Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina, Roselin à tête grise, GCRF) near Homer, Alaska ©Christopher Dodds Sony Alpha a9 Mirrorless Camera & Sony FE 400 f/2.8 GM OSS with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter ISO 10,000, f/5.6 @ 1/2,500s Manual Exposure mode. Join me for my Eagles Galore Workshop in Alaska. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
Here is a Gray-crowned Rosy finch from my Eagles Galore and so much more workshop in Alaska. We carefully placed some birdseed just over the edge of the snowbank after a foot of fresh snow fell overnight.
Did you know? A group of rosy-finches are collectively known as a "bouquet" of finches.
Pribilofs Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch In Flight against the Bering Sea 2 (Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina, Roselin à tête grise, GCRF) Saint Paul Island, AK ©Christopher Dodds Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless camera & Sony 200-600mm Lens (@600mm) ISO 6,400, f/6.3 @ 1/5,000s Manual Exposure mode. Join me for my Saint Paul Island, AK workshop this July to learn more CLICK HERE.
The second time I have been lucky enough to photograph this species in flight. See my last effort in my blog post from 2020 Pribilofs Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch In Flight.
Pribilofs Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch In Flight. The background is the Bering Sea (Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina, Roselin à tête grise, GCRF) Saint Paul Island, AK ©Christopher Dodds Sony Alpha a9 Mirrorless Camera & Sony FE 400 f/2.8 GM OSS with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter ISO 10,000, f/5.6 @ 1/3,200s Manual Exposure mode. Join me for my Saint Paul Island, AK workshop this July to learn more CLICK HERE.
Despite being about 15 % larger than the other two distinct and recognizable breeding populations of this species, it was still rather difficult to get a decent in flight photograph while sitting atop the wind-blown cliffs of Saint Paul Island in the rain with a super-telephoto lens. The wind was howling and the Finch would occasionally stall as it looked for insects on the cliff directly below me.