Birds Eyes And Butterflies

The picture of this Gull in flight was taken at the Stuyvesant Cove on the East River in New York City. The picture of this Gull in flight was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens.

The picture of this male Northern Pintail was taken at the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. The picture of this was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 len

I have been wanted to get a picture of this beautiful duck for a really long time. I was not disappointed.

The picture of this immature Double-crested Cormorant was taken on Ft Myers Beach Florida.

The picture of this Mallard Duck in flight was taken in the Bronx, New York. The picture of this Mallard Duck in Flight was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens.
I used an artistic filter in Adobe Photoshop to enhance the incredible wing patterns captured in this photo.

The picture of this female Common Merganser was taken in the Bronx, New York. The picture of this Common Merganser was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens.
I noticed that the Herring Gulls were hanging around the Common Mergansers in the East River. It seems that the gulls like to steal the fish caught by the Mergansers.

The picture of these Brants in flight was taken at Jones Beach State Park.
The picture of these Brants in flight was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens. There must have been at least 5000 Brants at Jones Beach on Saturday. And there were a bunch on hunters, because we kept hearing gunshots nearby which kept the birds in flight for the hour we were watching.

The picture of this Tricolored Heron was taken on Ft Myers Beach in Florida. The picture of this Tricolored was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens.

The picture of this female Rusty Blackbird was taken at the New York Botanical Garden. The picture of this Rusty Blackbird was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens.

Rusty Blackbirds have declined significantly in recent decades and the reasons are unclear.

The picture of this Ringed-bill Gull in flight was taken at Stuyvesant Cove on the East River in New York City. The picture of this Ringed-bill Gull in flight was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens.

The picture of this Gull in flight was taken at Stuyvesant Cove on the East River in New York City.
The picture of this Gull in flight was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens.