Last Sunday, the afternoon was sunny and fairly warm so I decided to head out to the bird feeders for another shot at Jays in action.
I changed up my setting so I could just hold the shutter button and it would shoot continuously. Even still those birds move darn fast!
I got more levitating jays.
But eventually…
Things started to look a little better – if facing the wrong direction.
Eventually the direction got better, but the pics still weren’t as good as I’d hoped.
But finally, I’d got it! The kind of shot I’d been hoping to get!
And then it got even better! Whenever I fill up the feeder, I generally get anywhere between 3 and 10 jays coming to the yard. They take turns going back and forth to the peanut ring. This time, there were around 5. But two of them…
They did not want to place nice with each other. And I just kept snapping.
Talk about action shots!
And as if this wasn’t cool enough…. this guy showed up…
He’s a Red-bellied Woodpecker and a new one for my bird collection!
It’s amazing what you can see when you hang out near the bird feeder for an hour or so.
Wandering Cat Studio 
We all know that if you have a problem to overcome, you work at it until you’ve figure it out.
Birds are amazing.
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Those are stunning photos. Kudos to you for being so patient. I can’t believe how close you seem although I know it’s the telephoto lens. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
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What beautiful birds! Your photos of them in flight are amazing. I saw a very BIG red headed woodpecker out back yesterday. I can usually hear them pecking away but this guy was pretty quiet.
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You certainly had a successful photography session. Such wonderful photos.
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Wonderful pictures; so lively. I really like blue jays.
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Just beautiful and great to see you encouraged by what you can do now!
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