11/4/2011: Carolina Wren in Cape May

After my last wren gaff (misidentifying a Winter as a House in print!) I am checking this one twice (three times even) but I am pretty confident this is a Carolina Wren…despite the fact that it was making a not familiar sound for a Carolina…and despite the white tips showing on the wing feathers. I assume the feather tips are because the bird was fluffed funny and the call was just one I have not heard, in my very limited experience of Carolinas, before. They don’t get up to Maine so I only see them while traveling. It happens that in the past year I have seen, and photographed, several, but this has been a strange year all around. 🙂

Taken with the Canon SD100HS through the eyepiece of a ZEISS DiaScope 65FL spotting scope. The day was deteriorating fast with heavy cloud cover coming in and a threat of rain, but there was still enough light for 1/100th second at ISO 250, at the equivalent field of view of a 2240mm lens on a full frame DSLR (f6 effective). This is impressive focusing for auto focus on a Point and Shoot.

Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness.

And, a snip of video shot with the same setup. On my last Canon I had to fiddle with the control button, but there is a dedicated video button on the 100HS that makes it easy. Hopefully I will remember to hit it more often.

Carolina Wren in Cape May

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    Stacey Nagy November 4, 2011

    Really cute!

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