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| A white-crowned sparrow perched in the summer wildflowers along the Kehoe Beach Trail in Point Reyes National Seashore. |
As I've mentioned in a previous post, the Kehoe Beach Trail is one of my favorite places to look for wildlife hiding in the sea of wildflowers that line the trail. I generally don't target song birds when I'm out looking for wildlife to photograph, mostly because I find it can be rather challenging to get close enough to obtain a bird that is relatively large in the frame and unobstructed by branches and such. However, a setting like this is, in my opinion, a great place to leave a lot of space around the birds. I particularly liked the layering to the wildflowers in this frame, with the white flowers extending on tall stalks above the yellow blooms.
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Hi Pat, the location is delightful, yellow is so cheery I think and with a wonderful W.C. Sparrow in there too perched nicely - great pickup!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carole! I'm definitely partial to including yellow flowers when it's possible
DeleteVery beautiful! Your photo gives a great sense of the depth of flowers and color around the little bird.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mick! I, too, really liked how the tall stalks of the white flowers added a lot of depth to the setting
DeleteThe photo worksto illustrate your point about small birds hidng in a mass of vegetation. I know exactly how you feel, it happens all the time to me. But you picked the sparrow out really well Pat.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Phil! It certainly can take a fair amount of patience to wait for a bird to give you a clear shot in a setting like this -- but its worth it when they finally do
Deletenice shot : )
ReplyDeleteThanks!
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