Not a lot of words are needed here. Suffice to say I’m playing around with my new Sony 100-400mm lens, and what better place than the garden. The birds are willing accomplices and help me put the lens through its paces. I really like this lens a lot.
Garden Buddha with seashells, San Cristobal.
Black-headed Grosbeak.
Black-headed Grosbeak
Female immature Black-headed Grosbeak.
Female Black-headed Grosbeak.
Female Evening Grosbeak.
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird, tasting the nectar or the air.
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird guarding the feeder.
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird.
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird on the feeder.
A Brown-headed Cowbird returned to the garden this year.
White-sided Sphinx Moth, often referred to as a hummingbird moth.