OBSCURED CLARITY: Ten German Birds

Moving to a new country opens up the opportunity to see and photograph many new things, in this case new birds in Germany. The following pictures were taken with a Canon 40D DSLR, with a Canon 70-200mm F4.0L IS lens and a Tamron 1.4X teleconverter. Click on the images for a higher-resolution view. You may also find interesting some photos I took of insects a while ago in Wisconsin.