My camera has both a manual and an automatic focus. I’ve given up on the former, at least for the time being, and have been enjoying the camera a lot more. I took it with me today so that I could capture some of the birds I see regularly.

Forest Park

The Pied-billed Grebe is looking very dapper in its breeding plumage:

The view finder doesn’t always provide as clear an image as I would like—I thought I was focused on the Swamp Sparrow that was also in the water, but picked up this Song Sparrow instead (the birds that have come in in the past couple of weeks have reddish streaks, as this bird has):

He flew onto a branch next to me, threw back his head, and belted out a song:

Here’s the intended subject:

Tower Grove Park

I finally got a photo of two of the owlets: