Close-ups April 2024 — Part 2c

On April 7th, I again sat outside with my coffee and Nikon D7500.

I snapped 345 images, trashed a few, and picked 209 to share. That’s too many for one blog post, so I’m splitting them into four posts with 50 to 55 images each.

This, then, is the third of four posts about what I photographed that day.

Except for very few readers, most will pan this installment, and rightly so. It’s no longer novel, it’s repetitive, and unlike the next one, it has few surprises in store.

. . . but, I have these photos, you see, and they want a chance to impress. I told them it’s useless, but you can’t reason with photographs. For one, like teens, their brains are not developed, and plus, they each have at least a thousand words they want to throw your way.

We begin with the White-crested Sparrow above and below.

Let me tell you about the frustrating behavior of small birds (and some large ones, too). In a patio that has an even distribution of seeds, they mostly keep to any shadow that might be cast, such as the one from the pergola. It’s like they know that makes the exposure difficult to meter.

Only once the seeds in the shadow portions are gone will they venture briefly into the sun.

Luckily, the feeders are in full sun, so I can catch images like this next one, of a Goldfinch showing off its underarm . . . er . . . underwing hair . . . er . . . feathers.

This batch has a lot of Goldfinch images, so it’s another reason why it might be boring.

Oh, and more Blue Jays . . .

Whenever I think of birds, I think of them as flying birds, and not diving birds.

. . . nor as hopping birds . . .

. . . or world-class sprinters . . .

. . . or wannabe Flamingoes . . .

. . . or walking like an Egyptian . . .

This next image is one of the few House Finch images that I was happy with . . .

Anyway, lots of Goldfinch photos . . .

. . . and one action Dove.

Anyway, it’s a short post since many of the 53 images are similar.

The SmugMug Gallery is HERE, and the slideshow is linked below.

Slideshow

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