New Reach
I had never taken that many pictures on the trail at the Carty Unit at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Most of the trail winds through a small forest beside wetlands, so most of the birds are small songbirds that were usually too far away for pictures. When I added a 500mm lens to my collection, it brought many of the smaller birds within reach. Birds such as the little black-capped chickadee, seen here on a moss-draped branch on a wet winter day.