MikeSaccone_

MikeSaccone_, 6 days ago to Nikon

A green heron on a precarious perch.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1100, f8, 1/1000s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 14 days ago to Nikon

It’s the official start of #summer tanager season.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f8, 1/640s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 14 days ago to Nikon

Yellow-throated warbler? More like yellow-throated wailer.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2800, f8, 1/800s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 26 days ago to Nikon

Happy wrensday to all who celebrate.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4000, f8, 1/3200s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 1 month ago to Nikon

An unmistakable flash of red through the trees.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 8000, f7.1, 1/800s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 1 month ago to Nikon

This is the only monarch I'll read about in the tabloids.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 800, f8, 1/800s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 1 month ago to Nikon

The best way to redstart your day.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1600, f8, 1/640s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography #warbler

MikeSaccone_, 1 month ago to Nikon

I went looking for warblers and found this handsome pileated woodpecker.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5600, f8, 1/1000s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 1 month ago to Nikon

It's a bluejay kind of Tuesday.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5000, f8, 1/1250s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 2 months ago to Nikon

A lunchtime, backyard hermit thrush showing off.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 6400, f6.3, 1/2500s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 2 months ago to maryland

An Eastern bluebird on a sunnier day in #Maryland.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 900, f8, 1/1000s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 2 months ago to Nikon

An osprey returning to its nest at the Patuxent Research Refuge.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 360, f8, 1/1000s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 2 months ago to Nikon

An Eastern phoebe watching for its next snack.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1400, f10, 1/2000s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 2 months ago to Nikon

A tufted titmouse pausing for the cameras.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5600, f8, 1/1250s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 2 months ago to Nikon

A Bewick’s wren at sunrise.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1100, f8, 1/800s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 2 months ago to Nikon

Every tufted titmouse is a treasure — a delight to the senses.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 12800, f6.3 1/1250s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

The light stinks today, so here’s a throwback to a very fluffy boy from a year ago.

📷 #Nikon #D5300 + #Nikkor 70-300mm DX (ISO 800, f4.8, 1/640s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

A white-breasted nuthatch on a drizzly day.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2000, f6.3, 1/320)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

Here’s wishing you an ebullient #wrensday.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 360, f6.3, 1/640s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

A golden-crowned kinglet pausing to say hello along the C&O Canal.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

A golden-crowned kinglet, a small bird with a yellow mohawk surrounded by black atop its head, is perched sideways on a branch. The bird's body is gray, its wings are gray with black, white, and yellow striations, and its legs, eyes, and beak are black.

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

A red-bellied #woodpecker pausing in the late-morning light before taking flight.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

A red-bellied woodpecker in flight. The top of its head and its belly are red. Its breast is white and wings are black and gray with white spots.

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

A downy woodpecker chattering up a storm at dusk.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1400, f6.3, 1/250s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphoto

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

Just your friendly neighborhood hermit thrush dropping by the #backyard trees at first light.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1250, f6.3, 1/320s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

A golden-crowned kinglet showing off its namesake not far from the shores of Cash Lake at the Patuxent Research Refuge.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography

A golden-crowned kinglet is perched on a branch looking away from the photographer. The bird has a yellow strip of feathers atop its head surrounded by black feathers. The bird's beak is short and black. Its wings are yellow, white, and black.

MikeSaccone_, 3 months ago to Nikon

A white-throated #sparrow enjoying some food from the forest floor.

📷 #Nikon #Z6ii + #Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1250, f6.3, 1/1000s)

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nikonphotography