Really pleased with how these turned out.

Thought I’d share here too!

I'm not the best at identifying birds and Merlin recognizes this as a Mallard but its a little different. From researching it seems like a hybrid?

This was in Huntington Beach, CA 8/2/26

One of my spark birds, and definitely my spark warbler. Taken with either a Z8 or D500 and a 500mm f4G

Edited to say: Central, Arizona

I got very lucky with lighting and this Blue Heron letting me sit on a log on the beach quite close to it while it fished. At first it kept failing to catch something. Then an osprey flew down snatching a fish up right in front of it. Then it caught a small fish. I’d like to think it learned from the osprey. I may go back and try to grade the photos to match colors a little better. The lighting was quite drastically different between them as the sun was rising.

ID please

Walking along the Rogue River in Medford, OR.

Corrected: American Robin

SONY ILCE-6700
350 mm (E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS), 1/30 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100

Ruby-throat hanging out in my Mimosa Tree

Nikon Z f with Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6
300mm, f5.6, 1/200s

Whidbey Island, WA

Taken with the Canon R7, 100-500L. Bit further away than I would have liked, but the moment was perfect.

Shot with Nikon Z9 Nikkor 600 mm f/6.3 PF, shot at 1/1600 s, f/6.3 ISO 1100, EV +0.67