A few birds

 

Four species seen during a walk.

Usually found flitting about bushes, the Grey Catbird is named for its cat-like call.

This is a robin. The speckled breast reveals it to be a juvenile.

Two male Barrow’s Goldeneye Ducks seem to synchronize the examination of an intruder.

The Red-naped Sapsucker is a woodpecker that carves horizontal lines of holes in the bark of trees. Later, it returns to collect the sap and insects attracted to it. Earlier holes can be seen as a line of scars on the tree trunk.

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2 Responses to A few birds

  1. Trevor Goward says:

    Hi Alistair

    Thanks for the uplift.

    A quick question: Do those two male Goldeneyes appear the way you actually saw them – or rather the way they saw you, that is, via the right eye – or did you happen to reverse the images for one reason or another?

    Best

    Trevor

    • Alistair says:

      Trevor,

      That was the way I saw them. That is almost directly out of the camera — no tricks. However, I did filter for digital noise to get rid of granularity in the water.

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