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Jul 6, 2020 10:13:34   #
griffzky
 
My wife spotted a bird in our cherry tree she didn't recognize. She told me it was a small red bird with black wings. I said, you're describing a Scarlet Tanager, but we never see those here. I turned to look, and there it was. Our first ever sighting. I ran inside, grabbed my 80D, put the 100 - 400 on it and hurried back, hoping it was still there. It flew as soon as I got there, but thankfully, landed in a lilac about 20 yards away. I had about one minute of shooting, handheld before it flew away. I know these aren't perfect shots, but I wanted to share my excitement at seeing a bird I'd never seen with people who would get it. I had to shoot at 4000 ISO to get to 180th of a second at 5.6 due to the shade and my running to get the camera.







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Jul 6, 2020 10:17:53   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
That's a beauty!

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Jul 6, 2020 10:25:56   #
Quixdraw Loc: x
 
Great! Never have even seen one. Isn't it just the most fun when you get a new one!

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Jul 6, 2020 10:33:40   #
FotoHog Loc: on Cloud 9
 
griffzky wrote:
My wife spotted a bird in our cherry tree she didn't recognize. She told me it was a small red bird with black wings. I said, you're describing a Scarlet Tanager, but we never see those here. I turned to look, and there it was. Our first ever sighting. I ran inside, grabbed my 80D, put the 100 - 400 on it and hurried back, hoping it was still there. It flew as soon as I got there, but thankfully, landed in a lilac about 20 yards away. I had about one minute of shooting, handheld before it flew away. I know these aren't perfect shots, but I wanted to share my excitement at seeing a bird I'd never seen with people who would get it. I had to shoot at 4000 ISO to get to 180th of a second at 5.6 due to the shade and my running to get the camera.
My wife spotted a bird in our cherry tree she didn... (show quote)


Congratulations!
I completely understand your excitement, and am glad you got the shots. My own single opportunity came in a similar way, but I had the camera already in my hand. At first I thought it was a male Cardinal (my bird ID capability sucks) but found out later that it was a Scarlet Tanager. They look magnificent. Well done! . .

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Jul 6, 2020 10:41:09   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
Just enough time for a nice pose. Great set.

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Jul 6, 2020 11:02:46   #
NMGal Loc: NE NM
 
Great captures.

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Jul 6, 2020 11:05:20   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Congratulations on seeing and capturing something rare in your area.

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Jul 6, 2020 11:09:46   #
griffzky
 
It is indeed, especially when we've lived here 47 years and never seen one. We had another first this year, a Pileated Woodpecker who's been visiting our suet for about three months, so evidently not a migrating bird, but settled here.



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Jul 6, 2020 11:12:53   #
griffzky
 
FotoHog wrote:
Congratulations!
I completely understand your excitement, and am glad you got the shots. My own single opportunity came in a similar way, but I had the camera already in my hand. At first I thought it was a male Cardinal (my bird ID capability sucks) but found out later that it was a Scarlet Tanager. They look magnificent. Well done! . .


Thank you, I took 20 shots in about a minute before he left the area.

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Jul 6, 2020 11:15:25   #
griffzky
 
FotoHog wrote:
Congratulations!
I completely understand your excitement, and am glad you got the shots. My own single opportunity came in a similar way, but I had the camera already in my hand. At first I thought it was a male Cardinal (my bird ID capability sucks) but found out later that it was a Scarlet Tanager. They look magnificent. Well done! . .


Thanks, I took 20 shots in about a minute, then he was gone. These were near the end of my shooting.

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Jul 6, 2020 11:18:51   #
griffzky
 
tcthome wrote:
Just enough time for a nice pose. Great set.


He did cooperate by striking multiple poses.

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Jul 6, 2020 11:37:02   #
jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN
 
Congratulations on your wonderful captures. Lucky you.
I have only seen Heptatic, Western and a Summer Tanager here in Arizona

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Jul 6, 2020 11:40:16   #
griffzky
 
jdtonkinson wrote:
Congratulations on your wonderful captures. Lucky you.
I have only seen Heptatic, Western and a Summer Tanager here in Arizona


I checked online and found that of the 250 species found in South America, only the Scarlet Tanager is found in Michigan. You do have a huge variety of birds in Arizona. My parents used to live in Apache Junction.

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Jul 6, 2020 12:42:24   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
What a beautiful bird!

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Jul 7, 2020 06:30:42   #
nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL
 
Good capture!

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