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A tiny, cheerful, round and very soft-looking pink-legged sparrow perches on an angled branch in front of blazing, unfocused fall foliage. The reflection in the eye *may* include the photographer.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Field Sparrow, 18th October 2022
Danehy Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 35% crop, 1/250s, ISO 12800
#Birds #FieldSparrow #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A larger songbird with a squat body of somewhat iridescent purply-blue feathers, dark wings and a fuzzy brown head with a robust beak perches in a conifer.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Male Brown-headed Cowbird, 7th May 2022
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 50% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 2000
#Birds #BrownHeadedCowbird #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A young robin perches against a dark background, head turned back towards us.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
American Robin, 2nd January 2022
Alewife Brook Reservation, Arlington, Massachusetts
Canon EOS 90D, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, 1/800s, f/6.3, ISO 3200
#Birds #AmericanRobin #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A juvenile brown-backed sparrow perches on a painted, heavily textured railing, turns toward the distant camera and opens a wide yellow gape to call for food. Adjacent, an unfocused sibling ignores it.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 8th July 2022
Deer Island, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 25% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 250
#Birds #NorthernRoughWingedSwallow #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A pale-breasted songbird with a striking yellow eye perches high in a tree.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Yellow-eyed Junco, 12th November 2022
Coronado National Forest, Madera Canyon, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 20% crop, 1/250s, ISO 250
#Birds #YellowEyedJunco #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A black-capped songbird sits high atop a conifer and scans the sky.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Eastern Kingbird, 14th May 2022
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 20% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 250
#Birds #EasternKingbird #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A masked warbler with a yellow throat and striped belly perches high above among spring leaves.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Magnolia Warbler, 14th May 2022
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 30% crop, 1/800s, f/9, ISO 800
#Birds #MagnoliaWarbler #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A disgruntled-looking gray bird with a yellow eye and downturned beak perches in a spiky ocotillo.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Curve-billed Thrasher, 14th November 2022
Tucson Mountain Park, Old Tucson, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 15% crop, 1/320s, ISO 640
#Birds #CurveBilledThrasher #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

An elusive, brown, thrush-like bird emerges briefly in the depths of thick foliage.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Brown Thrasher, 24th May 2022
Bombay Hook NWR, Whitehall Landing, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 25% crop, 1/800s, f/9, ISO 12800
#Birds #BrownThrasher #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A fluffy, purple-crowned hummingbird sits on a bare twig in front of coniferous foliage.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Rivoli's Hummingbird, 11th November 2022
Coronado National Forest, Madera Canyon, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 70% crop, 1/250s, ISO 5000
#Birds #RivolisHummingbird #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A tiny blue-gray bird, 90% floof, pauses briefly in a tree, partly occluded by thin twigs. A thin white eye-ring circles the dark eye behind a tiny bill.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, 16th November 2022
Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 60% crop, 1/250s, ISO 800
#Birds #BlackTailedGnatcatcher #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A gray songbird sits pensively on a lichen-covered branch in front of young spring foliage.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Gray Catbird, 7th May 2022
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 636mm, 60% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 1000
#Birds #GrayCatbird #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A tiny, fluffy, black and white woodpecker hammers into a rotting branch, raising a cloud of wood dust that sparkles in the sunlight.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Downy Woodpecker, 5th August 2022
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 2x teleconverter @ 1200mm, 40% crop, 1/800s, f/13, ISO 12800
#Birds #DownyWoodpecker #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A white, lightly patterned warbler peers out from behind spring leaves.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 14th May 2022
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 65% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 800
#Birds #ChestnutSidedWarbler #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A black and white woodpecker with a red cap peers over a branch towards the camera.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 18th November 2022
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/500s, ISO 800
#Birds #LadderBackedWoodpecker #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A little crested sparrow peeks out from behind the leaves of a tomato plant.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Savannah Sparrow, 8th October 2022
Drumlin Farm APR, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 70% crop, 1/250s, ISO 800
#Birds #SavannahSparrow #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A large-beaked duck cruises across a pond, head low.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Northern Shoveler, 18th November 2022
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 45% crop, 1/640s, ISO 640
#Birds #NorthernShoveler #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A large, long-tailed, black-headed sparrow perches high among spring leaves.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Eastern Towhee, 14th May 2022
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 55% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 640
#Birds #EasternTowhee #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A little brown-backed, yellow-legged wading bird with a black neckerchief stands on a pebbled beach.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Semipalmated Plover, 21st August 2022
Corinha Beach, Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 2x teleconverter @ 1200mm, 50% crop, 1/800s, f/14, ISO 1250
#Birds #SemipalmatedPlover #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A pastel bluebird, peach breast blazing in bright sunlight, perches atop a birdhouse and considers the day.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Eastern Bluebird, 15th October 2022
Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/320s, ISO 1000
#Birds #EasternBluebird #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

Standing in fresh snow, a little brown female songbird with red accents, including a spiky crest, nonetheless manages to look slightly cheerful as it contemplates the scene.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Northern Cardinal, 8th January 2022
Alewife Brook Reservation, Arlington, Massachusetts
Canon EOS 90D, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, 35% crop, 1/800s, f/7.1, ISO 160
#Birds #NorthernCardinal #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A shiny-feathered black crow makes good use of its sharp talons as ice grips as it strolls across a frozen pond.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
American Crow, 5th March 2022
Squantum Point Park, Quincy, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 20% crop, 1/800s, f/9, ISO 125
#Birds #AmericanCrow #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A raccoon-faced hummingbird with a green back and long, black-tipped wings, perches on a broad feeder, its tongue just sticking out of its long thing bill.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Broad-billed Hummingbird, 12th November 2022
The Paton Center for Hummingbirds, Patagonia, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 20% crop, 1/320s, ISO 5000
#Birds #BroadBilledHummingbird #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A large, boldly flecked owl, high above us, laughs up its sleeve at the strange creature below trying to find a gap in the branches with a telephoto lens, eyes squinting shut in a round face centered on a small, sharp yellow beak to which it is raising one talon.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Barred Owl, 17th April 2022
Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 472mm, 45% crop, 1/800s, f/9, ISO 10000
#Birds #BarredOwl #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

A gray, long-tailed songbird with a very spiky red crest perches at the top of an ocotillo and glares at the camera.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Pyrrhuloxia, 15th November 2022
Saguaro National Park, Tanque Verde, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/250s, ISO 250
#Birds #Pyrrhuloxia #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

Remarkably well camouflaged in various dusty brown tones, a long-tailed, athletic bird pauses in the shade of desert brush, its head cocked and its crest erect.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Greater Roadrunner, 18th November 2022
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 55% crop, 1/640s, ISO 2000
#Birds #GreaterRoadrunner #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers