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Terry has started a new thread on his backyard birds. His first posting includes dramatic photos of a purple finch posing at a seed feeder outside his kitchen window, which you can see here:
This is a photo log of birds in Woodway Washington, located adjacent to Puget Sound and about 15 miles north of Seattle 05/02/2020. This thread starts with photos in my yard because of the COVID 19 stay at home order in Washington State. Luckily we have many birds that show up at our feeder...
Nothing too exciting here this past week, except after at least two years, a pair of Band-tailed Pigeons magically appeared that I caught a glimpse of from our kitchen window a couple of days ago. I wasn't quick enough to get them both but did manage to get this shot of one of them from our deck. What a dapper dresser!
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Canon 5diii and 400mm f5.6L at 1/1250s and ISO 3200)
At last a female Rufous Hummingbird at my feeder this year. I think I spotted one a week or so ago, but couldn't be sure. Usually the males show up after the females, at least that's been my experience.
Canon 5Diii Canon 400mm f5.6L 1/1250s f5.6 iso 640
I finally got out to check on our bald eagle nest here in Woodway - Bill and I have monitored the nests of the same pair for several years. Unfortunately when they moved their nest from their original location to another tree nearby, the view of the nest became difficult at best. I was not able to see the youngsters this time, but the male was perched at the top of the nest tree waiting for the female to bring the kids some dinner. I lost patience after an hour and left. As Bill will tell you the time to be there is when I leave .....
(canon 5diii and 500mm f4L with 2x iii extender. 1/1250s f8 auto iso)
That nest is best photographed in the late afternoon/early evening when the sun is behind you and shining directly into the nest. That creates other lighting problems, but at least you are not shooting into shadows using high ISO settings.
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