Adult Gray Partridge running through a field in Montana – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1/1000, ISO 800, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light
It has been gray for a couple of days and it supposed to be gray until this front passes and while gray days can get me down gray birds lift me back up. I have been working on my new photo galleries and came across a few gray birds to post today.
The first is a Gray Partridge photographed in Glacier County, Montana during the summer of 2012 on a farm where there is a small flock of Gray Partridges (sometimes called Huns) that have been there for years & years. Even though they are used to people and farm equipment they are still pretty skittish but the morning I took this image they were a bit more approachable. Personally I love the peachy and rust colors against the soft grays in their plumage.
Gray Partridges are an introduced upland game bird species and in a few areas of grasslands and grainfields they thrive.
Gray Catbird on Half Moon Cay – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1/125, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light
While I lived in Florida I had a hard time getting images of the Gray Catbirds that I came across because they are such skulkers, who knew I would get my best opportunity with the species on Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas? I was wandering around photographing Bananaquits and Bahama Mockingbirds when I found this one peering at me from a shrub.
Gray Flycatcher at Bear River NWR, Utah – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1/750, ISO 250, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light
The last gray bird for today is a Gray Flycatcher I photographed while on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route in August of 2009. The flycatcher flew in so close that I was able to get a series of close frame filling images of it before it left to hawk for insects.
Gray days aren’t so gray when I see shades of gray in three bird species on my screen.
Life is good.
Mia
Surprised to hear the Florida Catbirds are skulkers. They are common and easily tameable on Martha’s Vineyard Island. I would get one or two to eat raisins out of my hand every summer. 🙂 Love Catbirds, they have a lot of character!
So beautiful!
An interesting, creative viewpoint/comparison…I espcially like the one of the Catbird…I’ve always been attracted to them ever since I first “discovered” them as a child, when I heard one “mewing” in an old arbor. I thought some had dropped off kittens again. I like their slate-blue gray and black toupee.