I went with my daughter to a nearby lake that has a variety of ducks and birds. Its a good place to get your feet wet when new at birding. Also, you don't need to have an extreme telephoto. Here are some of the wildlife we saw;

Squirrel;


Green-winged Teal;


Wood Duck;


Towie;

[dcmsox2004]

terrific teal.... stunning wood duck... explosive colors... great capture! thanks for sharing, dave m

[Sailor]

Wow - that wood duck is like a rainbow.

Jer

[PentX Girl]

Great series...the Green-winged Teal and the Wood Duck are to die for!

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Very nice images, all of them, love the last one. First one btw is a squirrel not a chipmunk.

[ajuett]

terrific teal.... stunning wood duck... explosive colors... great capture! thanks for sharing, dave m

Thank you very much Dave

Wow - that wood duck is like a rainbow. Jer

Thanks Jer, I think that may be the best Wood Duck shot I've ever captured.

Great series...the Green-winged Teal and the Wood Duck are to die for!

Thanks PentX Girl!

Very nice images, all of them, love the last one. First one btw is a squirrel not a chipmunk.

Thanks for the comments and correction on my mistake Heinrich. There were chipmunks around at the time

[imtheguy]

Beautiful Duck shots! I use 300-800mm of Pentax glass and can't touch those. Great exposure on that Wood Duck.