Four-Years Ago (21-December-2014) — Carcass Island, Falkland Islands

Gone to See Antarctica 2014/2015. Hurtigruten Christmas Voyage on the MS Fram. Day 6: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands.

Johnny Rook. Juvenile (tagged) Striated Caracara waiting for food on Carcass Island โ€“ Western Falkland Islands. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 56 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

Juvenile (tagged) Striated Caracara Waiting for Food on Carcass Island - Western Falkland Islands. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 56 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Juvenile (tagged) Striated Caracara Waiting for Food on Carcass Island – Western Falkland Islands. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 56 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Four-Years Ago (19-December-2014) — Argentina

Gone to See Antarctica 2014/2015. Day 4: Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego National Park in Southern Argentina.

Chimango Caracara in a Tree at Tierra del Fuego National Park. Short drive outside of Ushuaia in Argentina. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

Chimango Caracara in a Tree at Tierra del Fuego National Park. Outside of Ushuaia in Argentina. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Chimango Caracara in a Tree at Tierra del Fuego National Park. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (11-December-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Critters on my patio and in my backyard. The bird feeder and the area below was busy (Mourning Dove, Yellow-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, House Finch, American Goldfinch, and Northern Cardinal). One of the relatively new birds to visit is the Yellow-breasted Nuthatch. It like the woodpeckers are attracted to the suet. The squirrels stayed on the ground going after the Black Walnuts. Later in the afternoon one of the neighborhood cats stopped by causing the birds to fly away. The deer look awfully scruffy. Later in the evening I got an image of the waxing crescent moon. All of these image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 200 mm f/2 lens with a 1.4x teleconverter.






Individual images in the slide shows can be viewed here.

Monday (10-December-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Birds (Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse) and Squirrels feeding on my patio. The squirrels have stayed off the bird feeder ever since I gave them last years crop of black walnuts. They carry the walnuts off to be buried as part of their winter food cache. Later in the evening, I got an image of the frozen bird bath. The pump was not able to maintain the fountain, but the underwater LED lights were still on.



Individual images from the slide show can be viewed here.

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Frozen Fountain. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 200 mm f/2 lens + 1.4x TC (David J Mathre)

Sunday (09-December-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Critters feeding on my patio — or how to spend a quiet birthday with a new lens (Fujicon 200 mm f/2 with 1.4x teleconverter).

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Junco with a Sunflower Seed. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 200 mm f/2 lens + 1.4x TC (David J Mathre)









Individual images in the slideshows can be viewed here.