The sparrows were out in force today...
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From my walk in the rain/sleet/snow today! 
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
The Kestrel was flying over this Blue Jay and he was letting everyone know about it! You can see it was snowing pretty good. Big old wet flakes.
Red Headed Woodpecker was also getting hit with the snow.
The sparrows were down in the marsh grass, but occasionally they would pop up on a branch. Caught this one just getting ready to zoom!
I caught a few of them....
But most of my shots looked like this, where they were shooting around at high speed.
Their colors blend so well with the marsh, it makes them hard to get a clear shot.
Their colors blend so well with the marsh, it makes them hard to get a clear shot.
I’m listening to Music Channel
‘ Soundscapes ‘ while observing your Birdscapes
Thanks for sharing CFR
Aka the bird stalker
‘ Soundscapes ‘ while observing your Birdscapes
Thanks for sharing CFR Aka the bird stalker
Ummm....fellas....I might have a problem....if the wife finds out, you might need to take up a collection for my funeral expenses. But don't let her sell these, give them to Rusty. They'll work on his Nikon! (Except the two Oly lenses - the smaller two) Give those to Daris, they are lighter and will be easier on his old bones! Trust me I know!
CFR i appreciate the thought but I wouldn't know how to use them. I don't know how to do the "F" stops. If it doesn't have the auto on it I don't do it.
Like the commercial, try it, you'll like it.Amazing mileage at that, keep up the progress and maybeI’ll get motivated to copy.
My largest was a Canon 300L 4.0 I wanted the 2.8 but I'd need a larger truck to carry it and have to rob a bank. ....The 4.0L was $1250 in 1990
The same lens without the "L" designation was $600I wish I was making the same money as I was then.
Things got tight and after Kodachrome went by the wayside..... I sold that one and my other prized 20/35 2.8L
I couldn't replace the camera and lenses like I had with the new digital stuff so sadly, photography came to a halt. I sure enjoyed my weekends attempting to get lost on the thousands of miles of logging roads we have here....... I kept finding my way home.
Are Bold Eagles
flying around there ?
These guys?
Oh, there here, but I don't see them very often.
I've never had one pose for me. That's top notch. What lens? 400?
I'm not out and about like I used to do.
From a cliff above the beach, I saw an eagle guarding a dead baby seal from two buzzards.
One buzzard would approach the seal and the eagle would hop towards it, chasing it back.
.....the other buzzard would then approach the seal since the eagle had moved away, so it had to chase off that buzzard.
The game lasted 5 minutes then the eagle flew off. It wasn't worth getting in a fight with two other large birds.
I've never had one pose for me. That's top notch. What lens? 400?
I'm not out and about like I used to do.
From a cliff above the beach, I saw an eagle guarding a dead baby seal from two buzzards.
One buzzard would approach the seal and the eagle would hop towards it, chasing it back.
.....the other buzzard would then approach the seal since the eagle had moved away, so it had to chase off that buzzard.
The game lasted 5 minutes then the eagle flew off. It wasn't worth getting in a fight with two other large birds.
Yeah, my OM-1 with Oly 100-400mm and I may have had my 2x teleconverter on as well but I can't remember for sure. I don't usually use the teleconverter unless I have to, because it makes the lens go pretty soft over 250-300mm. You get a lot of artifacts and "fuzz" in other words.
That flyaway is super....
I had a matched 1.4 converter for my 300 lens, but it sure darkened the viewfinder in cloudy weather.
I had a matched 1.4 converter for my 300 lens, but it sure darkened the viewfinder in cloudy weather.
