Like I said last week, I’m mot much of a bird photographer. However when a bird comes flying into your living room window full speed ahead, you get your bird photographer hat on in a hurry! As was the case of this little guy. I was just changing the lens on my camera to go shoot another photo in my basement, when I heard a loud thud on my window. My first thought was maybe some kids accidentally hit my window with a ball or something. When I looked out I saw this little bird laying on my deck.
At first I just went out to see if he was ok, he kind of hopped up and moved over a little. The bird then sat there with his mouth open, opening and closing his eyes. The scene made me think of the Family Guy clip when Peter fell and hurt his knee haha. Since I had my camera ready to go I went and grabbed it and shot a few photos. He stayed on my deck for over 5 minutes (I even had time to change lenses), then he started hopping away. I followed him to see if he was going to be able to fly away. The bird eventually hopped across the street and into some bushes where he just sat there, I decided I’d better just leave him alone at that point and let him rest and gather him self. I’ll go check on him later to see if he made it out of there. I hope so!
Camera: 5D mark ii & 50mm 1.4 ~ Settings: 1/500th – f/1.4 – ISO 100
Camera: 5D mark ii & 135L ~ Settings: 1/250th – f/2 – ISO 100
Camera: 5D mark ii & 135L ~ Settings: 1/400th – f/2 – ISO 100
Camera: 5D mark ii & 135L ~ Settings: 1/200th – f/2.8 – ISO 100
Camera: 5D mark ii & 135L ~ Settings: 1/125th – f/2.8 – ISO 100
Camera: 5D mark ii & 135L ~ Settings: 1/3200th – f/2 – ISO 640
Camera: 5D mark ii & 135L ~ Settings: 1/2000th – f/4 – ISO 640
Thanks for stopping by, Rob
UPDATE: I went back to check if he made it out of the little spot he had in the bush and he was no where to be seen, so I am assuming he rested, gathered himself and got back to flying into other peoples windows 😉
Superb as always! The last photo in particular is entirely awesome.
But it’s a good thing that you don’t have to knock out all of your models before photographing them!
Hahaha, indeed Dan! Did you check out the Family Guy clip? It’s a link in the text. Totally looked like Peter doing that when he was just sitting there with his mouth open LOL.
Absolutely! The bird’s expression exactly matches Peter’s!
We get quite a few bird strikes on our windows. Sadly, I’ve found a few that didn’t recover. But occasionally I’ll see one collide with a window, then wobble away to a tree and sit shaking its head. But I’ve never gotten a shot of one in that condition.
Totally Peter! haha. Sad to see one that doesn’t make it I bet, always good to see them wobble it off 🙂
great photos…hopefully the little fellow recovered!
Yeah I hope so too!
Fantastic…job well done
Thank you Kenneth 🙂
Great pictures 🙂 have a great day!
Thank you very much, right back at ya 😉
I love that first pic! What a great moment to capture.
Thank you, I really like that picture too. The crazy thing about that picture is it was shot with a 50mm lens! So I was really close to the bird for that shot 🙂
Once in a lifetime opportunity. I’m not much of a birder either but I’ve always wanted to get some cool shots of hummingbirds.
Totally! And Hummingbirds, YES! I also want to get some shots of one of those 🙂
Great photos. Thanks for sharing
Thank you 😀
Beautiful shots of what appears to my birding eye to be an American Robin (yes! Even in Canada 🙂 http://cwf-fcf.org/en/discover-wildlife/flora-fauna/fauna/birds/american-robin.html) I hope he learned his lesson and leaves his career as a peeping bird behind him.
NICE! Thanks for the info an thank you about the pictures 🙂