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Day 8: The Loop, Tucson

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Today we counted 7 species in The Loop. Best shots: Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) and Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis). (auto-generated)

Great-tailed grackle
Langstaarttroepiaal
Quiscalus mexicanus

Great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
OM-1 with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 5000, distance 10.0 m

The photo shows a Great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus). It is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Icteridae. The photo was taken at The Loop (Tucson, Arizona, United States) at 09:01 on Saturday April 01, 2023.

Vermilion flycatcher
Rode tiran
Pyrocephalus rubinus

Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
OM-1 with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 11.8 m

The photo shows a Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus). It is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Tyrannidae. The photo was taken at The Loop (Tucson, Arizona, United States) at 09:16 on Saturday April 01, 2023.

Gila woodpecker
Gilaspecht
Melanerpes uropygialis

Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
OM-1 with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 10 m

The photo shows a Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis). It is a bird in the order Piciformes and the family Picidae. The photo was taken at The Loop (Tucson, Arizona, United States) at 09:25 on Saturday April 01, 2023.

Pied-billed grebe
Dikbekfuut
Podilymbus podiceps

Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
OM-1 with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 11.7 m

The photo shows a Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps). It is a bird in the order Podicipediformes and the family Podicipedidae. The photo was taken at The Loop (Tucson, Arizona, United States) at 09:30 on Saturday April 01, 2023.

Neotropic cormorant
Bigua-aalscholver
Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
OM-1 with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 18.8 m

The photo shows a Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus). It is a bird in the order Suliformes and the family Phalacrocoracidae. The photo was taken at The Loop (Tucson, Arizona, United States) at 09:31 on Saturday April 01, 2023.

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