April 2020
A Cedar Waxwing Enjoying a Berry (5 April 2020
Great Blue Herons Mating (12 April 2020

A Cedar Waxwing Enjoying a Berry

5 April 2020

I haven't been doing much bird-blogging of late, but I love this picture too much not to share it.

Cedar waxwing

April 05, 2020
1/500, f/5.6, ISO 200, 500.0 mm

Great Blue Herons Mating

12 April 2020

There's a wildlife sanctuary run by Mass Audubon in Richmond, Massachusetts. I don't know how big the entire property is; what's available is a small pull-off from the road from which one can observe a beaver pond with more than twenty nests for great blue herons. I went there this morning, and although the light wasn't great for seeing or photography—the nests are well to the east of the road, so they were backlit—there were a number of birds visible. I wasn't certain what I was seeing at one point, when one of two birds in one nest started flapping its wings, but I figured I'd photograph it—display behavior, I guessed. Well, yes, it was mating related…

April 12, 2020
1/250, f/8.0, ISO 200, 700.0 mm
April 12, 2020
1/250, f/8.0, ISO 200, 700.0 mm
April 12, 2020
1/250, f/8.0, ISO 200, 700.0 mm
April 12, 2020
1/250, f/8.0, ISO 200, 700.0 mm
April 12, 2020
1/250, f/8.0, ISO 200, 700.0 mm
April 12, 2020
1/250, f/8.0, ISO 200, 700.0 mm
April 12, 2020
1/250, f/8.0, ISO 200, 700.0 mm