Birder2011 shared a picture of a Common Yellowthroat she saw in California a couple of months ago. It’s a great shot and she mentions that it looked a bit brighter than the ones she regularly sees in the midwest. She also mentioned that it was her Spark Bird, and it just so happens that it’s mine, too. When I was just starting out in bird photography I borrowed someone’s camera and tripod and went to the Morton Arboretum and a Common Yellowthroat just showed off for me. I took many great shots, one of which still hangs in my house. That shot spurred me on to get a good camera and lens and to take hundreds-of-thousands bird photographs. Enough about me though, here’s Birder2011’s shot:
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