Nest building time

[Grace Scalzo]

Last year, this pair failed to produce any offspring. Their nest building was miserable which maybe contributed to the failure. Assuming these are the same two birds, they are much more dedicated this year with lots of sticks and other materials being gathered and woven. Storm coming this week, let's hope for the best.

1/1250, f5.6, iso400
Canon mk3, 500 + 1.4tc + tripod

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Grace, liked the strong composition here. And the upturned primaries. Lets hope for the best.

Is their a halo around the bird? On 'birds against blue sky', I always have to back down on the sharpness in DPP to prevent that.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Sweet pose and light Grace! Love the tail fanned out!

[Grace Scalzo]

Thanks, guys. Kaustubh, you may be right on the halo....I see what you're talking about. Thanks for the catch....my eyes are totally spent.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

You are welcome Grace. working today and my office laptop is nothing to be proud of. Hence, I wasnt sure.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I particularly like the light, sharpness, underwing detail and eye contact in this one.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Another fine image Grace. Hope the wind storms don't get to them this year. It looks like the nest on the Loop Pkwy.:( got destroyed in the last storm. Hope they return to rebuild.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice pose and behavior, Grace, hope they can make it this year.

[Markus Jais]

Great shot. I like the diagonal line, the details and exposure of the plumage and the stick the bird is carrying.

Markus

[arash_hazeghi]

like the wing positions, nesting material adds to the photo. TFS

[sergey kuplin]

excellent underwing detail and exposure. I like the expression in the eyes.