Daily Archives: April 26, 2022

Maine Spring edition: White-throated Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, April 2022 — I still have lots of Costa Rican birds and wildlife to share but spring in southern Maine is definitely happening right now…so this is a special edition of Pic for today. Yesterday at dawn the first White-throated Sparrow scouts arrived out under our backyard pines, and by late afternoon the leaf litter under the pines was host to at least two dozen White-throated Sparrows. I say at least, because I have no idea if this was a coherent flock or individual birds from a stream passing through. There is nothing more “perky” than a White-throated Sparrow in fresh spring plumage. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 320 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

Meeting over papaya

Speckled and Silver-throated Tanagers: Las Cruces Biological Station, San Vito, Costa Rica, December 2021 — I don’t often post photos of birds actually at the feeder, but sometimes the interactions of contrasting species that take place there are just too good to pass up. Both of these birds are common in mixed feeding flocks at the right elevations in Costa Rica (the Silver-throated is common everywhere in Costa Rica…I think it might cover the widest range in elevation of any Central American Tanager) so it is no surprise to see them together at the feeding station, but for those of who only visit Costa Rica once a year, it is still a rare treat. Sony Rx10iv at 591mm equivalent. Program mode with wildlife modifications and multi-frame noise reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 1600 @ f4 @ 1/500th.