TwinHuey
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As seen just now in my backyard. 
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Toronto Wildlife
- Thread starter Northern Light
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lenaitch
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^^ I love Pileateds. We had one on both our suet and seed feeder last winter. They're a bit of a bull in a china shop.
TwinHuey
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Amazing birds!
Very shy and not easy to photograph. Today I heard that distinctive 'wuk wuk' call and had a chance to grab my camera and hide out of sight before she could see me.
The males have the red colour all the way down their long bills - no bird expert, I looked it up before posting this.
SubHuman
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SubHuman
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I stopped to watch a pair of Hooded Mergansers for a few minutes at the Lower Duck Pond in High Park. They disappear under the water for about 5 or 10 seconds and surface at a different place, sometimes with a fish.
TwinHuey
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At the feeder this morning...
Tim MacDonald
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Gorgeous shots. Welcome back! What camera/lens did you use for these?
TwinHuey
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Thanks Tim!
The camera is a Nikon D600 with a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens (both are vintage 2012). I saw the Cardinal and quickly grabbed the camera. Unbeknownst to me somehow the camera settings had changed from full manual to automatic ISO. I didn't have time to fumble around to reset the ISO to manual so I just grabbed the shots. I normally set the ISO then adjust shutter speed and aperture. Shot at 200mm / f 2.8 / 1/2000 / ISO 3200.
And just last week we were complaining about the heat and humidity in Mérida.
