If you haven’t read my previous blog post you should read it before viewing this post. On Saturday, February 18, I trashed my Nikon D500 camera and the following photos were taken to determine whether or not my attached 500mm lens was also damaged in the accident.

I’ve had a difficult time photographing Red-breasted nuthatches this winter because what few birds visit our yard. they almost never visit the watercourse. But on this day (2/25) one visited the watercourse twice.

A male Dark-eyed (Oregon) junco…

We seem to have had the same female Varied thrush all winter. We usually have only one thrush in the yard at a time and it’s almost always a female.

We have a few Spotted towhees in the yard, this one a beautiful male.

And finally, one of the rare White-throated sparrows that has been visiting our yard for several weeks now.

Bottom line… I can’t see the there is a problem with the Nikon 500mm lens!