Sometimes I can get close

… but still can’t get the shot.

A rustle in the leaves.

A glimpse of tail feathers.

A partially obstructed silhouette.

Just enough information.  Crimson-collared Grosbeak!  Female.

If we could have seen it well, it would have looked like this.

(Not my photo)

It’s called crimson-collared because the male looks like this.

(Not my photo)

Not very many of them around.

I’ve been trying

…to get a good photo of this peregrine falcon.  He’s perched on a water tower.

It’s kind of far away.

I get as close as I can.

We can tell it’s a peregrine.

Just can’t get a great closeup.