was That a Click?
_MG_0251 Mrs Bluebird Spies Me	_MG_0231 Where's the Suet?	_MG_0143 drive mode	_MG_1080 Ready for Takeoff
_MG_1068 Wet Bluebird	_MG_1066 It's Raining	_MG_0995 house finch	_MG_0542 Female Housefinch-BigCrop
_MG_0537 Young turkey	_MG_0984 Female Downy Woodpecker	_MG_0526 New Feeder	_MG_0521 Goldfinch at new feeder
_MG_0964 What is it?	_MG_0966 Is it safe	_MG_0967 Prefers Cake Suet.	_MG_0969 Really cold
_MG_0948 Across the room	_MG_0950 Mourning Dove	_MG_0471 Pause that Refreshes	_MG_0480 Female Bluebird
_MG_0477 Where to start	_MG_0485 Looking at Suet Holder	_MG_0488 Male Bluebird	_MG_0466 Carolina Wren
_MG_0464 Carolina Wren	_MG_0460 Eyeing the suet	_MG_0456 So cute!	_MG_0454 Woodpecker
_MG_0452 Carolina Wren	_MG_0447 Female Bluebird	_MG_0443 Female Bluebird	_MG_0441 With noise reduction & saturation
_MG_0433 Bluebird	_MG_0432 Bluebird	_MG_0431 Resting Goldfinch	_MG_0908 Nuthatch
_MG_0899 Titmouse	_MG_0895 Goldfinch	_MG_0892 Nuthatch	_MG_0888 Red Bellied
_MG_0811 Exciting first visit	_MG_0780 Tough Goldfinch	_MG_0742 Stalker	_MG_0796 Downy
_MG_0800 Carolina Wren	_MG_0723 Downy Woodpecker?	_MG_0345 Nuthatch	_MG_0340 Red Bellied Woodpecker
_MG_0337 Titmouse	_MG_0334 Checking Me Out	_MG_0332 Droplet.	_MG_0331 Rare Bluebird Visit
_MG_0328 Drinking Finch	_MG_0323 Goldfinch Attitude	_MG_0322 Gray Day Goldfinch	_MG_0297 Hears an airplane
_MG_0684 Really gray day	_MG_0683 Resting	_MG_0237 Its Ice	_MG_0229 Suet Customer
_MG_0668 Stained Glass Reflection	_MG_0226 Busy at the Feeder

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Pieter Bos	PM reply	17-Sep-2011 21:38
Great bird gallery! ~V

joseantonio	PM reply	22-Apr-2011 18:58
You must live in a very beautiful placd

Ron	PM reply	15-Mar-2011 18:18
What a wonderful gallery. I sure enjoyed all the little critters. Thanks for sharing. Big "V"

Fran�ois Fauchard	PM reply	08-Dec-2010 15:00
You are lucky to see so much birds near your home ! Very good pictures. A lovely gallery, Isabel. V

mart s	PM reply	08-Dec-2010 13:52
fantastic gallery ....v.. will be back to view again

Chet King	PM reply	21-Nov-2010 13:12
A wonderful gallery V

Lennart Waara	PM reply	23-Feb-2010 20:08
Surprisingly well shot thru the window. Good work and colors! V

Rosemarie Kusserow	PM reply	29-Jan-2010 18:20
Outstanding and very enjoyable Gallere Isabel, it was a great plesure to view at, Rosemarie :o) V

Bracciodiferro	PM reply	12-Jan-2010 16:08
Fantastic variety of shots with beautiful colours Isabel.Vote Ciao, Paolo

Flo Hendry	PM reply	05-Apr-2009 06:35
this is a great gallery! Good job not getting glare off the windows. Dual pane can be difficult. Flat lighting makes for good shots showing more detail. They sure love your log! V

Gary Retterbush	PM reply	29-Mar-2009 19:02
The images of the red bellied woodpecker are wonderful! Excellent work, as always!

pemkid	PM reply	03-Mar-2009 21:56
You are getting some superb pictures & have such a wonderful variety of birds. Deb

Gary Retterbush	PM reply	03-Mar-2009 19:20
The recent additions (early March) are great! Love the "Combo" shot! I haven't seen a Pileated woodpecker for a long time and it is nice to see yours. I'm envious!

Milan Vogrin	PM reply	17-Feb-2009 19:43
Great collection! Wisth to have such garden.

Karen Hoyt	PM reply	25-Feb-2008 00:42
Great shots.

Irene Wehrli	PM reply	15-Feb-2008 07:56
It's well worth to be patient, your bird-gallery is awesome! Irene

Mike Pearson	PM reply	06-Feb-2008 23:50
Isabel, These are exceptional photographs - thank you for sharing. Mike

jean-yves chamberland	PM reply	06-Feb-2008 20:07
very beautiful pictures, thank for sharing.

Pog Mahone	PM reply	24-Jan-2008 19:52
Lovely Gallery.

Gary Retterbush	PM reply	18-Jan-2008 10:30
A truly stunning gallery! I would never guess these were thru window glass. Great colors and detail. Standing ovation!

Glen Allen	PM reply	16-Jan-2008 16:32
GREAT gallery!!! Your small window to the world (backyard) is providing you with great opportunities to capture an amazing variety of birds.. and you have managed to capture some fantastic images.

Patricia Cannaerts	PM reply	16-Jan-2008 14:16
Excellent, beautiful captures !

Dan Coleman	PM reply	15-Jan-2008 17:37
Isabel, these are beautiful pictures. It's hard to believe they were shot through a window.

Apostolos Tikopoulos	PM reply	12-Jan-2008 19:58
Excellent and colorful gallery of birds. v.

Adnan Masood	PM reply	11-Jan-2008 19:25
Spectacular gallery. V. How much time you spend to take these pictures, i am curious to know :)

kimene S	PM reply	31-Dec-2007 21:45
In my dreams! Excellent, beautiful captures..VOTE

Ali Majdfar	PM reply	31-Dec-2007 13:38
Fabulous collection, superb shots. GMV

pemkid	PM reply	31-Dec-2007 00:23
Your gourmet suet is attracting an excellent birdy assortment. Deb

clickertrickdog	PM reply	30-Dec-2007 20:36
Beautiful gallery! Tammy

Antoine Vu	PM reply	26-Dec-2007 19:03
How come you got every thing in your backyard and I don't? :-) Great captures Isabel. Antoine

Peeka	PM reply	14-Dec-2007 09:36
Looks like we have somr of the same visitors! Whats the little blue colored birds called?

Rachel Pennington	PM reply	13-Dec-2007 23:22
You've got a fantastic gallery here, Isabel. What a great collection of birds. :)

Pog Mahone	PM reply	06-Dec-2007 18:14
Nice Gallery.

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