Gabbro

Maybe you are due for an eye exam and some new glasses. That brown bear looked perfect to me.

I saw someone picked up a baby owl and sent to animal shelter.  What people should know, the mama owl was probably somewhere nearby, she will come back and feed the owlet until the baby can "walk" ...

I agree. He is a she Red-winged Blackbird.

I have tried a few ways of keeping myself eating alive in SE Texas, here is my take: 1) Mosquito net: The kind over your hat, head and shoulder. Very effective for keeping mosquitoes out. May ...

Why all those noise at iso2000?

I decided to keep the 80-400 after getting the 200-500. Even though I don't use the 80-400 much, I took it with me as back up, second lens. I don't go on an extended trip with only one long lens. ...

Your flash sync speed may be 1/250 sec, but the actual duration of flash is about 1/8000 sec when set to fill flash, which most do for bird. That will freeze just about anything, including hummers ...

Now, that's funny. My vote for the funniest one liner of the day. I have no interest in D5. So whatever...

Whatever they say, they will not convince me to sell my Nikon gears and buy Canon. Their sensors still suck, that is universally agreed.

Why do you have to worry about Nikon 200-500? It won't fit you canon gears. For me, I am perfect happy with mine copy, don't really care what other lens can or can't do.

It's a crawfish. The Black and white bird (#4) in flight is a Swallow tailed Kite.

For longtime, the thought has been woodpeckers peck for food, or drill hole for nesting. Although that is true in both cases, now more believe they peck, or drumming in correct birding term, to ...

You may want to check for dust behind front element. Mine collected a bunch after two years of moderate use. It's not a big deal because they won't affect picture quality.

+1 with Lowepro Flipside 400AW. Works very well.

I have been to Yellowstone total 6 times, in all seasons of a year. There is no bad time in Yellowstone. It is fantastic, even in dead winter. But I would try avoid high tourist season from Mid ...

I would wait for the D500. It will probably beat both of those you mentioned, in just about every aspects.

American Kestrel. Those are Burrowing Owls.

Looked all over the place in Google Photo, I still couldn't figure out how to do some of the things simple in Picasa, such as:

1) Re-arrange Albums by Date of Creation. All albums are ranged by...

Then there are people who believe the earth is flat, or better yet, hollow inside:-D