Wetlands birdies, Disney birdies - a la 150-600mm lens

A few more wildlife/birding shots with the Tamron 150-600mm lens - boy this thing is a beauty! Light enough to handhold, sharper by far than the Tamron 200-500, and at least from what I can see and tell, much better even than the newer Sigma Bigma...evolution is a good thing!

A bird at Disney - photographed in front of my building #3 at Saratoga Springs in September - a yellow-throated warbler:


A rabbit on the Saratoga Springs property:


A belted kingfisher in flight, at max 600mm:


A common yellowthroat in strong backlighting:


American bittern, showing off his camouflage ability:


Red-bellied woodpecker:


Ruby-throated hummingbird - actually found in the wild, without a feeder!:


Tricolor heron walking over the roots in the water:


Great blue heron flying low over the water, and coming straight on:


Young cattle egret in flight:

 

Thank you John. Indeed, I wish we had more hummingbirds around here - even of that 1 type! They are not very common in my area - even people with feeders to draw them only see one or two a year. To catch one out in the wild and have the light be OK and nothing blocking the view is quite lucky. In 8 years of birding, I've photographed them 5 times - 3 sitting still and two in flight in terrible light and from too far away, or one with a feeder in the shot. So this was nice to finally get a no-feeder, natural shot close enough for some details!

 

Thanks Howie. It's pretty rare down our way too - and for us usually just the one type - ruby-throated. I'd love to get a rufous!