{"id":2353,"date":"2011-11-04T06:29:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T10:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/11\/04\/1142011-carolina-wren-in-cape-may\/"},"modified":"2011-11-04T06:29:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T10:29:20","slug":"1142011-carolina-wren-in-cape-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2353","title":{"rendered":"11\/4\/2011: Carolina Wren in Cape May"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After my last wren gaff (misidentifying a Winter<\/em> as a House<\/em> in print!) I am checking this one twice (three times even) but I am pretty confident this is a Carolina Wren\u2026despite the fact that it was making a not familiar sound for a Carolina\u2026and 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\u2019t 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. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Carolina Wren in Cape May<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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