From last month, a few birds that dropped by our backyard feeder during a snow storm.

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Saw a few mergansers close to shore this morning.

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Bought the 1.4x teleconverter to pair with my 180-600 lens to get some more reach on the Arctic ducks, but there have not been many to photograph at our usual locations.

Today was the perfect weather for the teleconverter, sunny and air temp was close to water temp.

Heat haze off the water just really messes with sharpness, regardless of lens in use, but the further the duck is the more potential for haze.

Nothing I enjoy more than watching chickadees in the snow.

With the chickadees and nuthatches, as long as I move slowly, I can top off the feeder without scaring them away. In some cases, they even try and feed while I am servicing the feeders.

The slightest movement makes the juncos and finches dart away. :(

The nuthatches like this squirrel proof feeder, but I am having trouble getting the nuts to fall. You can see here if you look close they are caught up in the feeder.

I have to see if I can cut away some plastic to get it to flow better.

Our bird feeder is bringing our local red-bellied woodpecker close to the house this winter. She dropped by this evening at sunset, picking away a the neighbours maple tree.

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