Using the Canon 40D/100-400 IS mounted on a BushHawk shoulder mount.
Northern Mockingbird flying in nesting material, South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes, CA, June 1 2008.
The following 3-photo sequence shows this Red-Shouldered Hawk nabbing a lizard snack. Taken at the South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes, June 1 2008.
You can just make out the lizard clutched in his right foot...
Allen's Hummingbird at the Mexican Sage (Salvia Leucantha), South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes, CA, June 7 2008.
Vermillion Flycatcher at Covington Park across from Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, near Yucca Valley, CA, May 12 2008.