Backyard Winter Nature in New Jersey.
A squirrel on my back porch. As long as it looked away it didn’t think I was taking its picture. Probably one of the squirrels that would later get into the attic and cause all kinds of problems.

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A squirrel on my back porch. As long as it looked away it didn’t think I was taking its picture. Probably one of the squirrels that would later get into the attic and cause all kinds of problems.

Downy Woodpecker. One of the birds that has stayed for the winter. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 160, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec). I needed to allow the sky to be blown out to get some detail for the black feathers.

White-throated Sparrow with Red Berry. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/6, 1/160 sec).

Male Mallard Duck Taking Off from a Pond in the Sourland Mountain Preserve in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera FT1 adapter and 70-200 mm f/2.8 VRII lens (ISO 160, 200 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec). TIFF image processed with Capture One Pro 7

White-throated Sparrow in a tree. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 70-200 mm f/2.7 VR lens (ISO 200, 200 mm, f/2.8, 1/400 sec).
