Sigma 100-300 F4 All shots taken with Nikon D70
All shots with 1.4xTC at 420mm and hand-held unless otherwise noted.
Post processing steps are listed below the shooting data.

Goose breast f/11 1/640s ISO 800 -1.67EV
Levels Channel: composite channel Input: 14, 255 Gamma: 1.25

Rat snake f/8 1/400s ISO 200
Unsharp Mask Amount: 100% Radius: 0.7 pixels Threshold: 0

Goose head f/5.6 1/400s ISO 200
Levels Channel: composite channel Gamma: 0.9
Unsharp Mask Amount: 100% Radius: 1.4 pixels Threshold: 0

Dragonfly f/16 1/500s ISO 400 -1.33EV SB-800
Unsharp Mask Amount: 100% Radius: 1.2 pixels Threshold: 0

Water droplets f/11 1/400s ISO 200 Built-in flash
Levels Channel: composite channel Input: 40, 255 Gamma: 1.13

Egret crop f/10 1/500s ISO 400 SB-800
Levels Channel: composite channel Input: 14, 255 Gamma: 1.11
Top unsharpened, bottom sharpened unknown amount.

Egret resize f/10 1/500s ISO 400 SB-800
Levels Channel: composite channel Input: 14, 255 Gamma: 1.11

Green Heron f/10 1/500s ISO 400 SB-800
Levels Channel: composite channel Input: 54, 255 Gamma: 1.2
Unsharp Mask Amount: 50% Radius: 1 pixels Threshold: 0

Hawks f/14 1/500s ISO 400
Levels Channel: composite channel Input: 24, 255 Gamma: 1.33
Unsharp Mask Amount: 100% Radius: 2 pixels Threshold: 0

Bird's nest f/11 1/500s ISO 1600 (left) SB-800 (right)
(none)

American Coots f/11 1/500s ISO 720
Unsharp Mask Amount: 100% Radius: 1 pixels Threshold: 0