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Double-crested Cormorant

 

[candyman]

Double-crested Cormorant

Wonderful light and contrast. Great photo Click.

 

[Click]

Thank you candyman.

 

[AlanF]

Last shot of a bird in Shanghai before we leave. It was so hot, already 36C and high humidity in the morning. Lucky to have spotted this dove.

 

[ERHP]

A juvenile California Thrasher calling out to a nearby adult.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

One of the Lark Sparrows stopping by for a drink.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/1600 : f/8 : ISO 640

I kept hoping one of the Lazuli Buntings would stop back by when I was laying down but this was the best one I got of it drinking from a tiny spring filling a small pool on the edge of a road.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/1250 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, ERHP.

 

[Noreaster]

 

[josephandrews222]

Peregrine Falcon chick just fledged (R5/800mm).

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...we have had falcons nest at an area library:

At This Time: Peregrine power - Evanston RoundTable

Biologist Josh Engel introduces a newly hatched peregrine falcon to his neighbors inside the Evanston Public Library.

evanstonroundtable.com

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And I love stories like this:

Peregrine falcons mount a comeback in Yosemite, thanks to rock climbers

The number of breeding pairs of rare peregrine falcons jumped from 8 to 17 during a collaborative recovery plan.

www.mercurynews.com

....next time I post about falcons I hope to come with images.

 

[MSH411]

A fine looking perch for this Song Sparrow.

 

[EricN]

I have never been able to photograph any cardinal, I'm so bummed about that. I was trying to get all of the baseball birds... but the glorious red cardinal in flight with a snowy backdrop? I could never get close enough, nothing but potatoes.

I'm a Blue Jays fan, but those birds are evil.

You can see see cardinals daily around the cental Virginia area. Maybe it's worth a trip for you if you can find something else to do besides look for cardinals.

 

[EricN]

It's very difficult to find birds here, apart from tree sparrows. All we saw yesterday were two adult and two fledging Little Grebes and a solitary Common Tern in the best park in central Hohhot. R7/RF100-400mm - glad I wasn't carting the R5/RF200-800mm, the lightweight pair is perfect for this sort of travel, mainly sight seeing,

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Always great photos from you and the others. I've been too busy lately and checking this thread for the first time in two weeks. Anyway did you take and post sight seeing photos somewhere?

 

[EricN]

Just very commons today...

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It's normal for you, but really magical for those of us who have not been to the islands. I really like that one with the pompadour like look! Love them!

 

[EricN]

Off Topic (but please read to the end):

My R5MkII order was placed on the morning of its official announcement; August 20 is the promised shipping date. I've purchased an EF lens adapter, the requisite CF card, as well as 15-30 and 200-800 RF lenses (the latter remains back-ordered).

A goal is to buy RF lenses that I will actually use (unlike, say, the EF 70-200 f4 IS lens, which seldom gets attached to any camera I own).

For a 'travel' walk-around lens I'm strongly considering the RF 24-240 lens; I think it would be good enough for what I want it to do.

But I'm currently on vacation (holiday to the Euros reading this!), and am having quite a bit of fun using an M6MkII mated to the EF-M 18-150 (eq 29-240).

There's a Pacific Coast sunset here [EDIT: and here] using this combination...

...and the same combination was used for this crow.

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The M6MkII is reasonably powerful and oh-so-easy to travel with (small volume and mass) and, for my needs, supplies results that are 'good enough'.

I am sort of envious of those who post here on CR who, even on holiday, seem to travel with their best gear; images they post here prove that their efforts are worthwhile.

But traveling light is of tremendous import to me (and my wife )...and I wonder about walking around 'town' with the R5MkII/24-240 vs the M6MkII/18-150 (eq 29-240) package that generated the images above.

In fact, to many security-types at some venues, the M6MkII/18-150 combo doesn't even look like a real camera (which is a good thing!).

It's all fun...

It's annoying to deal with the extra mass and volume while traveling, but I do find it worth the trouble most of the time especially if I will have more than enough time to enjoy experiences that aren't mundane. I always seem to find something unexpected if I look.

 

[EricN]

Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG/HSM (77mm)

I already couldn't sleep and now I see this thing? If I get any shut eye, I'm sure I'll have a nightmare about getting my bones picked clean or something else terrible...

Joking aside, really fantastic shot!

 

[AlanF]

Always great photos from you and the others. I've been too busy lately and checking this thread for the first time in two weeks. Anyway did you take and post sight seeing photos somewhere?

No!

 

[AlanF]

No!

To be accurate, I took plenty but haven't posted any.

 

[ISv]

To be accurate, I took plenty but haven't posted any.

To explain my : I would do the same - you hardly can substitute bird-seeing with a sight-seeing if you are there for birds/wild life!
On other hand it's something specific to the birders! Other people would be satisfied enough just by sight-seeing...

 

[Dragon]

Hanging around wondering if there might be a handout to be found. R7 + RF 200-800.

 

[MSH411]

American Goldfinch

 

[MSH411]

Eastern Wood-Pewee