Sora

Though by no means uncommon, and perhaps I haven't been applying myself, but the one and only sora I have ever seen was forty years ago! That is, until yesterday when I was within 10-20 feet of two of them for perhaps 20 minutes. Getting a good shot through a tangle of dead weeds was no mean feat, however. My salvation was that one of them stood more or less still for several minutes while it preened, allowing me to slowly edge closer to get a clearer shot. Most of the hundreds of frames I shot are junk, but I got what I wanted in a few.

Lovely captures Allan.

Very nice set Allan!

Beautiful al, love the lighting! and colors and detail....

Great job, on a difficult bird.

Nice Al. They usually stay in the reeds.
You got very good shots.

Nice Al,

Lester Wareham wrote in post #16926947
Lovely captures Allan.

Charles Roy wrote in post #16927053
Very nice set Allan!

Oldjackssparrows wrote in post #16927127
Beautiful al, love the lighting! and colors and detail....

Crimzon wrote in post #16927477
Great job, on a difficult bird.

jhayesvw wrote in post #16927639
Nice Al. They usually stay in the reeds.
You got very good shots.

Pondrader wrote in post #16927664
Nice Al,

Thank you everyone; I appreciate it. Trevor, I seem to recall your posting a sora once, so you know of what you speak.

Al

Awesome Al. I hope to get a look at one someday.

2n10 wrote in post #16928634
Awesome Al. I hope to get a look at one someday.

Thanks and good luck in your quest.
Al

Congratulations! Very nice!

Well your effort was worth it those are wonderful captures of a very pretty bird. Great job and your persistence paid off well.

Very cool story and capture, Al. Congrats on such a prize capture!

heyBJK wrote in post #16929238
Congratulations! Very nice!

butterfly2937 wrote in post #16929582
Well your effort was worth it those are wonderful captures of a very pretty bird. Great job and your persistence paid off well.

grizzerbear wrote in post #16929927
Very cool story and capture, Al. Congrats on such a prize capture!

Thank you kindly; I appreciate your commenting.
Al

That's super, Al. I have never seen one, but they are around, it seems. Well done!