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| Dark-eyed Junco, Mallard Lake |
I'd hoped to use the Z8 to grab a 1/4000th-second shot of the Allen's hummingbird bathing in the little creek at Mallard Lake today, but I finally gave up after waiting a little over an hour -- with another guy who was also waiting to get the same shot! I will definitely try again on a weekday when there aren't so many people tramping around.
As I sat on my log to wait for the hummer, a junco dropped down into the creek and bathed out of my line of sight, then hopped up onto a nearby branch to preen. A red-shouldered hawk also dropped by to peruse the local menu but soon flew off to keer!-keer!-keer! somewhere else.
I was surprised to see a grasshopper on the sidewalk as I got off my bike at home. It blended in very well with its surroundings, but there sure wasn't much to eat. I can only wonder what the attraction was.
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