Photo of the Day ~ Birds Category ~ January 03, 2009

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Olive Sparrow
by Marc Langille (jmlangille)

Camera:

Canon EOS 40-D

Location:

Brownsville, Texas

United States of America

Photographer Notes:

Taken with Sigma 500/4.5. This is a rare bird to be seen within the US, let alone this close. I was in a blind and the sparrow was approx. 15 feet away.

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ellen hodges commented on January 03, 2009 01:30:

Congrats on a fantastic capture, Marc!

Linn Smith commented on January 03, 2009 20:22:

Wow...an amazing capture of one so rare! Thank you for sharing your terrific find and on your wonderful win today!

Patrice Cigallio Wesa commented on January 04, 2009 20:35:

Very lovely Marc, with a wonderful perspective and terrific expression observed in this rare bird. Big congrats on such obtaining this shot and thanks so much for sharing it will all of us!

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