Figure 1 – Take off and landing, Sudbury, MA, January 20, 2019. (c) DE Wolf 2019.

There is a miserable storm in the Northeast – snow followed by ice and freezing rain. This always attracts birds to my backyard as they try desperately to fuel up against the cold. I was lucky to catch this ballet of a female cardinal coming in with gossamer wings for a landing as a male cardinal took flight to get away from her. It is a scene reminiscent of the linear array of incoming and outgoing flights at Logan airport – although flights there are scarce this morning.

Canon T2i with EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens at 250 mm, ISO 1600, Aperture priority AE Mode, 1/1250th sec at f/7.1 with -1 exposure compensation.