Daily Archives: April 27, 2022

Maine Spring edition: Pine Warbler

Pine Warbler: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, April 2022 — last year we only had glimpses of the Pine Warbler as it passed through, stocking up before finding more suitable nesting habitat. The year before it was here for a week or more, visiting the feeders under the pine, and a few times on the deck. This year both a full adult (probably a male) and a first year bird (probably a female, but it could, of course, be the other way around…or they might both be males or females???) have been on the deck several times a day for the past few days. The bright bird visits the suet feeder and the first year bird sticks to the deck and rail under the feeder, picking up crumbs. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. (Taken through the double pane thermal glass doors in the kitchen on a deeply overcast day.) ISO 1600 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

More action over papaya

Golden-crowned Euphonia (male and female), Scarlet-rumped Tanager: Las Cruces Biological Research Station (OTS), San Vito, Costa Rica, December 2021 — The male Golden-crowned Euphonia seems to think the papaya rind belongs to him and his mate, while the Scarlet-rumped Tanager begs to differ. I will probably share more on this in another post, but the Scarlet-rumped Tanager was considered two species until recently, Passerini’s on the Caribbean slope and Cherrie’s on the Pacific. This would be a Cherrie’s. Sony Rx10iv at 591mm equivalent. Program mode with wildlife modifications and multi-frame noise reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 3200 @ f4 @ 1/500th.