Birding - Connor Demille

An osprey soars against a cloudy background f/16, 1/500, 210.0 mm, iso400 A female cuban grassquit searches for food amongst a small patch of sandy grass f/6.3, 1/400, 300.0 mm, iso400 A yellow-crowned night heron perches on a lichen-encrusted tree branch f/6.3, 1/125, 300.0 mm, iso800 A red-bellied woodpecker clutches the bottom of a large branch f/6.3, 1/400, 300.0 mm, iso200 Two downy woodpeckers perch in a tree prior to a rain storm f/6.3, 1/500, 300.0 mm, iso1600 A white wagtail briefly lands on a bridge support of Karlův most in Prague f/8.0, 1/1000, 220.0 mm, iso400 A double-crested cormorant cleans itself in a creek f/6.3, 1/1600, 300.0 mm, iso400 A carolina wren surveys its surroundings from a horizontal bough f/6.3, 1/320, 300.0 mm, iso400 A male cuban grassquit, atop a short branch, looks into the camera f/6.3, 1/640, 300.0 mm, iso400 A eurasian collared dove stretches its neck to the side as it sits on a short tree branch f/7.1, 1/1000, 280.0 mm, iso400 A marbled godwit stands serenely in the surf f/10.0, 1/1000, 300.0 mm, iso800 A muscovy duck flaps its wings to dry them off f/10.0, 1/320, 300.0 mm, iso400 A common swift soars overhead in Prague's old town square f/8.0, 1/800, 120.0 mm, iso400 A gray heron stands atop a dead branch jutting from the canal in the Nymphenburg Palace gardens f/8.0, 1/800, 300.0 mm, iso400 A spotted sandpiper searches a retaining wall and nearby grass for seeds f/6.3, 1/250, 300.0 mm, iso400 A purple gallinule forages for snacks by the roadside f/10.0, 1/800, 250.0 mm, iso400 A red-shouldered hawk rests on an antenna pole for a moment just before sunset f/7.1, 1/800, 300.0 mm, iso400 A snowy egret stands on a park banister, accompanied by two laughing gulls f/7.1, 1/500, 300.0 mm, iso400 A white-crowned pigeon peers over its shoulder at the camera f/6.0, 1/160, 240.0 mm, iso400 A common chaffinch hops down some steps in the Heidelberg Castle gardens f/6.3, 1/320, 300.0 mm, iso400