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New lifer for me. Really like its hairstyle. Kind of looks like me when I wake up
March 2026, Germany
Olympus E-M1 mk III + 100-400 mk II @ 400mm
1/320s, f/7.1, ISO 1250
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March 2026 in Germany
Technical Details:
Olympus O-MD E-M1 Mk III + OM System 100-400 f/5.0-6.3 II @400 mm
- Shutter: 1/4000
- Aperture: f/7.1
- ISO: 3200
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Great Lakes region, USA. March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 270mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO 250.
Edited in darktable.
I was on my way back home when this orange breast caught my eye. This robin let me get right up on him. He was a little leary, but had higher priorities. Food must have been hard to come by over the last few days. Our ice storm encased everything in a thick transparent glass. Luckily these bittersweet nightshade berries were ripe for the taking.
Fun fact: estimates put the American robin population near 370 million.
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Great Lakes region, USA. March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 275mm, f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 320.
Edited in darktable.
I'm glad to see a bird of prey. I don't see them often enough IMO. This queen was flying up and down the river bank looking for some pigeons I'm sure. She'll be eating well, we have a ton of them.
Fun fact: medieval falconers used to refer to them as lady hawks and noblewomen would use them to hunt larks.
Bonus cardinal near his peak vibrant plumage. Too far away and soft for its own post.
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Great Lakes region, USA. March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 270mm, f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 250.
Edited in darktable.
Hopefully when things open up a bit more on the river I can find where they're nesting and get some cool shots of that.
Fun fact: Sandhill cranes are one of the oldest bird species. Some fossils found are 2.5 million years old!
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My apologies for the low-quality pic, but I dont own a dslr. Saw it this morning at my neighbor's house.
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Great Lakes region, USA. March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 275mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 320
A very majestic looking American tree sparrow perched on some ice covered branches.
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Great Lakes region, USA. March 2026
Oly E-M1 @ 275mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 250
I love all the ice covered trees. It's like this mourning dove is trapped in an ice maze.
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My usual xt50 and 150-500mm tamron. Not sure if I over processed this
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Prospect Park, Reading, UK Canon R5MkII + RF200-800
Top left makes it clear where the "stars" come from. I think this is one make (bottom right) and the rest his female partner. They were feeding and perching maybe eight yards away in good sunlight.
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Great Lakes region, USA. March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 275mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 2500.
After our ice storm I went to my favorite public bird feeder to help the birds get some food and I spotted this fox sparrow. The first I've seen this year. He was hanging out with a flock of American tree sparrows looking for seeds that fell from the feeder. The birds were all under a bit of foliage so the lighting was kinda crap. I could have lowered my shutter speed and opened my aperture a bit, but he didn't stick around long enough for me to fiddle with settings.
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Midwest USA, March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 208mm, f/8, 1/800s, ISO 200
This was fresh after our ice storm. I went out the next morning and was surprised by all the birds. I hope not too many were hurt.
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Depth of field was kind, and I rather like the result.
Prospect Park, Reading, UK, Canon R5MkII + RF200-800 - in bright sunshine for a change!
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Midwest USA, March 2026.
Oly E-M1 @ 215mm, f/8, 1/800s, ISO 640
These were fun to take. They look so cute hanging off of these frozen apples.
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Southeast US. Finally got this fella at our patio. I've seen him hanging out at the edge of the woods where the other suet block is, but he finally got brave enough for us to see him up close! What a pretty guy.
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Midwest USA, March 2026
Oly E-M1 @ 300, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 320
We had a wicked ice storm with tons of downed trees and devastating damage to the power grid. This is the second once in a hundred year storm we've had in two years, not a pattern, but concerning. I did get some pretty good photos I'll drop over the next few days.
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A bit obscured, but I suspect the first time seen this year. One of the less imaginatively named UK warblers.
Prospect Park, Reading, UK
Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800
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March 2026 in Germany
Technical Details:
Olympus O-MD E-M1 Mk III + OM System 100-400 f/5.0-6.3 II @400 mm
- Shutter: 1/250
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 1250
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Midwest USA, March 2026
Oly E-M1 @ 270, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 125
"And these shadows turn from purple into grey, for just a skyline pigeon dreaming of the open, waiting for the day he can spread his wings and fly away again!"
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