Clarity is stunning, colors really come through perfectly, you provide us with the beauty of these birds so very well. Really like the soft background.
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I like that sharp black and white coloring in his wings, almost like a small version of a magpie. As I type at my dining room table, I'm watching a house sparrow and a chickadee duel--smacking each other silly--over my Wing Theater birdhouse in my Norway Maple. With all the birds you find to photograph, Sandi, you must have observed a number of confrontations yourself. Last year two similar birds were fighting over the same birdhouse (I'm going to have to start charging for the dang thing!) and they had a grip on each other, with claw and beak, hitting each other with their wings and rolling around on the ground. It reminded me of a couple of 2nd grade boys, fighting on the playground.
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You really are getting a nice variety of birds at your place. Our place is surrounded by lots of bushy growth so the birds rarely show themselves because of all the nice hiding places...that and we have ferocious cats protecting their domain.
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