bird photography : western scrub-jay

Though a fairly common bird on the Pacific coast of Northern California, the Western Scrub-Jay was nonetheless a new and beautiful bird to John when he made a trip to Monterey.

Equipment: Canon EOS 30D Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter Settings: f8; 1/320 sec.; focal length at 420 mm; ISO 200 Date: May 20, 2006 2:37 pm Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve / Moss Landing, CA