Part 3 of the Living Desert. Today's post features a few cheeky birds we saw there.

The Hummingbird (1 & 2) and the Cactus Wren (3 & 4) did not belong to the Living Desert but were taking advantage of the beautiful gardens and landscaping there.

The Racquet-Tailed Rollers are a part of the Living Desert.

Stats - D200 & 70-300 VR lens.

oh those last 2 are just sooo sooo gorgeous ... I love thier color ... wonderful Lisa :) ????? · 2007-11-25: 23:15

beautiful birds ranginkamaan · 2007-11-25: 23:52

oh wow these are incredible! magpy · 2007-11-26: 00:03

5 and 6 are so detailed - thankyou!!!!!!!! ????? · 2007-11-26: 01:03

so sharp, i really like #3,but they all have great focus and depth of field fionarobinson · 2007-11-26: 04:10

Fabulous especially the rollers. Lynda · 2007-11-26: 04:50

wow. wow. fantastic catches my friend. I hope Spike only see them on the computer... storytaylor · 2007-11-26: 06:17

Wow, these are gorgeous! jet28 · 2007-11-26: 07:13

Cool! Love the blue ones.... beautiful! DancingDolphin · 2007-11-26: 07:47

awesome shots!!!!!! Karibbean · 2007-11-26: 09:29

WOOO-HOOO Lisa you are a wildlife photographer!!! Great job!! Awesome looking birds!! WOW great shots and great focus and WOW so colorful!!! What a treat for my eyes!!! SheriJ · 2007-11-26: 09:37

They are so pretty!!! ; ) Iriss · 2007-11-26: 09:51

great set! i love #2, he's funny - and #3 is so beautiful and i'm saving it to my favorites! lexlevans · 2007-11-26: 10:17

love the whole set, but #2 is really awsome! ????? · 2007-11-26: 11:33

great set...especially love the blue birds :) fishbud · 2007-11-26: 11:51

Wow!...Really nice photos... SimoDM · 2007-11-26: 13:38

Wow. really great shots.. Love the light in #3 And beautiful colors, looks like a great lens. eljapa · 2007-11-26: 16:14

Great great shots. The last one is just posing for you. I love how you've captured their expressions. photopoet · 2007-11-26: 17:30

Marvelous shots. #3 and #4 are my favourites. rolpa · 2007-11-26: 17:57

I simply adore the last two! What cute little birdies!! Great set :D rhonnifer · 2007-11-26: 18:36

Marvellous ! second shot is great !!!! jendayee · 2007-11-26: 18:51

cute i like no 4 emmetan · 2007-11-26: 19:00

wonderful set!! i love the last 2 shots! very pretty colors ????? · 2007-11-26: 19:30

What a beautiful series. 3 and 5 are my faves. Genevieve · 2007-11-26: 21:00

the last two hotos are splendid ????? · 2007-11-26: 21:28

number 4 need to be on a greeting card. chipotle · 2007-11-27: 08:30

you should take a book from your wildlife photos! No.4 is my favorite!!! I have never seen hummingbird so close like on the second picture. thanks for it! natasa7 · 2007-11-27: 13:50

Great shots...I bet Spike would love this place. maharba · 2007-11-29: 22:49

You are so close - such good feather detail! ????? · 2007-12-04: 23:18

very nice set PEXRI · 2007-12-05: 13:57

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