I suspect my reader base that isn’t fond of birds feel like they are getting a root canal when they come here as of late.  To those individuals I must extend my upmost apologies.  I will do my best to make up for this lean to the feather, but I am on a mission and I’m running out of time.  Funny how a couple of months before the finish line seem like an eternity until that calendar turns and you’re left looking at your to-do list wondering how it could possibly still have that many items.  There are definite upsides to all this focus on production – my photo queue, although still rather slight, has been shrinking.  It did undergo a transformation from FIFO popping to LIFO popping meaning the memory banks will need to be excavated as the snap to post gap on some of those queued items are getting pretty long (3+ years yikes).  The other benefit is I get to show off a number of cool birds!

This bird is so cool it got the Linda stamp of approval.  She doesn’t pull this particular stamp out very often.  Contrast that with her “Total Crap” stamp which is so worn down from overuse you can barely read the words – she’s a pretty harsh critic of my work hehehe.  When it comes to bird photography, she will not even give the subject the dignity of taking a picture if it isn’t “pretty”.  Needless to say, Sparrows will never occupy her tin.  It didn’t take her long to get her camera out and start taking pictures of this gorgeous specimen.

Hit the jump to see a few more pictures of this striking bird!

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