I'm a decent bird photographer, but I'm not a great bird photographer. For those of us with average abilities, a big part of looking like a halfway decent photographer is just knowing what not to show anyone else - don't annoy them with bird-dots (unless that tiny little object is actually quite rare and this is your only documentation and you can actually see some identifying marks on that little sesame seed of a bird...), don't post a lot of out of focus, underexposed/overexposed shots where the bird is half-obscured.
Except, sometimes those photos really work...
Pileated Woodpecker... they always feel like they're part of a dreamscape when I see them. Even this blurry, they're so iconic that there's never any doubt. (BTW, this is a color photo. srsly.)
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