Free Lunch
This female Blackbird, among other featherballs, has been doing a great job this winter in devouring the red crab apple berries on this tree in our back garden. The red fruit are a real mess when they fall on the ground and get trodden underfoot, so “Bravo” to all my feathered friends! ;o)
p.s. just look at that long yellow tongue!!!
Canon EOS 50D with Canon EF 400mm L f/5.6 hand held
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Ellen
How beautiful, taken at the right moment ;)
Krys Bailey replied
Thank you Ellen! Hope you and your boys are well! ;o)
Cheryl Dunning
fantastic shot!
SandraRos
Incredible timing from your side ! Excellent capture, very impressive !
Krys Bailey replied
Thanks Sandra! I’m lucky that I get quite a few visitors to this tree outside my “office” window. I just have to be quick to catch the action! ;o)
Kimberly Palmer
Incredible and eatable, indeed… =) What a great and fun shot.
dawndavies
an amazing shot krys, and wow what a tongue, dawn
Andy Mueller
Awesome, how in the world do they manage to eat those? Just chip away at it I guess? Cool that the tongue is visible as well. And hand held – BRAVO!!!
Krys Bailey replied
Thanks Andy! Yep, they just chip away at the berries! Hope the berries are ripe and there are no tummy aches later! ;o)
krafty
Fantastic capture Krys..the details are perfect and your right about that tongue..it’s a whopper.
Awesome work..!!
Michael Oubridge
Truely fabulous capture Krys, excellent timing :)
Krys Bailey replied
Thanks Michael! As I said earlier – I have so many visitors to this tree, but the problem is being quick enough to capture them! ;o)
coolart
What an amazing capture truely remarkable well done
Richard G Witham
Wonderful clarity and color Krys, and great caught-in-the-act shot :)
lorilee
A fabulous capture!!!!!!
Barry Norton
Stunning capture, beautiful
Al Bourassa
Great grab Krys!
Sandra Heath
Stunning shot as we have come to expect from you Krys! We’ve just planted a crab apple tree in the hopes of attracting more birds…watch this space!
Krys Bailey replied
Thanks Sandra! I planted this tree when our house was new nearly 20 years ago. This is the first year that the birds have been this interested in the berries! Weird! ;o)
AnnieD
Magic capture! Love the tones with the blues, with the touch of yellow and red – great shot for winter!
AARDVARK
She’s a greedy little beggar! Nice photo Krys.
Krys Bailey replied
You bet! The blackbirds, pigeons and doves have done a great job in clearing off these messy berries! Funny how they never got interested in them until this winter! ;o)
DApixara
It’s a brilliant shot!
Jacky Parker
They do have amazing tongues! great capture Krys! :)
AnaCBStudio
priceless…great shot!
Joyce Dickens,...
Fantastic capture Krys…..perfect clarity and fine detail….love your timing here :-) ...hope you are well my friend !
Krys Bailey replied
I’m fine thanks Joyce – hope you are too! I get a lot of entertaining birdies outside my window but the light is bad this time of year. When it is spring and the light is better, there are too many leaves on this tree! I can’t win! ;o)
Alan Findlater
excellent work
Gary L. Suddath
great timing and detail
handprintz
Looks like quite a mouthful ! great shot
Bonnie T. Barry
This is wonderful, Krys! I haven’t been commenting much lately so I missed this one. How do you get such good shots of blackbirds and maintain the right light/color balance in the background? I lose all the detail with underexposed plumage or get some detail and overexpose the background! It takes a real PRO to know how to strike the critical balance. LOVE IT!
Krys Bailey replied
Thanks Bonnie! The female blackbirds are quite easy to shoot – I still have trouble with the boy blackbirds with their inky plumage, especially when shooting at higher ISOs like in this shot.
C J Hummel - ...
Fabulous shot! and my what long beak you have also .
I love the way you captured him/her
Lucindawind
fabulous shot and so close !
brian pendrey
brilliant
Mariann Rea
This is just great! Excellent capture!