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She wanted to know what I was doing on her trail :)

Welcome!

Went out looking to get eagle and heron pictures today. No such luck, so I decided to get a nice Ring-billed Gull in flight rather than come home with nothing. :)

Thanks for the kind words :)

Elk rut is underway and this guy looks to be the biggest and baddest. He's bugling with rivals on either side of him, but they don't approach him. Maybe he has already won the battle. :)

American Goldfinch really tearing into the sunflower for seeds

Cool camera, for sure.

On Monday I posted a picture of an adult male Red Crossbill. This is a juvenile, only weeks out of the nest. Next year this bird will either be yellow over most of its body, meaning a female, or red, which is male. Notice the pine cone on the right, compared to the one on the left that this bird...

Thanks, Dan. Much appreciated!

This is only the second time I have photographed a Red Crossbill. They tend to stay back in the shadows and provide a real challenge to photograph. Their crossed bill is an adaptation to break into pine cones and get seeds that other birds aren't able to extract. Really fun to watch!

Starting to molt

No eyeball, the bird had the island all to itself.

What a terrible thing to say... about the bird! :) :) :)

Just making noise for no particular reason. LOL

Snowy Egrets will be headed south very soon, gotta' photograph them while I can!

Tried out the newest version of Photo AI, which is supposed to be a major update. Honestly, I only see subtle differences in sharpening and noise reduction. They have two new beta functions, lighting and color balance. In my opinion neither does a good job when automated, and the sliders are so...