LittleRed

A few pics of my daily visitors to my feeding stations. I have a regular group of 3 male and 2 female Pileated in my area that are feeding on my suet stations. Thats down from the 7 that were here earlier. They have been coming daily ever since they were fledged. Also have three families of Downies and two families of Hairy. Means I'm going through a helluva lot of peanut butter. The last pic is a interloper whom checks in ever so often to "borrow" some suet from the big boys.

Ron

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Excellent close up work! Great detail.

Collie lover Loc: St. Louis, MO

Great pictures! Like the DOF and the catchlight in the eyes. What equipment and settings?

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

Real close-ups.
Well taken.

LittleRed

Thanks all (CWilson, Collie Lover, Leicaflex) for the kind words. They are truly appreciated.
Collie Lover, the equipment I use is a lowly Canon Rebel, a T6i along with a 100-400 lens (the original one)
The first pics are of two came in together just at dusk, I think they are probably brothers of one family. The female and the third male were in together shortly after. However, I did not get a good shot of the lady then so I used a pic I took earlier at 3 in the PM. The White-breasted Nuthatch pic was taken just before the pilleys came in also just before dusk. A lot of the birds actively feed in the early night just before they roost. Makes taking pics a wee bit harder because of the light, especially if it is a bit overcast.
The settings were
Pic # 1 male = 400mm, f5.6, ISO auto (2500), 1/500, EV +0.3
Pic # 2 male = 330mm, f5.6, ISO auto (1250), 1/500, EV +0.3
Pic # 3 male = 320mm, f5.6, ISO auto (4000), 1/400, EV +0.3
Pic # 4 female = 400mm, f5.6, ISO 800, 1/2000, EV 0.0
Pic # 5 Nuthatch = 320mm, f5.6, !SO 1600, 1/320, EV +0.3

Ron

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Beautiful shots, Ron!

LittleRed

Thanks for looking Sailorsmom and the kind words. Appreciated!!

Ron