Reader Ivar Husa identifies himself as a “novice bird photographer,” but he’s contributed some great bird shots. Here are three, and for those interested in the equipment, he adds, “The camera was a Canon T2i, with a Canon 100-400mm lens, with 1.4x teleconverter (560mm).”
Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna):
White-tailed kite (Elanus leuceurus)
Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus):
The Iron Vicar (formerly urban peregrines) 