More Random Birds

I couldn't go to work today because I had a terrible migraine. Therefore, I didn't get a chance to try out Leopard or write about it. In the meantime, enjoy these bird photos. I picked out the ones where I could get the closest to the birds for a shot. These are probably my best bird shots with the Sony H2 since I purchased it.

It's relatively easy to get a closeup of the black-crowned night-heron. There are lots of them on campus, and they sometimes venture to branches of mangrove trees near the shore of the lake.

Swallows are also remarkably easy to photograph. They seem unperturbed by approaching photographers as they sit perched. It's as if they want to tell me "I don't care how close you get because I'm too fast for you, puny human".

Pigeons aren't all that remarkable or difficult to photograph, but I kind of like this shot.

A sandpiper looking for food in the morning. This was a rather lucky shot, as the sandpiper will flee when people get too close.

The stork-billed kingfisher and I get along very well nowadays. I can get as close as I want to him and he doesn't care.