greg obierek
Wood Thrush
First time I have ever seen one of these birds. At first I thought it was some sub-species of Robin. I had to look it up. From The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
"One of the most common woodland birds of the East, the Wood Thrush is best known for its hauntingly beautiful song. Thrushes have a complicated syrinx (song box) that allows them to sing two notes at the same time and harmonize with their own voice. A large and heavily spotted thrush, it is a bird of the interior forest, seldom seen outside the deep woods."
I can attest that their song is quite beautiful.
For more information check out Cornell's website at:
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/id/
This was a difficult shot, the dense forest didn't let in much light. I switched to ISO 3200, turned on the HI ISO noise reduction and switched to AV mode (varying light and jumping birds made manual exposure almost impossible). I also used spot metering then ran this through Topaz Denoise.
Wood Thrush
First time I have ever seen one of these birds. At first I thought it was some sub-species of Robin. I had to look it up. From The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
"One of the most common woodland birds of the East, the Wood Thrush is best known for its hauntingly beautiful song. Thrushes have a complicated syrinx (song box) that allows them to sing two notes at the same time and harmonize with their own voice. A large and heavily spotted thrush, it is a bird of the interior forest, seldom seen outside the deep woods."
I can attest that their song is quite beautiful.
For more information check out Cornell's website at:
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/id/
This was a difficult shot, the dense forest didn't let in much light. I switched to ISO 3200, turned on the HI ISO noise reduction and switched to AV mode (varying light and jumping birds made manual exposure almost impossible). I also used spot metering then ran this through Topaz Denoise.