Green-tailed Towhee on a flowering branch – Nikon D500, f8, 1/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
I had fun yesterday morning photographing a male Green-tailed Towhee singing in a mountain canyon, this was a bird I heard before I spotted him perched on a flowering branch. I had been photographing a pair of American Goldfinches eating dandelion seeds and when they flew off I started driving up the hill, saw this bird and hoped he’d stay on the branch long enough for me to take some photos of him.
Green-tailed Towhee singing on a flowering branch – Nikon D500, f8, 1/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
The beautiful bird cooperated and I took a nice series of images of him singing away in a beautiful setting. His green tail sure showed up nicely!
Male Green-tailed Towhee singing on a May morning – Nikon D500, f8, 1/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
The Green-tailed Towhee stuck so I drove my Jeep up the hill a little bit to get a slightly different angle of light and background. I do wish the out of focus branch at the top left was in the frame but I liked the bird’s pose in this frame and how the light seemed to make the towhee glow against the green background.
I’m delighted that I was able to show my Mom around this mountain canyon yesterday, we had so much fun. I have more photos to share from our last trip up to the mountains another day.
Life is good.
Mia
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God…I just love this series of pics. The muted green of the background richly contrasted by the Towee’s eyes, colors and the textures of the flowering branches. Wonderful. Thanks Mia.
What a considerate stunner.
These are such joyous images…love them!!! Especially like the second…sounds like you’re having a great vidit with your lucky mom…
Beautiful photos Mia.