robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

At the California State Citrus Park in Riverside, CA besides the Audobun's Warbler variation of the Yellow Rumped Warbler the other type of bird I got a good enough look at and close enough to take a picture was this White Crowned Sparrow. He and a few of his friends were looking around on the ground under the orange trees and around the gate to the park while the Warblers flitted around above them. Here the little guy is staring at a drip irrigation line on the ground, I cropped it out. I don't know what he thought it was going to do, but he did not intend for it to get away with it.
5DIV, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/400 @ a/9.0, ISO 1000 hand held at 30-35' spot meter on the bird's body This crop is only about 2% of the full frame.

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trulyoregon

What I’ve always been taught with birds is to focus on the eye(s), or as close to it as possible. Although the sparrow is cute, the picture lacks a story, which the irrigation line could have provided. Not seeing the entire setting, perhaps a more “side angle” to the bird might have helped, to maybe get a more intense look from the bird. Birds can be quite difficult especially those that flutter about.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Well in this case the bird is A. small, B. 30-35' away on the other side of a two lane street and the center point of my 5DIV is bigger than his head at that range. This crop is just under 2% of the frame, and the version below with the irrigation line is only 3.5 % so focusing on the eye is not possible here.
As to "side angle" well the bird is on the ground and even if he didn't take off when I opened the door, to get a side angle I would have had to lay down in the middle of the street.
I don't know about you but I am allergic to being run over by park department trucks.

I am fairly used to taking pictures of birds, look at my history of posts here on UHH. And this shot was first posted on a birder's group on Face Book. Most of them are content if you can recognize the bird. This was more or less to show I saw more than just the Warblers I posted earlier. It is a local group and since I joined the members are slowly trending towards more than just a "snap" for ID.

Not Sure What It Is, But I Don't Trust It!

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photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Excellent, Robert and they are fairly rare around here although someone in the bird club usually spots one or two. We have plenty of white-throated sparrows so let's make a trade!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks
Sorry the last time I tried trading some species the Post Office people got mad at me. Seems they pecked their way out of the package, built nests on the light fixtures at the mail sorting facility and proceeded to poop all over the mail. Now they won't let me mail any packages, esp not ones with air holes. I have to get the wife or one of the kids to mail them.

I told them to be glad I wasn't into spiders or snakes. They didn't like my sense of humor either.

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

.....and I wondered where all those birds around the Post Office came from!