Take a look at the yellow-rumped warbler topping this post. The bird is in profile high up in a tree, eying a cluster of berries. A moment later, the bird would have one of those berries in its beak, but that shot was blurred.
Another frame shows the bird with its beak plunged into the bunch, a shot a split second too early or too late to show peak action.
Such was my day today in two outings, the morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm and the afternoon at the Dyson Tract along the Delaware and Raritan canal.
I didn’t get a killer shot but I did get more acclimated to my Canon EOS R7. I’m getting the hang of the electronic viewfinder and the focusing indicators. My new backup batteries are charging , so I’m no longer worried about running out of power.
One of the ironies of having this mirrorless camera is that with its blazingly fast electronic shutter, I’m shooting dozens more frames than before but my percentage of “in focus” photos is dramatically down.
At the Dyson Tract, I had plenty of white-throated sparrows to shoot, but they were distant and tricky. They zipped in and out of branches and tucked behind leaves. The crispest shot I got of one shows the bird obscured by a leaf and branch..
Merlin gave me a few hits on swamp sparrows, which I have scrupulously not posted on e-Bird because I want to see one and note a confirmed sighting. I didn’t pick one out in the field, but my camera card proved I had seen and recorded one. The two shots verified ID but were not worth saving or sharing.
For a few minutes I staked out a chokeberry bush while a song sparrow perched in the purple branches. It looked left, looked back and looked right but it never came out fully onto one of the branches. What’s below is the best I could get.
Better photo days are ahead as I’m determined to improve my handling of my new camera. Thanks for reading along.
The Jersey Birder 
Love the song sparrow amid those deep purple limbs!
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