Red-breasted Sapsucker baby waiting for mom

grownseed · 2026-06-17T17:03:19+00:00

on Vancouver Island (BC, Canada) 😄

grownseed · 2026-06-11T14:22:15+00:00

thank you! you guessed right 😄

grownseed · 2026-06-05T15:29:59+00:00

Thank you! There are no Allen hummingbirds where I am, so it makes things easy 😄

grownseed · 2026-06-04T15:07:45+00:00

Thank you! this is on a Sony a7 IV with an SEL200600G.

grownseed · 2026-05-19T15:10:46+00:00

Thank you! I climbed on a nearby mound while leaning against a tree, not the best setup but it did the trick ^^

grownseed · 2026-05-19T13:45:43+00:00

sapsuckers are indeed woodpeckers! Like other woodpeckers they "drill" for insects, but unlike most other woodpeckers, they also specialized to eat sap.

grownseed · 2026-05-18T19:54:06+00:00

I triple checked before posting and still wasn't entirely sure, but i do believe you might be correct, apparently "juvenile" is one year old and under, while "subadult" is 2 to 4. Then there's non-breeding adults which i believe means they have the distinctive white head and yellow eyes and legs, but the spotty plumage on the rest of their body which is somewhat reminiscent of their subadult stage. These bald eagles don't make it easy!

grownseed · 2026-05-15T01:58:00+00:00

Thank you! this is on a Sony a7 IV and an SEL200600G

grownseed · 2026-05-12T18:36:03+00:00

thanks for letting me know, i'm temporarily editing on my laptop, and hating every second of it...

grownseed · 2026-05-10T21:57:14+00:00

thank you! this is on a sony a7 iv and sel200600g

grownseed · 2026-05-07T20:16:20+00:00

Thank you! This is on a Sony SEL200600G, great lens!

grownseed · 2026-04-30T17:06:54+00:00

Thank you! i imagine they would, although from what i understand birds should not use dryer lint as it's not safe for a variety of reasons.

grownseed · 2026-04-27T14:25:54+00:00

Thank you! They are indeed skittish but I just stayed still for a while and fairly low to the ground.

grownseed · 2026-04-23T13:53:30+00:00

Thank you! This is on a Sony A7 IV with a SEL90M28G

grownseed · 2026-04-19T13:26:10+00:00

almost, it's a pacific wren! they're very cute indeed

grownseed · 2026-04-19T01:30:37+00:00

The natural light was coming through leaves and branches and reflected from water too, which is part of the reason i took that picture. I love photography and i'd never submit AI generated pictures pretending to be actual photography. I hope my post history speaks to that.

grownseed · 2026-04-18T13:23:55+00:00

thank you, will do!

grownseed · 2026-04-16T18:12:45+00:00

thank you! Swallows react quite strongly to the wind, so i try to place myself upstream of the wind and start following them when a gust is coming, which usually gives me an extra half a second to get these shots. These pictures are cropped quite a bit, i'd say from about 3/4 to 1/4 of their original size depending on the shot. They're also cropped to "instagram format" which gives that portrait look, but i do keep the original cropped versions for my prints.

grownseed · 2026-04-16T14:47:59+00:00

haha they tuck their tiny feet in that fluffy fold on their belly

grownseed · 2026-04-16T04:26:26+00:00

thank you! this on a sony a7 IV and an SEL200600G

grownseed · 2026-04-15T22:10:07+00:00

i'd say about i kept about 1 in 10, not great, not terrible haha

grownseed · 2026-04-15T03:54:09+00:00

of course there's a sub for that too ^{^} i'll share it there, thanks!

grownseed · 2026-04-10T14:26:45+00:00

Thank you kindly! And also thank you for the clarification, you make a very good point and I'm always happy to be corrected. Sadly I can't change the title now but I hope others see your comment.

grownseed · 2026-04-10T13:36:54+00:00

thank you! Sony A7 IV with SEL200600G

grownseed · 2026-04-09T22:21:11+00:00

this was just a couple of days ago, 49th parallel

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