Purchased at Amazon.com in late March 2009, the "Big Boy" is rapidly becoming my favorite bird lens, which I use mounted on the BushHawk. Most of these shots are taken with the 1.4x TC, making an effective focal length of 700mm.
Another female Allen's hummer at a Bottlebrush tree, March 25 2009.
A resident male Hooded Oriole AND the visiting Thick-billed Kingbird both in the same willow tree, South Coast Botanic Garden, March 25 2009.
Thick-billed Kingbird portrait, March 25 2009.
Pa-TOOEY! TBK coughing-up a pellet...
PAH!
And the most recent (as of April 4) view I have of the Thick-billed Kingbird at the botanic garden, March 29 2009.
"Just" a California Towhee, but a pretty one at that, singing his heart out, March 25 2009.
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