MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD

Thank you so very much John! It was cool to watch her hunting and than to capture her actually hunting was even cooler! : )

Thank you so very much much Scott! : )

Sometimes one has lots of patience and still doesn’t capture it and other times one just lucks out! I know you know how that works! lol Many kind thanks Blair! : )

Awe,...thank you so kindly David! I never imagined seeing any Mountain Bluebirds in Yellowstone and so it was a special surprise just to see them there. To capture them gave me some photos to keep and remember by, but I long to visit again one day. : )

Thank you so much Marvin! : )

Thank you so very much Wendi! I thought it was cool to watch them hunting insects and was thrilled to capture one in the act. : )

Awe,....thank you so much Liz! I love your Mountain Bluebird! It is a little more of a challenge to capture the birds, especially the smaller ones in flight, but it can be done on occasion! lol Yes, I did use my tripod. It was a matter of focusing on the bird while it was perched and waiting with finger lightly on the shutter button, with a fast shutter speed and hoping the bird would not fly beyond the focal plain of ( f/10). Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t! lol

Awe,......thank you! I am sure with a little,..... I should say a lot of patience, you too can do it! : )

Awe,.....thank you Stan! When I captured it, I know I felt pretty darn happy! lol : )

Oh thank you so much A.M.Ruttle! Perhaps I will submit this one to an upcoming CAPA competition in the Nature Div. : )

Thank you so kindly Victoria! Not sure what sibley’s are, but I know I don’t use anything to get the birds to work to my advantage. lol : )

Thank you so much Curitss! : )

Thank you so much Hal! Yes, I found them pretty spooky and though quick, not near as fast moving as the Kinglets and Warblers! : )

Just a little, oh, I really mean a lot of patience! lol They say patience is a virtue and I tend to believe that! lol Many kind thanks Lynn! : )

Awe,.....thank you so kindly Bela! : )

Thank you, so kindly Colin! : )

Awe,.....thank you so very much Hawker! : )

Thanks,...now I know! lol No, I didn’t carry one with me. I leave it at home and any birds I am not familiar with, I look up when back at home. My backpack is heavy enough without carrying anything extra in it! lol : )

CAPA stands for Canadian Association For Photographic Art. One can join as an individual member and or through a photo club. They have separate digital, slide and print competitions throughout the year in different categories. Our club is a member of CAPA and so anyone who belongs to the club can submit photos to the competition categories, which are Nature and Open this time around. You can enter up two photos for each category. Only one can be selected of the four to compete. The top scoring six photos from different photographers are chosen and sent off to another host club somewhere in Canada to be judged. Each time the photos are judged, there are three judges and each judge judges each photo out of a possible ten pts, so it is possible for a photo to get a total score of 30. Of course it is rare for a photo to score that high, but it has happened! lol Each club that has entered is scored against the other clubs across Canada for placings! Often a CD is sent to each of the clubs, containing the top 100 highest scoring photos for viewing! : )

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Thank you so very much Barry! : )

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Thank you so very much Rajeev! : )

Thank you so much Tamara! : )

Thank you so very much Beve Brown-Clark! : )

It was a lucky shot, where I was focused on the bird while it was perched on the top of the driftwood and lucked out when it decided to fly downwards for an insect snack. lol Many kind thanks Jay! : )

Thank you so very much sbb960! : )

Thank you so very much Kathy! : )

Awe,.....thank you so very much Vivian! : )

Thank you so very much Judy! I just found out this photo is one of six photos (five by other artists) selected by the first round of judges to be sent off to a Nature competition to be further judged! Many kind thanks again Judy! : )

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Thank you so very much for such a kind compliment! : )