While taking my evening walk I spotted a grasshopper sparrow perched on the weathered remains of an old fence post. The bird did not seem unduly alarmed so I slowly approached it one to two steps at a time until I was less then fifteen feet away.
I was carrying a Canon 60D / 100-400mm lens and shooting handheld. Using the image stabilization at ISO 500, F5.6, 1/320th shutter I was able to obtain reasonably sharp images; at least sharp enough to see that the little sparrow was living up to its name with two grasshoppers grasp firmly in it beak.
8 comments:
Wonderful shots of the Sparrow!
What wonderful captures of this cute little bird!
beautiful! we need a flock of them here, please!
Wow, great....thanks for the settings, I learn a lot of that
The green of the grasshoppers is a nice contrast to this brown bird. Let me eat all the grasshoppers,I really don't 'need' them around.
Beautiful shots of the Sparrow. So crisp!
Hi Coy,
It's been a while since I stopped by too.
Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment.
Terrific capture of the grasshopper sparrow.
It looks like he is enjoying his buffet.
Fantastic photos! I'm having a hard time figuring out the logistics of getting two grasshoppers at once.
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