Double-crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline, Oakland, CA
Canon EOS Rebel T5i. EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS II. 1/1600s, f/5.6, ISO: 1250

Truthfully, this is not a picture I'd have kept today.  However, I was kind of excited about it when I took it because it's an in-focus photo of a bird in flight, which was something that was difficult to achieve with my smaller cameras.  This was one of the first shots I took with the T5i--the 71st to be exact--and I was amazed to find how much easier it was to track a bird and fire off a burst of photos.  I haven't looked back since.

Photo selection inspired by Geogypsy's Foto Friday Fun 105, photo #0071.

There's Something You Don't See Every Day

Double-crested Cormorant -- Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, CA
Canon EOS Rebel T5i, EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS II, 1/2000s, f/5.6, ISO: 160

I'll grant you, this isn't the greatest picture by any stretch of the imagination.  I had to share it for the sheer strangeness of it.  Web-footed birds sitting on a power pole?  I've never seen such a thing.  It would be even more awesome if they were actually on the power line but I suspect that's not a possibility.  Crazy birds.