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My wife and I spent four days on the shores of the Wenatchee River near Plain, Washington (West of Leavenworth). Nothing too spectacular, but we did
have lots of Evening Grosbeaks, a few Spotted Sandpipers, and a few White-headed Woodpeckers. Lighting was tough, to say the least - Sunshine is not
my friend, when it comes to bird photography
All images were made using a Canon 5D Mark III and either a Canon 400mm f5.6L or 500mm f4L.
Here are a few more - including the White-headed Woodpecker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Swallow-tail butterfly (sort of a bird
) and Purple Finch.
A great birding weekend.
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Very nice, looks like you did really well over the weekend!
Thanks very much, Bob. Its been a while since I have spent some quality time trying to get a few photos.
Hopefully, I'll be posting a bit more often!
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Great photos. It looks like you can get much closer to the birds there than you can here.
Thanks, Bill. Yes Much closer - and it was treat to be able to set up the 500 and tripod and just wait for opportunities.
BTW, here's one I didn't post - not a great shot, but amazing of a Common Merganser and her 19 chicks floating down the river. Two of them are on her back. I was barely able to capture it by grabbing my 400 just in the nick of time. I understand they nest in hollows high in pine trees and, like the wood ducks, jump out, I assume all at once and leave the nest.
Terry
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