Fox Sparrow.

Posted by Karl Egressy on Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:39 am

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This bird is rarely seen and reported, exclusively during spring and fall migration.
This was taken through an open window from my living room.
It was foraging in the backyard kicking up the fallen leaves.
The ground is covered with mostly red leaves and a burning bush still has the vivid red leaves providing perfect hiding place for this reddish bird. High ISO was a necessity.
Thanks for looking.

Nikon D500
Nikon 300 f 4.0 PF
ISO 3200
f 6.3
1/320 s

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by leigha on Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:51 am

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Lovely portrait, Karl. It's nice to get out but also very nice to shoot from the comfort of your own home from time to time.

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by Jakejacoby on Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:21 am

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A first for me Karl. I beautiful little bird and perfectly captured.

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by Mako_Elite on Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:24 am

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Nice find Karl! Looks very similar to Song Sparrow. I love the rusty reddish color.

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by Gene Gwin on Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:43 am

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Karl, A first for me also. Great detail.

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by S. Davis on Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:50 am

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I like the complimentary colors.

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by LynnS on Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:05 pm

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Karl, what a great find and beautifully captured from the comfort of your living room no less! Love the color markings, which ties in so nicely with the BG color. Impeccable details to boot - very well done.

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by Ron Day on Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:25 pm

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This is such a wonderful find, particularly from your living room, Karl. The background color adds interest, and the detail in the sparrow is excellent. Love the markings on this bird – a very good-looking sparrow.

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by david fletcher on Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:13 pm

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leigha wrote:Lovely portrait, Karl. It's nice to get out but also very nice to shoot from the comfort of your own home from time to time.

Plus one. very nice.

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by peter makuch on Thu Nov 01, 2018 5:24 pm

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a perfect find, wright in your own backyard, it's a beauty KARL.

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by Paul Rossi on Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:03 pm

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Great capture. These sparrows rarely visit my location in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but in spring. They hang out with flocks of Juncos and other sparrows that visit feeders (Tree, Chipping, Song) but they stay in the leaf litter instead. If it snows in the spring and Fox sparrows are around you can shovel off a patch of forest to expose the ground. They will soon find it and you have them for easy photos. In this image you have a little cyan and blue in the grays, which is typical for low light images You can easily reduce the saturation of each during post processing.

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by Carol Clarke on Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:35 am

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LynnS wrote:Karl, what a great find and beautifully captured from the comfort of your living room no less! Love the color markings, which ties in so nicely with the BG color. Impeccable details to boot - very well done.

I agree! A beauty, Karl.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Nov 03, 2018 3:31 pm

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Great shot Karl- I wouldn't have dared to use ISO 3200! We have had Fox Sparrows here for just a few days too, and like you, I was shooting through our windows, but didn't dare to open one. I got nothing so sharp as this-had the 1.4 tc on.....anyway-so glad to see this fine representation. They are so rare and beautiful.

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by Pier on Mon Nov 05, 2018 4:05 pm