The Stare by taffy

The Stare

In the Lurie Gardens again, on a city walk with three fellow 365ers from Madison, Wisconsin. After tons of photos of the lakeshore, architecture in the city, the fountain, and other things, wandering through the gardens we saw several of these birds flitting around. No idea what it is, but liked the way this one was trying to stare me down.
cute! hes certainly watching you! nice composition
October 20th, 2013  
Love this shot and your focus is great! What a cute little guy! Fav!
October 20th, 2013  
this is very cool,
October 20th, 2013  
he's got you pegged Taff hahahaha - lovely shot
October 20th, 2013  
Jo
He/she matches the flowers, I wonder if that is intentional!
October 20th, 2013  
Awesome shot and very well spotted. You can hardly distinguish him among the weeds.
October 20th, 2013  
Oh fab, love his cross little face.
October 20th, 2013  
His eyes are piercing.
October 20th, 2013  
Beautiful, love how the yellow flashes on his face pop
October 20th, 2013  
almost seems like he looks a bit angry at the camera. Could be a big sparrow maybe.
October 20th, 2013  
FAV!
October 20th, 2013  
Lovely capture!! Looks a bit like our sparrow. Love the way he is looking at you!! "How dare you take my photo!!" LOL!!
October 20th, 2013  
Very cute puffed up bird. Great detail too.
October 20th, 2013  
It´s blue and it´s staring, great harmony in tones and very pleasing soft background
October 20th, 2013  
great shot
October 20th, 2013  
Beautiful ...
October 20th, 2013  
Beautiful! Birds always seem so grumpy when caught full face.
October 20th, 2013  
super cool
October 20th, 2013  
Nice capture!
October 20th, 2013  
Zam
hehe this is so cool!
October 20th, 2013  
nice focus and soft background
October 20th, 2013  
The colours are just great! Very nice :)
October 20th, 2013  
Lovely tones... you are under observation Taffy! :-)
October 20th, 2013  
Jo
OMG I absolutely love this the detail is wonderful and it looks great enlarged, what a fab shot. fav
October 20th, 2013  
Amazing!
October 20th, 2013  
Stunning!
October 20th, 2013  
Fabulous capture! :)
October 20th, 2013  
Wow, awesome capture and what a beautiful colors all together
October 20th, 2013  
Excellent shot and perfect title.
October 20th, 2013  
Fabulous capture... Fav
October 20th, 2013  
Instant fav. This is such a great focus on that bird. Love it.
October 20th, 2013  
Kim
Nice capture and composition.
October 21st, 2013  
What a pretty bird! I like how complimentary the bush is that he is sitting in. He looks pretty curious about you! Great capture! How lucky that you got to meet up with more 365-ers!
October 21st, 2013  
Amazing camouflage -- I did a double-take! Great details, Taffy.
October 21st, 2013  
Such a great shot! I think it's a White Throated Sparrow. They have a very plaintive song and like to flock together as evening rolls around. Beautiful capture.
October 21st, 2013  
Love the expression and color on the face you got here! Look how much people love bird shots! :) Had a great day with you - so glad we were able to meet up!
October 21st, 2013  
love the clarity and the stare!
October 21st, 2013  
wow, what a great shoot capturing how similar the textures of the flowers and the top of the birds head and their colors blending..
October 21st, 2013  
Great capture!
October 21st, 2013  
Outstanding capture Taffy! I agree with Pam @pamknowler. This looks like some type of sparrow!
October 21st, 2013  
@skipt07 Thanks so much SKip. I hoped that our 365 community would let me know what kind of bird it is. And they were behaving as Ann LeFevre @olivetreeann described -- a bunch of them darting among the dried flowers and almost hidden amongst them.
October 21st, 2013  
I think Ann is right, sparrow. This is lovely!
October 21st, 2013  
@nanalisarocks Thanks Lisa! I appreciate your ongoing support.
October 21st, 2013  
Oh for goodness sake! Another fav!
October 21st, 2013  
Incredible shot! Fav!
October 21st, 2013  
beautiful clarity and dof! love this! fav!
October 21st, 2013  
@olivetreeann is correct, this is a White Throated Sparrow. Nice shot!
October 21st, 2013  
Fantastic shot ,.. easy FAV!!
October 22nd, 2013  
hehe! cool! who won the "staring competition" ?
October 22nd, 2013  
Lovely shot...they are so busy!
October 22nd, 2013  
Mac
Wow, awesome shot! Great composition too. Fav!
October 22nd, 2013  
Beautifully composed!
October 23rd, 2013  
Very cool - love the ruffled feathers.
October 25th, 2013  
beautiful composition and expression
October 25th, 2013  
Awesome shot!
October 27th, 2013  
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