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.
Great! Never have even seen one. Isn't it just the most fun when you get a new one!
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.
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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! . .
Just enough time for a nice pose. Great set.
Congratulations on seeing and capturing something rare in your area.
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.
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.
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.
tcthome wrote:
Just enough time for a nice pose. Great set.
He did cooperate by striking multiple poses.
Congratulations on your wonderful captures. Lucky you.
I have only seen Heptatic, Western and a Summer Tanager here in Arizona
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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