Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Nature => Topic started by: Shortsighted on March 12, 2024, 06:32:33 PM
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All fairly quiet at a Rouge pond today but it was very pleasant nonetheless because of the 12 degree temperature. At first all I could see were Red-winged blackbirds and starlings, but after a while both a couple of Am. Song sparrows and a Am. Tree sparrow showed up. That was par for the course, but what surprised me was a Downy woodpecker drumming away at the hard stalk of a dead reed. It spent quite some time at this activity so there must have been some sort of insect within the lumen of the reed.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-hPQP4LW/0/5PhWGmzpg2gLzpZjJHjkBF7mFSqXq9cx3MWtDq3W/L/Downy%20on%20reed%2C2-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-hPQP4LW/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-DdXPGW3/0/8vK29cvqrX69t8LgPRxjVXvwdRCM62Wkz8Bv37pg/L/Downy%20drumming%20reed-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-DdXPGW3/A)
A beaver showed up ... came out of the water ... groomed itself and then munched on some dogwood twigs. I switched to a 2X TC to give my 300mm lens greater reach but the resultant 600mm required me to focus manually, which was not too difficult since the beaver is a big subject and wasn't moving.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-jKkRp9n/0/D33kFzzwLtC984h4jjg4L6ZKLVLr3SmtS3rGwSmVJ/L/Beaver%20swimming%2C2-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-jKkRp9n/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-GR5PvdR/0/FKVwvN6sXrfjk3q55NWbfxr9MnNtgPvfTfdDMf5zQ/L/Beaver%20exiting%20water-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-GR5PvdR/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-xZnSwCq/0/CCmckXqVRMXgPCr2wBNk2Fp5CjxNxXRH558mKdGPF/L/Beaver%20munching-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-xZnSwCq/A)
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Very cute Downy Woodpecker and cool Beaver! 🦫
I like your photos. :D