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Carolina Chickadee |
Early this morning I went to the Geneva Wilderness Area, since I was going to be working Oviedo. I spent a little time there, and as usual, I had a blast. I've had a terrible time photographing Carolina Chickadees. First, they have to be still enough in the open to get a photo. Second, they have to give you a pretty, clean back ground, and third you want to be able to see the eye. The third part is a real challenge because of their black caps--those little eyes want to disappear into their caps so you can't pick them out. I don't use a flash, so I have to wait for them to turn their heads just right to get "catch light" in the eye. This morning I photographed a couple Chickadees with the eye visible. I'd still like a better background, but I'll take what I can get.
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Carolina Chickadee |
This morning I also found Brown-headed Nuthatches, many Palm Warblers, a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, one Pine Warbler, one Yellow-throated Warbler, and my first American Robin of the fall. And I hope this doesn't sound like bragging, but according to eBird this is the first month in which I've recorded over 100 species of birds in Seminole County (my home county). I ended this month with 101 species, the last one being the Chickadee above.
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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Northern Mockingbird |
Congratulations on over 100 birds for October! Your images continue to inspire me to improve. Thank you!
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I love the Mockingbird image. I know they are common in Florida but they are only here during the summer and uncommon even then so I adore seeing yours!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mia. It's funny. They are so often overlooked here, but every once in a while I feel like I need to give them equal rights, so to speak. :-)
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