Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM

Scrumhalf wrote in post #18127535
Birds of Mt. Tabor Park, Portland OR.

All taken with the 7D2 and 500/4 II, handheld.

Northern Flicker:

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Black-throated Gray Warbler:

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Chestnut-backed Chickadee:

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Thanks for looking!

Great set of images

Jorgac wrote in post #18117971
Cape longclaw

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How did I miss this? The light is super-duper and the BG is delicious!

I absolutely love the IS on this lens! Amazing!

1/80 sec, handheld!

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Excellent work Sam and Mark.

The band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) is the only pigeon that is native to the Pacific Northwest.

These shots are with a 7D2 and 500/4 II, handheld. For those in the Portland metro area, the most reliable place in/around the city to see band-tailed pigeons in my experience is at Koll Wetlands in Beaverton in the trees next to the tennis court at 45.456719, -122.793027.

As an interesting aside, it is the closest extant relative to the passenger pigeon, and has been considered as a possible means to bring back the passenger pigeon using DNA stored from the last living specimen in the early 20th century.

Hope you like them!

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The California scrub-jays are getting busy with their winter food stash!

7D2 & 500/4 II

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7D2 + 500/4 II

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Heerman's Gull at Seaside Cove, OR.

7D2, 500/4 II + 1.4X III.

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That is a well detailed shot Sam, well done.

This is one of a sequence of images of this Kingfisher I took a few weeks ago at Low Barns wildlife refuge, Durham (N E England). I remember noticing that the bird turned his head at one point but until I looked at the full sized image I didn't realise it was because a Wasp was flying very close to him. He didn't seem too bothered, just curious.
Note this was a distant bird and the image is a small part of a 100% crop:

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Jorgac wrote in post #18129738
Nice Scrumhalf, nervous for my boks tomorrow!

Charles, you going to the Bokke/ABs match this weekend? Should be a cracker!