House Finch, Female, landing
Haemorhous mexicanus

Really enjoying the fast frame rate of the 7D Mark II…I expect there will be more in-flight shots for a while 😁

I’m just hoping for some brighter days so I can shoot at a higher aperture for a wider depth of field.

Location: Guelph, Ontario
Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D Sigma 150-600
- ISO 12800 f5.6 1/2000s

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Black-capped chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Location: Guelph Ontario

- The Black-capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items to eat later. Each item is placed in a different spot and the chickadee can remember thousands of hiding places.
- Every autumn Black-capped Chickadees allow brain neurons containing old information to die, replacing them with new neurons so they can adapt to changes in their social flocks and environment even with their tiny brains.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/overview

Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D Sigma 150-600
- ISO 4000 and 6400 f8 1/1000s

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Female Eastern Downy woodpecker
Species:
Location: Hendrie Valley Trails, Royal Botanical Gardens

Woodpeckers don’t sing songs, but they drum loudly against pieces of wood or metal to achieve the same effect. People sometimes think this drumming is part of the birds’ feeding habits, but it isn’t. In fact, feeding birds make surprisingly little noise even when they’re digging vigorously into wood.

Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D Sigma 150-600
- ISO 4000 f7.1 1/800s

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Northern Shrike
Lanius borealis

Often caches (stores) prey items by impaling them on thorns or barbed wire, or wedging them into a branch fork. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher"

Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D Sigma 150-600mm
- ISO 500 f9 1/400s

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