Sunday, July 9, 2023

Common Raven

SONY A7C, TAMRON 70-300 AT 300MM, 1/1000 SEC. f8, ISO 1600

This burly raven, photographed at our cabin on the shore of Lake Superior at Green, Michigan, had to work hard at getting suet from the feeder, and after 10 minutes of trying had barely dented the supply.


Saturday, July 8, 2023

American Robin

SONY A7R3, TAMRON 70-300 AT 300MM, 1/200 f11, ISO 1600

The tiny pool of the waterfall garden outside Three Crowns Park in Evanston, Illinois, is a magnet for birds of all species that fly in for a drink and a bath. 



Tuesday, July 4, 2023

English Sparrow

Sony A7Riii, Tamron 70-300 at 300mm, 1/1000 sec. f8,  ISO 800

The exceedingly common bird struck an almost perfect pose atop an almost perfectly colored stone in the Waterfall Garden of my retirement community home of Three Crowns Park in Evanston, Illinois.


Monday, July 3, 2023

Crow

Sony A7Riii, Tamron 70-300 at 300mm, 1/400 sec. f8, ISO 800

This crow objected vociferously to the sight of Trooper, my little schnoodle service dog, as we approached it on a path in the campus of Three Crowns Park, the retirement community where I live in Evanston, Illinois.



Sunday, July 2, 2023

Goldfinch

Sony A7Riii
Tamron 70-300 at 300mm
1/250 sec. f8
ISO 800


One of the few good bird shots I've been able to get away from a feeder, this portrait of an American Goldfinch was taken in the Waterfall Garden of Three Crowns Park, the retirement community in Evanston, Illinois, where I live.