For the last 3 days I went out for birding but the first two days,I came
home with no shot. Yesterday,I went to Big Morongo and Covington Park
right next to it. At Big Morongo, I only got some wood pecker shots but they
weren't good enough to keep. When I was walking up to the parking lot,I saw
a group of female bird watchers. I asked them if they had seen bluebirds at
Covington Park. One lady said to me "yes" while she was smiling. I then asked her
exactly where in the park they saw the bluebirds."Righ over there",she said, pointing at the thick trees area.

Not only I got some bluebird shots at Covington park but I also go some luck to
get close to a Northern Flicker. The last one I think is an American Robin, isn't it?Finally I got some shots.

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#1

Beautiful series, and I like # 3 where you can see the colors of the wing

Nice series Hide. #2 Flicker shot is stunning and I too really like #3 showing the beautiful wing pattern and coloring. Of the bluebirds #7 is most pleasing to my eye. And congrats on your Robin shot too!

Karl

Wonderful series Hide

I have a feeling you'll get all my birds cause they sure have left my area....

Lil - - taking a break from her cleanup job after the firestorms - - so no picks... sorry

Great series Hide. #2 and 3 are my pick. Yeah, Karla tends to follow and pick the same ones as I do.....
Dan

Lars Johnsson wrote:
Beautiful series, and I like # 3 where you can see the colors of the wing

Thanks, Lars. This Northern Flicker looked to be really peaceful and relaxed
and I was lucky enough to catch some of his ungaurded moments.

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Karl Witt wrote:
Nice series Hide. #2 Flicker shot is stunning and I too really like #3 showing the beautiful wing pattern and coloring. Of the bluebirds #7 is most pleasing to my eye. And congrats on your Robin shot too!

Karl

Thank you, Karl. I wasn't actually looking for Northern Flicker but I was looking for
Bluebirds. But this bird flew by. Lucky day for me. And actually I needed some luck to capture some descent Northern Flicker shots.

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Lil Judd wrote:
Wonderful series Hide

I have a feeling you'll get all my birds cause they sure have left my area....

Lil - - taking a break from her cleanup job after the firestorms - - so no picks... sorry

Lil,

Everybody is ok? That was some firestorms and I heard that some teenagers might've started the fire. God bless you guys and the birds will be back.

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danjacquitaylo wrote:
Great series Hide. #2 and 3 are my pick. Yeah, Karla tends to follow and pick the same ones as I do.....
Dan

Thanks, Dan. Northern Flicker and Bluebird are on my top list to catch and though
I had a feeling that I might be able to catch some Bluebird shots,I never imagined
that I'd be able to get Northern Flicker shots. I needed some luck and I got it that day.

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Nice wing display on the Flicker. I would love to get a nice one in flight.
- Ken

Really like those flickers Hide, specially the 1st shot

Hide, your series here is great!!! The lighting in these shots is very good! I especially enjoy the first two flicker photos, because the lighting and exposure in them is outstanding. Nice going!!!

fwyflyr wrote:
Nice wing display on the Flicker. I would love to get a nice one in flight.
- Ken

Thank you, Ken. Actually I got one in-flight shot accidentally, but it wasn't in focus.

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Nello Milanese wrote:
Really like those flickers Hide, specially the 1st shot

Thank you,Nello. On that day, I saw those flickers flying by several times but
they would never let me get close. I got some luck to be able to capture some
flicker shots.

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Brenton Biggs wrote:
Hide, your series here is great!!! The lighting in these shots is very good! I especially enjoy the first two flicker photos, because the lighting and exposure in them is outstanding. Nice going!!!

Thank you, Brenton. Although the sun was behind me,the shadow area on the bird
looked to be a bit too dark, so I used fill flash . I was at the other side of the bird (facing the sun) so I walked around slowly to the other side. I thought he'd be gone but surprisingly he was still there. Talk about luck.

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Wonderful captures Hide,

Garen