Before he saw me

and before I put on the long lens... and before he flew away never to return (yet).
Hence this is shamelessly cropped in.

[Hope D Jennings]

I love these lovely little yellow sprites!

[Chris Johnson]

He looks totally unaware too. It's also amazing that he's light enough to perch on a dandelion. Nicely capture.

[Rita]

he is special, well caught

[Joyce]

Amazing tiny little bird. well spotted

[gloria jones]

Great find and capture

[Denise Wood]

Great find regardless :)

[Jasper]

How exciting. I hope he makes another appearance.

[Lin]

What a cutie! Hopefully, he will be back!

[Islandgirl]

I was trying to capture one of these birds today, they are flighty!
He is cute siting on the bent dandelion!

[Linda Plummer]

We won't tell him you got a shot of his backside...LOL.. Nice capture.

[katy]

However you did it it works well.

[beluga]

You catched him, funny one!

[Joan Robillard]

I do this all the time because if you wait till everything is perfect usually the bird doesn't.

[william wooderson]

Oh it happens to me too! But good shot nonetheless!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

A Scarlet Tanager landed on tree at the edge of our yard today. I didn't even try to get the camera on as I was sure he'd fly away before I even turned the camera on! He pops against the green and you had to take advantage of the moment.