Murder of Bushtits

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I have hanging suet block out back and every once in a while it will attract a flock of bushtits in to it… like this.

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Is the square cropping okay?

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Z9, 180-600 lens, monopod, 1/2500th, f 9.0, 840mm, ISO 22800, cropped to 4574 x 4890

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The square crop is great Dave. I’ve seen flocks of these little birds, but never in one place in those numbers in the open. Nice shot. Really cool.

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Very neat image, Dave! The square crop works well to echo the square suet feeder.
Nice detail and poses, and great tree bark that adds a lot of interest.
Well-done!

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Very cool, Dave. The square crop works just fine. I’ve seen groups of these moving around-usually families, since they have enormous broods, but this looks like it’s multiple broods or just winter flocking behavior. In either case, it’s always fun to see a mob like this and you photographed and presented it very well.