For those of you who asked why no more birds - I recently retired from a career as a professional bird photographer. Not because I wanted to - but because I had some health issues (plus old age) that made it very difficult to work. I did manage a trip back in March to AZ where I made some bird photos and it was super fun. Sadly haven't done much else this year. Here's a mated pair of Ladder-backed Woodpeckers (Dryobates scalaris) from that session. Working from a blind. photographers of threads