Field Sparrow
After using my Canon 100-400mm mark II zoom lens for more than 5 years, I finally had to bite the bullet and take it into a camera shop at the end of last week to have some dust removed from inside the lens. I wanted to wait until most of the migrating warblers had moved through the area, and with off and on rain forecasted for this week, it seemed like the best time to do this. So I had to use my old 400mm prime lens, which meant slower autofocus, more difficult manual focus, and a bit less image quality. It was mostly cloudy when I hiked this morning in Old Trail, and I ended up with 24 avian species. I might have seen a few more species, but some of the birds nestled in brush were out of focus, and disappeared before I could manually focus on them.
Field Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
House Sparrow
I saw several Yellow-rumped Warblers, and at least three Tennessee Warblers.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warblers
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
There were avian species other than sparrows and warblers as well.
American Robin
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Today's list:
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Tennessee Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Sparrow