Little Tinamou: La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, March 2025 — I am going to double up on Pics 4 Today for a while, since I am not quite half way trough my photos from March in Costa Rica, and now have a slew of photos from the Biggest Week in American Birding on the Erie Shore in Ohio. This is the best shot I managed of the Little Tinamou we encountered along the trails at La Selva, one of the outposts of the Organization for Tropical Studies in the Sarapiqui of Costa Rica. La Selva is known as one of the most biologically diverse properties in the world, and is the temporary home of hundreds of researchers and students every year. Not to mention Tinamous 🙂 Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. ISO was maxed out in the low light of the rainforest floor and the camera only managed 1/320. Still, the bird is there! Processed in Photomator.
Scarlet Tanager: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, May 2025 — Though warblers are the stars of the seasonal show at Magee, the tanagers are pretty hard to miss. This is either an immature male coming into its first adult plumage, or an adult male not quite out of eclipse plumage…with a bit of yellow still showing. A stunning bird either way. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.