Feathered Friday - whipoorwill and some common birds

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Feathered Friday - whipoorwill and some common birds
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Here's a hermit thrush against some nice fall colors for this #featheredfriday by [@melina010100](https://steemit.com/@melina010100)

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This was as close as I could get before it flew away. They have a really nice two toned song almost flute and wind chime sounding.

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Nearby i found a cousin to the hermit thrush the American robin. They area super easy to photograph and are good camera setting subjects to ready your lens for more difficult birds.

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Here's a little downy woodpecker that snuck up beside me. These guys are also pretty tame and easy to get shots of.

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Here's a plump catbird I caught with my flash at dusk. I heard it making cat noises in the bushes and snuck up on it. These guys are also related to robins and are pretty tame subjects to photograph.

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Here's a house finch I got on an evergreen. He's almost the same color as the little pine cones.

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Here's a great blue heron hunting blue gill in a ditch. This guy didn't seem to mind me hanging around taking pictures. I waited a long time but couldn't get a good shot of him catching a fish.

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This was the best shot of the day, a whipoorwill chilling on the evergreens. They don't have knees to so they have to cling to things, rest on the ground or plop upright on a branch like this. They also have some big wiskers around their beaks to help guide insects into tgeir mouths as they zoom around at night.

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Here's another easy subject to photograph. A red wing blackbird. They are very territorial and dive bomb you if there is a nest nearby. I caught this shot this past spring and he was ticked at me for encroaching into his territory lol.

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Here's his girlfriend a female red wing blackbird catching bugs for the babies. It looks like her beak is full of aphids or caterpillars. Next spring I hope to get more shots like this... happy #featheredfriday

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