Posts in Category: Maine
Maine! Stoic
Eastern Bluebird: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, January 2025 — Into every bluebird’s life (well at least Maine bluebirds) some snow must fall, and when it does the bluebird meets it with typical bluebird stoicism. This is a first year bird so it is only his second snow, but he is wise to the ways of snow already. It comes. It goes. Just as long as the mealworm feeder is full. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 Di iii @ 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Taken through a double glazed deck door. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Off East Point in January
East Point Audubon Sanctuary, Biddeford Pool, Maine, USA. Looking for non-existent Snowy Owls and Purple Sandpipers, but the view is grand! Sony a5100 with Sony 10-18 f4 wide zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape Mode. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Can you see the Eagle?
Bald Eagle: York County Maine, USA, January 2025 — The eagle was back along the river yesterday, but sitting way up high in a tall pine on the other side. If you look closely in the wide shot (I say “wide” but it was at 111mm equivalent) you might find it, tucked back in at the end of a branch. It takes 600mm equivalent, cropped in, and then up-scaled, to see that it really is an eagle. I sat on a bench in the sun (barely warm enough for that but I had all my layers on), and waited to see if he or she would come down for a fish or at least decent to a lower perch…but the eagle was still on the end of that same limb when the sun went behind clouds and I called it quits. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Eider
Common Eider: York County, Maine, USA, January 2025 — When we first moved back to Maine in 1995, there were flocks of hundreds, thousands, of Common Eiders all along the coast of York County. Now I have to go looking to find one…or one small flock of maybe half a dozen. I am not convinced that there are less Eiders, though that could well be true. just for sure that they don’t come into the coast here anymore. This handsome male reminded me. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Bluebird in the cold
Eastern Bluebird: York County, Maine, USA, January 2025 — We are having the same cold snap as most to the East right now, and our 5 bluebirds are doing their best to stay warm. I keep the mealworm feeder full. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii @ 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Bluebird thanks
Eastern Bluebird: York County, Maine, USA, January 2025 — I am always thankful for Bluebirds. When there is nothing else to photograph, our bluebirds are always here and always striking poses. 🙂 Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii @ 600mm equivalent. Program with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Dull day Eagle
Bald Eagle: York County, Maine, USA, December 2024 — Sitting over the river on a dull afternoon. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator and TouchRetouch.
Maine! Filigree Ice
While out looking for Eagles on a very cold December morning, I had to check the Mousam River for interesting ice formations. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii at 340mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator and framed in LikeAFrame.
Maine! Junco in the snow
Dark-eyed Junco: York County, Maine, USA, December 2024 — I am traveling this week…in Boston at the moment to catch an early flight to Costa Rica…so my posting schedule may be a bit strange…as and when I have time. This is a Dark-eyed Junco after this morning’s snowfall, looking forward seed on the rail of the deck below the feeders. Kicking up quite a bit of snow. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator. (Taken through the double glazed deck door.)
Maine! Mealworm for breakfast
Eastern Bluebird: York County, Maine, USA, December 2024 — One of this year’s fledglings coming to the deck early for freshly put-out mealworms on a cold December morning just as the first sun brushed the deck. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Taken through the double glazed window of the deck door. Processed in Photomator.