[Keith Tate]

I put peanut butter out at my feeders for the woodpeckers and the starlings also love it. Hard to keep them under contol.

[Steve]

Everyone seems to think that starlings are black birds but as your wonderful picture shows they are a beautiful blue when caught in nice light.

Lovelly background with no distractions, nice space around the bird with perfect focus and dof. Was this shot with your Panasonic?

Wonderfull shot Keith !!

[Keith Tate]

Hey Steve, thanks for the kind comments... This was shot with the Panasonic at 420MM,, no teleconverter, I do have a 1.7X that I sometimes use..

[danpen]

Lovely shot, great colours and detail

[Toonie]

Beautiful image, Keith

[Rob Barron]

Love this Keith, has captured the beautiful irridescence of the feathers revealing lots of colour but also has a wonderful face and beak which sets this picture off superbly.

Are you an ornithologist yourself Keith, you seem to take a particular interest in our feathered friends... and you shoot them beautifully :o)

Cheers,
Rob

[Fangman]

Love the image of the starling - I enjoy the colours and the antics the get up to around the feeder - the juverniles are hooligans! Provide plenty of excercise for my camera.

[Keith Tate]

Originally Posted by Rob Barron

Love this Keith, has captured the beautiful irridescence of the feathers revealing lots of colour but also has a wonderful face and beak which sets this picture off superbly.

Are you an ornithologist yourself Keith, you seem to take a particular interest in our feathered friends... and you shoot them beautifully :o)

Cheers,
Rob

Hey Rob, I am not an ornithologist,,, I just enjoy feeding the birds in my backyard and have a couple of perches at the feeders to take pictures of them on instead of sitting on the feeder... Just another hobby......

[Dabhand16]

Great shot, Keith. I feel as if I could reach toward my monitor and touch the bird.