Some of the common birds that seem to be everywhere this autumn…
Also around are flocks of Brambling and Siskin as well as a flock of Bohemian Waxwing. And lots of Eastern Buzzard.
Lots of these
Category: Sawara
Some teleconverted ducks
Some more softish 400 f5.6 plus 1.4X T/C shots…
Harlequins at 400
The bare 400 f5.6 was not so bad for BIFs. Not as good as the 500 of course but a lot easier on the shoulder…
Dark teleconverted Rosy Finches
Some small winter birds at last!
Due to a torn rotator cuff in my shoulder I’ve stopped carrying my big 500 f4 lens around on my shoulder (It’s going to have be a tripod/monpod lens near the car from now on). So today I had the 400 f5.6 with 1.4X T/C. And…it’s usable but soft. Small lo-res images like these are just about OK.
It was a bit dark and there was a very strong cold wind, not ideal for photography.
Last of the Rosy Finch
I may not see any more until next winter…
More Rosy Finches
More pics of the Asian Rosy Finch striking poses on the beach…
Port Staples
The ports are very quiet this winter: not many ducks, grebes or even gulls.
But one port had some Harlequins.
Rosy on the Snow and black sand
Volcanic sand of course…
Nice background when it went to the top of the dunes…
Peregrine atop stump
I bumped into someone else birding and he said he’d seen Pine Bunting and Lapland Bunting. It was a big area and although I spent 2 or 3 hours searching I couldn’t find them.
I did find this absurdly tame Peregrine. Maybe it had scared off the small birds?
What the f**k is that red thing? God knows.
A bit more natural
The Rosy Finches left the port so i checked some of the local beaches and found this lone one in somewhat nicer surroundings…
It was foraging in the snow free areas…
Rosy Finches on machinery
Not the greatest backdrop but there were a dozen or so Asian Rosy Finches in one the ports nearby…
Some Harlequins
I was trying to photograph some skittish Asian Rosy Finch with no luck.
Luckily there were some Harlequin Ducks in the area…
