UPSTANDING AND STANDING UP
Upstanding. Is that the same as standing up? Here are three upstanding birds. From very big to much smaller. All standing up and upstanding.
An upstanding Great Blue Heron at the edge of the Blackstone River at River Bend
Standing tall, a Blue Jay
Upright Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
An upstanding Cardinal
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Categories: #Birds, #Photography, Nature, square, Wildlife
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Woow..its really nice to see all of them
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Thank you! I had some great pictures of huge Great Blue Herons (they are taller than me), but none of them fit into squares. But they REALLY stand up 😀
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Wowww..that’s great
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one more wonderful than the next. you captured their personalities
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My favorite in this batch is the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. He looks like an American flag with those odd shaped white patches on his dark back and the red chest. They don’t come here very often. In fact, I haven’t seen any of them this year.
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oh these are fabulous Marilyn
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Fat and happy. My goal it to keep everyone fed so they don’t eat each other. Out there in the wild, it isn’t anything like a Disney movie!
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A fine goal 🙂
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At least the Blue Jays have gotten a lot less aggressive since I got a new flat feeder. I get groups of them — three or four at a time. The other birds fly to the trees while the BJ’s eat. EXCEPT the woodpeckers. I’ve seen showdowns between Blue Jays and woodpeckers. The woodpeckers just give the Blue Jays that “look” and the Blues say “Never mind. I’ll come back later.” Woodpeckers are not afraid of other birds, at least not the medium and bigger woodpeckers. They have a double weight skull and a beak that can cut through an oak board.
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We don’t have Blue Jays but we do have a variety of feeders spread throughout front and back gardens to help the smaller ones
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Fantastic shots.
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Handsome birdies 😀
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Indeed. And you’re so good at taking these photos.
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Some days, ALL the pictures come out great. Other days, they are all blurry. So much of wildlife photography is luck — and being able to hold up that long lens and not shake! I’m shakier some days than others. Too much coffee?
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Perhaps too much coffee, because caffeine can make the heart go faster and hence the shakiness of hands. But taking pictures of birds is an art, and you’re good at it.
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