Another weekend and another small storm passed through. On this day, the Titmice were active and I was able to capture this little fella perched on the Butterfly Bush branch with ice and snow on its tail.
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Female Northern Cardinal in the winter snow
Female Northern Cardinal Winter Portrait
The weather has been cold and wet the last several weeks. I have been catching up on post-processing of January photos. Above is a close-up portrait of a female Northern Cardinal in a light snow.
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Pileated Woodpecker
While walking the dog today I heard the tell-tale "knock...knock...knock" of the Pileated Woodpecker. The Pileated makes a much lower tone than a Red-Bellied or Downy woodpecker makes. I led the dog away and into the house and grabbed the camera.
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Spring Male Northern Cardinal - Left Profile
A male Northern Cardinal in profile during an early Spring snow storm. I like how the melted snow forms water drops on the birds' feathers.
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Female Norther Cardinal hunkered down in a snow storm - 1/640 sec | F / 8.0 | 360MM | ISO 4000
Winter Northern Cardinals
More birds in snow.
This post contains photos of the male and female Northern Cardinal perched in our Butterfly Bush. All photos were taken during a daytime snow storm in our yard. The photos of the male cardinals are mostly shot through the branches of the bush. I was able to take close-up images of the females as they are less skittish than the males that visit.
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I think we need to draw the blinds. The chipmunk is doing his best Monty Burns impersonation!
Photographed with the Canon 7D Mark II and the Canon EF 135mm F/2L lens.
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