Description: I’ve approached this from a slightly different point of view. since this was 2020 favorites, not 2020 best, I looked at them partly as the experience I had when photographing them.
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In chronological order:
#1. Western Meadowlark. Not a classical singing pose, but a unique experience. It was a very windy day at a N. Cal. wildlife refuge and a lot of meadowlarks were hanging out on a raised berm at car window level and weren’t inclined to leave.
2 Black Phoebe. Taken shortly after the above, but I like this for the composition and the background.
#3 Sharp-shinned Hawk. A generous juvenile that gave me lots of opportunities this spring. This expression combined with the rain appealed to me.
#4 Purple Finches. I had a lot of fun observing the interactions of birds on my drips this summer. This image seemed to sum up the relationships.
#5. Pacific Slope Flycatcher. Here mostly because it was a new species for me and for my pools. It’s also cute and bathed in exactly the same way as the Willow Flycatcher (bounce in and out in a 10th of a second).
#6 Pacific Jumping Mouse. An unexpected visitor at my pools, though I knew we had them around. I really liked the choice of location it picked to come in for a very quick drink.
#7 Sumatran Tiger (captive). In a break between Covid lockdowns, my wife and I took a trip to the Port Defiance Zoo. The habitat area for this tiger was separated from viewers only by a wide/deep moat. There was also a female in heat not too far off which kept this guy very active. It was a great break from our routines.
#8 Dark-eyed Junco. This one is all about the expression.
#9 American Bittern. Largely because it’s so rare to find them out in the open like this, but with such great habitat behind one.
#10 Northern Harrier and Sandhill Crane. Not a good photograph technically, but The interaction makes me like this image a lot. I have no clue what this Harrier thought she was doing.
