robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

This little guy somehow managed to get its beak full from one end to the other so it looks almost like teeth.
Very warm, low angle afternoon light with the shadows opened by fill flash. Very good details in the feathers.
80D, 100-400L @ 400, 1/250 @ f/5.6, ISO 400 fill flash, hand held at just over 20 feet.

I have been working in the yard the last three days and the birds got used to me and the idea that if they wanted to use the feeders they needed to ignore the fat guy potting plants, watering and moving things around. They sometimes came only 3-4 feet from me. So I finished for the day, got my camera and shot a bunch of images of the birds from a lawn chair, then did some with fill flash. This guy landed on the new bird bath (1) for a drink, moved to a very large pot with a flat topped rock by the miniature Mandarin Orange tree (2), got a beak full of seed off the top of the rock and then paused on top of the retaining wall (3) long enough for me to get this shot. The old fiber glass slide goes as soon as I find my metal cutting blade for my multi tool, there is a new slide at the other end of the pool now. Besides it will clear my view of the bird bath and my potted plant jungle for taking bird pictures. This layout will change, I have a bunch of new plants, will be moving things to dig up the old sprinkler pipes etc. The flower bed behind the potted jungle will be scrubs and flowers from one end to the other and morning glories/other flowering vines growing up the retaining wall. That top terrace is 11'x60' and will be native California wild flowers with flowering vines on the fence. (No, I do not look forward to climbing up there to do the work.)

Looks like he has dentures!

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The new yard lay out and soon to be gone old slide.

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Diocletian

What a beautiful shot. His feathers are silvered in the light. And you're right, he does look like he has teeth!

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Jerry, that Towhee for sure did this just for you. Excellent photo.

Greg

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks very much.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thank you
Saturday when I first broke down my old set up I moved the pots, then removed the tile squares they were sitting on. Lots of grubs, bugs etc underneath. I was transferring a few plants to bigger pots only 4 feet away and the towhee landed to proceed to chow down on all that protein. At one point it hopped to about 3 feet and looked at me like "thanks for the juicy fresh food", while going after the feast as the little critters scrambled for new hiding places.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

Greedy little towhee, but oh, so cute. A great shot!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks very much.

patrick43 Loc: Los Lunas,NM

Nice capture, Robert. Definitely a mouthful.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks a lot

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

That is a cutie....nice work.

woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

good looking bird

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thank you

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

thanks

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Unique capture of the greedy bird!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks