Backyard Wildlife photos

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Whiskeyman said:
After again browsing this thread, I've decided that i need a better back yard!

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Nice :)

The trick is to make your yard more attractive to wildlife, at least birds. Our yard is crazy small but it's full of bushes, feeders and perches and as long as I keep the feeders filled the birds keep coming to the yard.

Build it and they will come :)
 
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We have this guy visiting us quite frequently.

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Years ago, this California Gray Fox raised her kits underneath our deck. They are the only canine that can climb trees. I got a video of the kits nursing that is hilarious
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I previously shared one shot in the BIF thread. But I am playing with Denoise AI so thought I would share the rest of this set in this thread. I enjoy these threads, please keep it going.
Shot from our back yard looking into the desert.
Juvenile Northern Goshawk visitor D850, 200-500mm
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Shot from my porch with a Nikon D500 and a Nikon PF lens.

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These hooded orioles are the most camera shy visitors to our yard. Same with the Bullock’s orioles. But they can’t resist these bottle brush flowers. They get so happy on the nectar that they start making a clicking sound which alerts me. I took this shot through a window while it was drizzling. They will still take off if they see me move inside. D500, 200-500 @ 500, f5.6, 1/1000, iso 640. Here’s a closer crop.
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A couple of the regulars from last night with the Nikon D500, 200-500mm
I am trying a new workflow for post processing raw files. Open in LR > adjust wb and any leveling or cropping> Edit with Topaz Denois AI as needed> Edit with Topaz Studio 2 as needed apply and export in LR. Seems more efficient than my old ways.
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife facebook page ran a backyard photo contest during the covid 19 lockdown. I submitted this photo on the second week and they chose it as the winner featuring it on their facebook page.
I was kind of excited about it until the comments started rolling in. The crowd was pretty upset about the fishing season being shut down and a little quail in the snow wasn't going to quell their frustrations.....lol
California Quail in Central Washington on April 1st
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Some People! Never satisfied! Lovely photo;)
 
With an abundance of smaller birds we see quite a few raptors in the cooler months. Not sure which way they head during the summer.
Here is a young Sharp-shinned hawk perched on some dead sagebrush in the morning light last March. That was a great perch but the deer broke it and just not the same now...
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These red breasted sapsuckers drill small holes in lines around trees. You can see a couple in the background. It’s possible, although rare, for them to kill a tree if their holes completely girdle the trunk. Apparently hummingbirds sometimes follow up for some of the sap. D500, 200-500, 1/1000
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