[SBB] Bad boys in back and more

[Mark Bohrer <[[email protected]]>]

Yesterday, the racket woke me from a sound sleep. I pulled on some clothes 
and threw open the curtains to see what was going on. Local crows (OC) 
usually circle the place in ones and twos, but this morning I had around 
twenty:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Sparrows_&_Starlings/DBY-OC0114-5.htm 
or
http://tinyurl.com/9xxdt (Leitz Telyt 400mm f/6.8)

They started talking back to each other. Loudly. Then they started knocking 
each other off their perches:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Sparrows_&_Starlings/DBY-OC0095-56.htm 
or
http://tinyurl.com/8uoto (EF 400mm f/4 DO IS)

And flying stacked-up in circles:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Sparrows_&_Starlings/DBY-OC0085-58.htm 
or
http://tinyurl.com/akrec (EF 400mm f/4 DO IS)

They ended up on the next tree over:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Sparrows_&_Starlings/DBY-OC0137-5.htm 
or
http://tinyurl.com/bd3ox (Leitz Telyt 400mm f/6.8)

That afternoon I ended up in Shoreline Park. This Anna's hummingbird (AH) 
was more concerned about patrolling his territory than the crowds walking 
past him at the Park's northeast corner:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Hummingbirds/DBH-AN0110-57.htm 
or
http://tinyurl.com/az9we (EF 400mm f/4 DO IS + EF 1.4X II)

Horned and pied-billed grebes, the ubiquitous coots, and common goldeneyes 
like this drake (CG) paddled around Shoreline Lake:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Duck-like/DBD-CG0178-56.htm 
or
http://tinyurl.com/7rd22 (EF 400mm f/4 DO IS +EF 1.4X II)

The burrowing owl parents (NO) still live at the owl mound opposite 
Shoreline Golfcourse's temporary clubhouse. I moved carefully within 20 
feet of this banded bird, and started a staredown competition. He won:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Owls_BO/BO-NO0403-5.htm or
http://tinyurl.com/bmjkb (EF 400mm f/4 DO IS +EF 1.4X II)

His mate hunkered down while he watched:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Owls_BO/BO-NO0442-5sky.htm 
or
http://tinyurl.com/d336q (EF 400mm f/4 DO IS +EF 1.4X II)

He kept an eye on me as I packed up after the sunset:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Owls_BO/BO-NO0465-5.htm or
http://tinyurl.com/8rmbf (EF 400mm f/4 DO IS +EF 1.4X II)

All comments welcome.

Mark Bohrer
Precision Copywriting
www.precision-copywriting.com
(408) 866-9405

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