Palm Warbler

[Bill Dix]

From Joe Overstreet Road in March.

D500, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 1000, 1/2500s @ f/6.3 manual.

[Colin Driscoll]

A classic bird-on-stick shot Bill. Good light and detail. What is on the bird's legs?

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Colin. The bird was feeding in a field of tall vegetation with sticky residue on it. I don't know what the plant is. This was at the Joe Overstreet Marina. Maybe Joe or someone else will know.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Bill, beautiful warbler, love the breeding plumage. Not sure what could be stuck to the leg, I have never saw that before. Thank you for sharing.

[Jack Backs]

Nice image Bill. I don't know if you can get a cleaner background. Too bad about the debris on the leg.

[Aditya Sridhar]

Lovely shot Bill! That smooth BG is killer. What a beautiful bird! I don't mind the stuff on the leg. Great work!

[John Mack]

Nice to see this guy in a non cluttered setting. Killer background. I don't mind the perch at all.

[gail bisson]

Perfect HA. Good clean BG.
I think this is over sharpened a bit.
Do I see some cloning artifact in front of the bird?
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all. No cloning, Gail, although there was a slightly lighter streak on the left side that I brushed out with a very low opacity green brush. I may be seeing some effect of that. The sharpening looks OK on my screen.