Fair Lady
A summer day at the Ridgefield NWR, August 4, 2016, where I was treated to a blast off of about 35 Great Egrets at one […]
Ducky Portrait
A female Wood Duck out sunbathing on a log. Her mate was a few feet to the right, out of the picture. Ridgefield NWR, May
Late Afternoon Stretch
Approaching sunset as this female Bufflehead stretches its wings after making several dives underwater for food. I observed that females can be as aggressive as
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Lady Ruddy
A portrait of a female Ruddy Duck on the water at the Ridgefield NWR, March 18, 2016. LARGEVIEW! Canon 5D Mark III, 1/2000, f4.5, ISO
Immature Female Yellowthroat
My Aug. 11, 2015, trip to the Ridgefield NWR, netted me (recently posted) shots of an adult female Yellowthroat, a male fledgling Yellowthroat, a fledgling
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Immature Black-headed Grosbeak (female)
A few days ago I posted an immature male Black-headed Grosbeak. Here’s what I think is the sibling of the male, this one a female.
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Big-billed Beauty
One of the features I really like about the Canon 7D Mark II is its 1.6x crop factor when coupled with a 1000mm lens combo
Bufflehead Beauty
The female Bufflehead displays her beauty in this shot taken at the Ridgefield NWR, Dec. 2, 2014. Canon 7D Mark II, 1/1600, f8, ISO 1600,
A warbler of the late summer variety
Female (possibly immature) Common Yellowthroat, photographed at the Ridgefield NWR, Sep. 16, 2014. Canon 5D Mark III, 1/1250, f6.3, ISO 500, 500mm, 1:27 p.m.
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Late-summer Common Yellowthroat
It’s probably just me but I tend to see many more male Common Yellowthroats in the spring and more females in late summer at the
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