A frozen camera #1075

The week started out badly, as my trusted Canon 90D suddenly refused to power on. All troubleshooting suggestions failed. I will need to ship it to Canon, out of warranty, of course. Luckily, our son-in-law had recently gifted me with his Canon 5D Mk2 after he replaced it with a newer model. Now I am giving myself a quick course on the settings menu as they are quite different from those of my newer 90D. Weather has also been dreary, further limiting photo-ops.

While I was tinkering with the unfamiliar camera, a Cedar Waxwing landed in a nearby shrub. It remained in place long enough for me to capture its image, the first of this species to provide such a splendid view since we moved to Connecticut:

A Red-shouldered Hawk flew in to check out the bird feeders. It seemed to be more interested in the squirrels and chipmunks and made a hasty exit when I pointed the camera for a fuzzy image:

An Eastern Wood-Pewee offered me the opportunity to fire a few more test shots:

Another larger flycatcher, an immature Eastern Phoebe, perched briefly on the fence. It is paler than the adults and has tan wing bars, absent in second year birds:

This Ruby-throated Hummingbird is probably an adult female, but the faint throat markings could suggest that it may be an immature male. Most of the adults migrate away during the first two weeks of August, while young birds may linger a few more weeks. These remaining photos were taken before the 90D camera crashed:

I liked the way that the weed stem curved into a shepherd's crook. The rich forest foliage is in the background:

A Black Swallowtail looked brown in this exposure:

Although it was shot through the  window, I was lucky to get this photo of a doe and her fawn as they moved along the wooded corridor next to the house. The white stuff is actually a seam of quartz in the granite rock face:

This iPhone image is about the busiest "street scene" I could obtain:

Up close, the two Mallard ducklings are followed by their parents in dull "eclipse" plumage. They are flightless during this molting stage. The drake is to the far right. Note the hint of red in his chest:

For my reflection muse, I had to reach into my Florida collection for this buttermilk sky, back in November, 2018:

This week's header: Hartford Skyline, 11 miles away, AUG 9, 2023

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Nature Thursday

Skywatch Friday

Weekend Reflections

Saturday's Critters

BirdD'Pot

Garden Affair

All Seasons

Image-in-ing

Nature Notes

Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday)

Wild Bird Wednesday

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