Winter New Hampshire Trip, Day 5
Today, Chris and I got up early and headed back to the feeder in Maine to try for the Redpolls and Grosbeaks again. It was a cold morning, with temps a good few degrees below zero and wind chills at about negative 20 degrees Farenheit, so we were glad to have the car as a blind to block the wind once we got to the spot. For whatever reason, the Grosbeaks were not very active today, with only a couple of individuals visiting us for just a few minutes, so we focused our attempts on the Redpolls. They too, were less cooperative, avoiding our perch more than they had yesterday, but we still managed to get a few nice shots when they did land where we wanted. The cold was brutal, causing the cold metal of the cameras to suck the warmth out of our hands while shooting, so after three hours of shooting with numb fingers, we decided to head back.
Here’s my favorite shot from today, again processed on my laptop. Here, an adult Common Redpoll perched on the top of a spruce branch we set up over the black sunflower seed spread on the ground.
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