I visited the Ridgefield NWR on April 24 and noticed that the Yellow-headed Blackbirds have returned to the marshes. There doesn’t seem to be very many visible from the auto tour road, though, and so far they’ve been quite skittish and keep their distance. However, an exception to this happened between markers #12 & 13 when this bird was walking along the edge of the road. He walked toward my truck as I took his picture and didn’t seem to mind getting fairly close. I’ve also noticed the return of the Common Yellowthroat 2 weeks ago but I haven’t been able to get a decent shot yet of the little rascals. Canon 5D Mark III, 1/1600, f5.6, ISO 800, 500mm.
Yellow has returned to the refuge
I visited the Ridgefield NWR on April 24 and noticed that the Yellow-headed Blackbirds have returned to the marshes. There doesn’t seem to be very many visible from the auto tour road, though, and so far they’ve been quite skittish and keep their distance. However, an exception to this happened between markers #12 & 13 when this bird was walking along the edge of the road. He walked toward my truck as I took his picture and didn’t seem to mind getting fairly close. I’ve also noticed the return of the Common Yellowthroat 2 weeks ago but I haven’t been able to get a decent shot yet of the little rascals. Canon 5D Mark III, 1/1600, f5.6, ISO 800, 500mm.
My Gear:
- Canon EOS 5D Mark IV & Grip
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Canon EF 500mm f4L IS II
- Canon EF 24-105mm f4L
- Canon EF 50mm f1.8
- Canon 1.4X III Extender
- Canon 2x III Extender
- Canon 580EX Flash
- Zoom H1 Recorder
- Better Beamer
- Manfrotto tripod/monopod
- Manfrotto Gimbal Head
- Sandisk Compact Flash Cards
- The Molar Bean Bag by Vertex
- Joby Gorillapod Focus & Ballhead
- Canon EG200 Backpack
- Storm Jacket Camera Cover
- Kinesis Safari Sack
- Original Bug Shirt Elite Edition
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
- Nik Color EFEX Pro 4
- Nik Sharpener 3
- Nik Dfine 2.0
- Nik Viveza 2
- Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
- Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
- Nik Analog Efex Pro