tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290470013027119322.post5076715500963173106..comments2023-09-25T05:42:19.236-04:00Comments on Nuncketest: Red-winged BlackbirdJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072444717957864494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290470013027119322.post-34838248404284514102009-05-13T21:28:00.000-04:002009-05-13T21:28:00.000-04:00Thanks! My telephoto zoom (100-400mm) is so dreamy...Thanks! My telephoto zoom (100-400mm) is so dreamy--I love that lens.<br /><br />I too really liked the fan tail. I enjoy it after I've got down the capture shots and then feel that I have time for those quickly passing behaviors. (Especially those wings in motion moments!) <br /><br />That's such wonderful chipmunk story, Gretchen. Amazing! :-) Just hours ago while out on my lake trip I was thinking about how I am coming to see and learn about so many new things--all this that has been around me all along...I'm so lucky...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072444717957864494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290470013027119322.post-65094058744298671852009-05-13T20:18:00.000-04:002009-05-13T20:18:00.000-04:00Great shots-beautiful depth of field. I love the o...Great shots-beautiful depth of field. I love the one where he's fanning his tail out.<br />Nothing says spring has arrived more than that welcomed chortle of the redwinged blackbird. I agree- they love the cattails!<br />Yesterday's chippie was adorable; they sometimes climb up into our blueberry bushes and snack; I remember one that seemed to have fallen asleep in there- I thought it was dead but it perked up after about a half hour and skittered off- I wonder if the berries had some kind of sedative effect on them?<br />~gretchenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com