Eastern Bluebird, male
Much colder temperatures and a bit of sun today have increased the activities around the feeders and bird baths in the front yard. It was only a couple days ago that finally the water bowls had to be connected to a power supply for the heaters. Later than any other year before.
We see a lot of goldfinches and sparrows beside the regular birds, like titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, or all the woodpeckers at the moment, but the most exciting visitors were six Eastern Bluebirds today. I never see them eating any seeds but they seem to love the warm water of the water bowls. We had bluebirds during other winters before but never so many at the same time.
Despite the cold air it was fun to shoot with some nice light after all the dark and gray skies we had lately. I didn’t bother to set up the tripod and just enjoyed handholding the Nikon Z600/f6.3. The light weight of this new lens allows for quick changes of my position and for trying to keep up with the birds.
Nikon Z6II, Nikon NIKKOR Z 600 f/6.3 VR S
Eastern Bluebird, female