Mead Gardens and Geneva WA, 10/23/2012

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Eastern Phoebe
Mead Gardens
Mead Gardens was fun this morning.  We saw nothing out of the ordinary, and there were many Eastern Phoebes there, which is always fun.  I saw my first fall Yellow-rumped Warblers there this morning too.  Warbler migration seems to be winding down.

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Eastern Phoebe
Geneva Wilderness Area
This evening I went to Geneva Wilderness Area in search of an Eastern Whip-Poor-Will.  I got there around 6pm when it was still light out.  It was fun to see an American Kestrel before the sun went down.  Shortly after the sun went down, I found what I was looking for.  The Whip-Poor-Will flew up onto a perch and let me get a silhouette photo.  I had to shoot this at ISO 6400 and under expose by about a stop to get sharp photos, but since I didn't need any detail, I just ramped up the noise reduction all the way.

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American Kestrel
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Eastern Whip-Poor-Will

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  1. Fantastic silhoutte of the whip-poor-will! I have a Phoebe in the back yard but have yet to be able to sneak up on him! Have to drive out to the boonies to find one who doesn't know me. Thanks once again for such terrific instructional posts.

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