Red-legged Honeycreeper: Mirador El Pizote, Boca Tapada, Costa Rica, December 2024 — Male, female, and immature male Red-legged Honeycreepers from Mirador El Pizote. The Honeycreepers are, somewhat surprisingly, tanagers, and are generally found in mixed feeding flocks around fruit feeders anywhere in lowlands Costa Rica. Spectacular little birds. A blessing and a privilege to be surrounded by them. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 Di iii @ 600mm equivalent. Program mode with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Blue Jay: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, January 2025 — For some reason we don’t get many Blue Jays in our yard…maybe a dozen times a year one will appear and hop up on deck for a few moments. Just down the street there is a house with feeders that has them all the time when I walk by. ??? I caught this one coming in to use a feeder tray. I like the riot of color with the reds and greens of the setting contrasting with the blues of the bird. The low January sun picks out all the detail. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 Di iii @ 600mm equivalent. Program mode with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.