The first summer visitors should be arriving soon and the long-staying crossbills will surely be moving on too.
Tag: Common Crossbill
A sunny Monday morning…
Not much around this morning although I did see my first Bull-headed Shrike of the year.
Oh and crossbills. Of course.
7th
The 7th consecutive month crossbills have been in Hakodate…
The tame one
Wonder how long this will stick around? Not many crossbills in town anymore…
800
The tame crossbill was in the sunshine today; no need for heavy processing as i could use ‘normal’ settings like ISO 800.
6400 #4
Think this might be a first winter bird, possibly male?
6400 #3
It was absurdly tame…
6400 #2
More of the tame one in the dark yesterday…
6400 #1
There were a couple of crossbills in the tiny park yesterday but it was dark and raining and with the RF 600 f/11 I was at ISO 6400. Amazing what AI denoising can do (these were with Lightroom’s version; I also use Topaz Denoise sometimes).
The holdout
Only 1 crossbill seen since last Saturday; this male holding out in the tiny park.
Single Dusky Thrushes are scattered around everywhere now.
A bit skittish
Still quite a few around but a tad jumpy…
Spring
The first day of spring 2024 but the birds near my apartment this morning hadn’t changed much although there seem to be far fewer of them…