Front Yard Photography

If you have been reading my blog from way back, you know I own pet birds. Sadly, I used to have 5 (2 cockatiels and 3 parakeets), now I only have 2 parakeets left. 2 (the cockatiels) died from disease and 1 (parakeet) flew away. Since my pet birds do spill a lot of food, and I usually leave them in my front yard during the day time, a lot of wild birds have made nests in the bushes in my front yard. They usually come on during the day time to scavenge the food my birds have spilled on the floor. Sometimes I even see my pet birds spill food for them on purpose. I wonder if they can understand each other... Anyways, what a better place to get photos of birds than my own front yard right? Today, that is all there will be. Bird photos from my front yard. Enjoy!

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Today's photos was taken using the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens and a few of the photos was lit up using a Canon Speedlite 580EX II.

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophys)

The reason you see so many leaves is because these photos were taken half way through last year December. I got 5 giant trees in my front yard and all the leaves started falling. HAHA A lot of work raking them up!

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophys) 

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophys) 

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
This ones a fat one...

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)

Can't see the "crown" on the bird, but should be either a golden-crown or a white-crown. That is the only types I see in the bushes.

California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)

California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)

Can't see the "crown" on the bird, but should be either a golden-crown or a white-crown. That is the only types I see in the bushes.

Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophys) 

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophys) 

I hope you enjoyed today's bird photos! Anyways, I might take more soon because it seems the babies hatched! I saw a lot of little birdies flying around and hopping on the ground eating my parakeet's leftovers. LOL So make sure you check back soon! Also, please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar. See you next time! 

Coyote Hills and Central Park

Today I got some photos from Coyote Hills and Central Park. Both parks are located in Fremont, CA in the SF Bay Area region. I hope you enjoy viewing them! Lot's of wildlife photos and a few landscape shots.

我今天有一些在 Coyote Hills 和 Central Park 拍的照片。这两个公园都在 Fremont, CA。

I will start off with Coyote Hills photos. 前面的是 Coyote Hills 照片。

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. If you are interested, please pick a link below.

• Birds 2011 (Best Photos)
• Fremont Central Park (Best Photos)
• Fremont Central Park 2011 (All Photos)
• Coyote Hills (Best Photos)
• Coyote Hills 2012 (All Photos)

Some landscape shots at Coyote Hills. I'm surprised at how much water there was, it was a really dry season this year.

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

If you know what bird this is, please leave me a comment. :)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
The weird thing about these bird photos, I'm having a really bad auto focus problem with my Canon EOS 7D. About 70% of my photos focus was slightly off, but for some reason, these photos were really sharp. I wonder why... I'm not the only one complaining about this problem either. Seems to be common in Canon's cameras.

 This begins the Central Park photos.这下面的是 Central Park 照片。

American Coot (Fulica americana)

Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

A lot of rock pigeons live under the deck at Central Park.

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 

It was really dark out, but I borrowed a 580EX II from a friend. The flash was able to light up the scene.

I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! See you guys next time! Don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members!

Birds at Fremont Central Park

Lots of people take walks at Fremont Central Park in Fremont, CA, USA, but they don't notice how abundant life is there! Right now I'm going to show you pictures of different birds at Fremont Central Park. If I get the names wrong, please do correct me below in the comments.

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A Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). This type of heron is nocturnal.

Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover.

Not sure what this is called, if you know tell me in the comments below.

The Mallard, or Wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand (where it is currently the most common duck species), and Australia.

Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

And thanks to the following websites for helping me name all these birds:

• Bay Area Hiker
• Tom Grey
• Wikipedia