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Australasian Pipit

The confrontation lasted several minutes ! Thank you !

Borbet wrote in post #19148783
Beautiful!!!

avondale87 wrote in post #19148850
Vassilis this is really nice. Lovely photo with them facing each other.
Imagine that put a big smile on your face.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19149031
Spectacular shot, Vassilis!!

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19148875
Juvenile Moorhen following dad and patrolling the swamp.
After hours of pursuit I had to wade in the long grass at the edge of a swamp full of poisonous snakes and hungry crocodiles for this picture.

Did you move to down under?

Edit: should have read further before posting, Pippan already noticed.

pcs wrote in post #19149071
Did you move to down under?

Edit: should have read further before posting, Pippan already noticed.

Nah, we don't let them in from the UK any more—at least not this year—even if they are convicts.

pcs wrote in post #19149071
Did you move to down under?

Oh! come on pcs, I haven’t completely lost my marbles - yet!

Pippan wrote in post #19149075
Nah, we don't let them in from the UK any more—at least not this year—even if they are convicts.

Don’t listen to Pippan, pcs, he’s afraid I might just search the deportation records from way-back.

A pair of Wood ducks.

Dark-eyed Junco

SYS wrote in post #19148896
A quick initial test shot in the backyard with the new R5....

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If thats what a quick test shot is, I guess we are in for a visual sensory eruption SYS. Congratulations on the new acquisition.

Found this bird outside my house yesterday. First for me. Hope to be seeing more variety of birds as they migrate in for the season.
Eurasian hoopoe

Gila Woodpecker...

4matic wrote in post #19149168
If thats what a quick test shot is, I guess we are in for a visual sensory eruption SYS. Congratulations on the new acquisition.

Thanks, Neal, I look forward to really putting the R5 to serious shooting sessions. It's such a different camera from my 5D IV in so many ways it's going to take awhile to get to know fully and to get the most out of it. Just before receiving the camera, my backyard, where I shot about 95% of all bird photos this summer, had about 2 dozen birds feeding from 10 feeders. Strangely, as soon as I received the camera, they were all gone. I was also glued to my TV to follow the election. So, instead of shooting, I spent all that time learning and programming the camera while watching TV. Birds still haven't come back except for some doves and few others yesterday, so a quick test shots before they all flew away again. Now that the election is over, I'm planning on getting out of the house to spend some time with the camera. It's definitely something to get used to coming from a DSLR. I wished it was built (and button layouts) like 5D IV. It felt more like an electronic toy. Even the scroll button felt cheap compared to 5D IV. Battery was draining like crazy. But its new AF system is just so far superior to the 5D IV that it's going to allow me to do things that I wasn't able to with the 5D IV.