Favorite Birds from Last Year

Wonderful captures Jolene!

I like them all but, the Nuthatch does it for me.  All very sharp and with excellent WB.

The noise at 800 iso with the D300 can use a litte sumpin sumpin during post but, it's not a deal breaker by any means with good exposure and WB.

I use to shoot my 300mm VR with the TC14eII at f6.3 with plenty of DOF.  Now, I'm using the 600mm VR and I keep kicking myself to stay at f7.1-f8 when the subjects are near for enough DOF.

Thanks for posting these excellent images!
Cheers,
Ray