Getting Caught Up: Bird Feeder Edition

I've taken something like 60 photos since I started writing this post so I'm only posting the latest pictures.

These are all from this morning.

I've been working a lot with camera settings as well as my post process. I continue to use Lightroom and have added the Topaz Labs suite of Sharpen AI, DeNoise AI, and Gigapixel AI. I'll admit that I have not used GP that much yet but the other two are amazing.

Anyway, here we go.

This is a Goldfinch. I believe that it's a female.

An American Robin. The one who lives in my yard seems oddly fascinated by what I am
doing in the yard.

Black-Capped Chickadee. These are the bravest birds at the feeder. Some land on the feeder
while I am still filling it.

Carolina Wren.

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren.

A pair of House Finches out on the town.

This Mourning Dove sat around and let me shoot a bunch of pictures of him/her.

More Mourning Dove.

My Favorite pic of the Mourning Dove.

Our local Northern Cardinal male. The wife wasn't with him this morning. She usually shows up in the late afternoon.

Here's the Cardinal waiting his turn at the feeder.

Tufted Titmouse with a nut from the bird feeder. He looks willing to fight for it too.

Tufted Titmouse. There were at least three around the feeder this morning.

A White-Breasted Nuthatch. Notice the size of the rear claw. He likes to work/eat head down so
I assume the claw has evolved to be able to support him in that attitude.

Here's the White-Breasted Nuthatch on the tree near the feeder after he got bored
of the birdseed and suet.

Birds and Squirrel

We have two pair of Cardinals in the neighborhood

We've discussed the fact that as long as he and his stay out of the house....

I think that this is a Song Sparrow

Male Goldfinch

Same Guy

Chipping Sparrow

Random Bird Shots May 2020 Edition

Chipping Sparrow

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Chipping Sparrow

Eastern Phoebe

Goldfinch

Indigo Bunting (shot through a window)

Red-Shouldered Hawk Pair

This might be a House Wren but I'm not sure

Eastern Robin

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Bird Shots: Freezing Time edition

I was lucky enough to have been gifted with a new Nikon D850 recently, although Laura will tell you that we're already $600 into this "free" camera.

The ability to freeze time with the camera, should the lighting conditions be within certain guidelines, is amazing. Here are some shots from the bird feeder over the past couple days including some cropped shots in which time almost stands still.

Two female Goldfinches go at it while a male and a pair of Purple Finches look on.

This is cropped from another picture of the feeder like the previous shots. The D850 shoots at an astounding 45mp so even cropped there's still a lot of pixels to work with here.

Two female Goldfinches go at it while a male and a pair of Purple Finches look on.

Getting Caught Up With Random Bird Shots

I've been meaning to get caught up here at Yardisabi and life has intervened on multiple occasions. So in the interest of keeping more up to date, here's a quick catch-up with some random bird shots.

First, here a couple of Great Blue Heron shots that it took over a year to take. He fishes the pond next to our new place and whenever he was there and I tried to get into position to take a shot, he'd skoot. So here are, I think anyway, a couple of the best shots I've ever taken. These were taken in Wilton Connecticut during the summer of 2016.

I believe that this is a mature Ring-Billed Gull. The photo was taken in December 2016 on Hilton Head Island South Carolina.

I believe that this is a Red-Bellied Woodpecker. It was taken on Great Sacandaga Lake in Upstate New York during the summer of 2016.

A female Downy Woodpecker also taken around Great Sacandaga Lake New York State.

A father Northern Flicker and his boy. Sacandaga Lake.

I call this one "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice". Four Goldfinches (2 pair) working the bird feeder.

Anyway, that's it for now. More as summer progresses. I have a few in the marsh behind the house I'd like to get some shots of.