Common Paraque, Estero Llano Grande State Park and World Birding Center in Weslaco Texas

I have photographed this Common Paraque at Estero Llano Grande State Park and World Birding Center in Weslaco Texas every year for the…well I have been trying to count the years, but I get lost somewhere around 7. It roosts beside the Alligator Lake trail, less than a yard from the foot traffic, behind a low barrier of brush. I assume it is the same bird every year. I can not imagine another bird picking that same spot…exposed as it is. Occasionally I have caught it in a shift of sun, but most of the time it is deep in the shadows of the thicket, requiring high ISOs and slow shutter speeds. This year I was able to set the Sony for Multi-frame  Noise Reduction to produce better detail and less noise in this low angle shot. The camera takes 4 exposures at a lower ISO and adds them to produce the equivalent exposure of one high ISO shot…but with better image quality. Pretty slick!

Sony RX10iii at 600mm equivalent field of view. Program Mode with Multi-frame Noise Reduction. Processed in PhotoShop Express on my Android tablet.