Your Canon Photos No.1: 4th to 13th May 2023

I see, thanks for the extra info.

Subject: Bird

We have had sunny weather lately, so I had to go out this afternoon with my cameras. Here's a bird I found. I'm not sure of its ID. Is it a female Brown-Headed Cowbird? Does anyone know?

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 11
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

That's a great shot Digirame. Obviously I'm not much help with american birds.

Named that way because they swoop down and pick up cows ???

Dunlin,

Thanks. This female bird was light brown in color. My book of Oregon birds shows the female a light gray color in a picture, but describes it as being brown. I did see what looked like a male Brown-Headed Cowbird, so I thought it might be the female.

James,

Thanks for the reply. My book of Oregon birds describe that at one time Cowbirds followed herds of American bison to feed on the insects. So, I assume that when cows replaced bison over the years, that the Cowbirds followed the cows for insects too. The technical name for that bird is Molothrus ater.

David,

Thanks. Enjoy the rain. 😀 In the spring I like to take pictures of flowers in the rain with an umbrella. They look really neat with the rain drops. You might like to try that too. I know it's hard to do that sometimes but the photos come out great.

We are supposed to have sunny weather where I live for about five more days. It is going to get quite hot too.

😃

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p.s.
Just saw you confirmed the birdspecies, couldnt help you there as like Dunlin I am not familiar with many of the overseas species.

From an evening at the beach on the 15th of July 2007, quite a wonderful time.

Canon 350D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM

Thanks Ray. I do have a book on Oregon birds, so that helps me most of the time.

For taking pictures of wildlife in the rain, I have done that with a huge umbrella. But it's hard to hold the umbrella and the heavy camera/telephoto lens at the same time. So, if it's just sprinkling lightly, I'll just let them get wet and I have a cloth to wipe them dry (and then get back under my huge umbrella). But most of the time, I'll only take pictures in the rain with my smaller cameras/lenses.

Ray,

I like your photo at the beach. I have many pictures like that also, where I'll also have silhouettes of people.

David,

Here's an example of a rose with raindrops. Yes, I took the pictures with a camera, but also holding an umbrella. 😀

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 160
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 100 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

By quite hot I meant about 92 degrees Fahrenheit (a little over 33 degrees Centigrade).

Looks very nice.

Hi Ray,

Beautiful with the silhouettes.