The Towhee is one of my favorites. Glad to have a fair number of them in the yard, most of the time. I love the weird red eyes.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400mm
- ISO 800 1/800 sec f/7.1
Towhee
Rufous Hummer
This little guy was sitting in our apple tree guarding the feeder. We have seen these a few times lately, but they are a lot more shy than the others we had coming regularly … but have since moved on.
Hunting Eagle
I was out for a walk at the beach recently, enjoying the springlike weather. There were a couple of eagles hovering around the top of the bluff, near where they have nested. This one thought there was something for lunch on the shore. Turned out to be a false alarm.
As it left, a gull started following, just in case there was something dropped.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 28-300mm set at 300mm
- ISO 400 1/1000 sec f/16
Woodpecker
The woodpeckers are regular visitors to my suet cake. They are a lot more polite than the flickers, who attack the suet with vigor and spread pieces all over the ground below. That does provide some additional opportunities to the ground feeders that don’t do so well at clinging to the feeder.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 300mm lens
ISO 1000 1/80th sec f/4.5
Is there room for one more?
Not sure what these little guys are, but they certainly liked finding the suet cake in the feeder. The group of them all show up and by sheer number intimidate the regulars. I was using the motor drive and happened to catch one on approach.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400
- ISO 800 1/400 sec f/9.0
Hummingbirds
This was one of the few times that I have seen two hummingbirds sharing a feeder. The one on the left was pretty nervous about coming in … but was accepted.
- Camera: Nikon D950
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400mm
- ISO 3200 1/320 sec f/9.0
Northern Flicker
This was shot through the window of the home office. While I prefer having bird photos without feeders, this one was a such nice shot I couldn’t resist.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400
- ISO 3200 1/80 sec f/5.6
Mergansers in Flight
I was on top a 70 foot bank overlooking Puget Sound when I noticed a flock of birds flying by off-shore. I took a shot, not knowing what kind of bird they were … too far away for my visual identification skills. Nice to have the resolution to crop in and do the identification.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400mm
- ISO 200 1/400 sec f/10
Gray Jay
We were eating lunch during a hike at Hurricane Hill in Olympic National Park. We immediately attracted a number of Gray Jays … aka camp robbers.
They are not shy at all, so I was able to get several nice photos of this little guy. I was especially happy with the details on the chest feathers.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400mm
- ISO 200 1/500 sec f/11