Although all Nature Photography requires a great deal of patience, photographing wild birds particularly does.  Many birds are shy or skittish of taking their picture -- particularly herons and plovers.

Songbirds generally are very small which also make it more difficult to take a decent photo.  For smaller birds, such as sparrows, cardinals, and hummingbirds, the photographer must get extremely close (even with a big telephoto lens) to have the bird fill any amount of space at all in the frame.

But if the photographer is a true bird-lover, as Kari is, this patience eventually pays off in the real joy of just photographing the birds themselves.

All birds have different types of personalities that come through when photographing or just watching them -- chickadees are bold and spirited, as are wrens, sparrows are extremely social, but mockingbirds are typically only seen by themselves (although often singing to one another).  If you are a bird-lover, or just a nature-lover, please enjoy these birds photos.