Grilling Flicker in the Garden
Posted by Con Daily on February 22, 2008
It isn’t a recipe. The Bird was doing the grilling, or hiding, or something in the grill. He winked his grey eyelid at me and I caught it in mid wink. Then he flew away. Image from a morning walk through a picnic area in the Garden of the Gods.
For another large rock from the Garden, click the thumbnail below. I don’t recall the name. I’m more interested in the direction of the sunlight on them than the names given to the rocks. This one’s huge and close to the road, you won’t have to look for it if you visit the Garden.
Mark said
Flickers are truly my favorite bird. Probably decided that insects taste a little better with some charcoal added to them.
Moe said
Nice! I love when birds use unusual objects for perches, etc. Nice catch!
Howard Grill said
Very cool…the background blur is great…almost abstract
Tracy said
Beautiful photographs from Garden of the Gods! The colors you’ve gotten with the rocks and the sky are wonderful! (as with the grasses behind the bird!)
Welcome to WordPress! I’ve been very happy with it since I’ve started. So tell me: How you get the calendar in there?
Con Daily said
Hi, Tracy, the calendar is a widget option on the template I’m using.
Mark, one of my faves, too.
Thanks, Moe. I was disappointed at the time that the only capture was this one (on the grill) before it flew away. After I got home, I was happy with it.
Howard, I was far from the bird and grill (the cropped image you see here is half of what I captured at 400mm) and used an aperture of 5.6. The background blur is what I like best about this image.