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The edge of Spring

20 Saturday Mar 2021

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Yesterday in west central Missouri:

American Goldfinch. Carduelis tristus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/800, ISO 800, 400 mm.

American Goldfinch. Carduelis tristus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/800, ISO 800, 400 mm.

It’s time.

Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.

05 Friday Apr 2019

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This evening in west central Missouri:

Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/1250, ISO 2000, 400 mm.

Spring.

Evening visitors

01 Monday Apr 2019

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This evening. The little ones showed up:

Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/640, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

House Finch. Carpodacus mexicanus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/640, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

House Finch (female). Carpodacus mexicanus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/1250, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

House Sparrow. Passer domesticus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/1250, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

Spring!

20 Wednesday Mar 2019

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birds, missouri, Spring

It’s official.

This afternoon at JerryCentral‘s blind (and, at times, using his 600 mm lens):

Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
F 6.3, 1/250, ISO 800, 600 mm.

American goldfinch. Carduelis tristis.
F 8, 1/500, ISO 1600, 400 mm.
(Purple finch in background).

Starling. Sternus vulgaris.
F 7.1, 1/400, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

Red-bellied woodpecker. Melanerpes corolinus. F 5.6, 1/2500, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

Female cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis. F 8, 1/640, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

Downy Woodpecker. Picoides pubescens.
F 7.1, 1/400, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

Chickadee. Parus atricpillus.
F 9, 1/500, ISO 1600, 600 mm.

Chickadee. Parus atricpillus.
F 7.1, 1/320, ISO 1600, 600 mm.

Female purple finch. F 8, 1/400, ISO 800, 600 mm.

Downy Woodpecker. Picoides pubescens.
F 10, 1/800, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

Female purple finch. F 8, 1/400, ISO 800, 600 mm.

Purple finch. Carpodacus purpureus.
F 10, 1/640, ISO 800, 600 mm.

Red-winging Blackbird. Agelaius phoeniceus.
F 6.3, 1/80. ISO 800, 600 mm.

Previously:

Impatient for Spring March 19, 2019

Just a few more hours (March 20, 2019)

Just a few more hours

20 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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birds, missouri, Spring

This morning in west central Missouri:

Black-capped Chickadee. Parus atricapillus.
F 7.1, 1/400, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

House Sparrow. Passer domesticus.
F 6.3, 1/400, ISO 1600, 400 mm.

Spring.

A late Spring moment of Zen

04 Monday Jun 2018

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In west central Missouri:

Tattered

13 Sunday May 2018

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In the midday sun in west central Missouri:

And yet, they persist.

Bumper crop

06 Sunday May 2018

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Spring in west central Missouri:

Before the storms

05 Saturday May 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, Missouri Senate

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flowers, missouri, Spring

This afternoon in west central Missouri:

It’s Spring for now

22 Thursday Mar 2018

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missouri, Spring, weather

This afternoon in west central Missouri:

Enjoy it while you still can.

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