Sometimes in January and February, I haven’t seen any berries yet this year, though.

Sometimes on the ground, sometimes at the feeder or fountain. They are always a pop of brightness, wherever they go.

What striking little birds! I'm wondering what lens you used. You got so close! They are gorgeous.

all with a Nikon Z8 equipped with a 180-600mm lens + TC2 for an effective 1200mm. This is the original of the last photo above, raw file, uncropped

I thought my 100 to 400mm was big, and it is, but yours beats mine by a country mile! Beautiful details too.

most photographers poo poo using the 2X converter, but it suits my needs with plane photography too. an airplane at 3-4 miles presents a very small object to focus on at lower focal lengths. i haven't had the combination off the camera since I purchased them. I do have other cameras with different lens, which lets me change cameras instead of lens. Those photos with the doughnut ring flaw mirror lens, I use a Nikon Df built to use a dumb lens

Thanks for sharing.