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DLeeT wrote in post #18744487

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Really like the second shot Lee, good work.

Sibil wrote in post #18744602

Very nice, the perch and the pose and the color. What a tail! Sent me to my Sibley with this bird, I have never seen one. A California Towhee, amiright?

Horsfields Bronze Cuckoo

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/QwN1​Jh

mikeivan wrote in post #18744731
Very nice, the perch and the pose and the color. What a tail! Sent me to my Sibley with this bird, I have never seen one. A California Towhee, amiright?

Thank you and I believe so

graham121 wrote in post #18744740
Horsfields Bronze Cuckoo

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/QwN1​Jh 1DX27779-Edit-2 by Graham Mahoney, on Flickr

Very nice photo, Graham, and an attractive-looking bird, although, having just read that it uses delightful Fairy Wrens for hosts, I'm a bit ambivalent about that.

Yeah Trik, that's the problem with all our smaller cuckoos....attractive looking birds but exhibit 'questionable' ethics!

avondale87 wrote in post #18744272
Just thrown the lunch scraps to the sheep and

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That's a beauty Richard, congratulations.
Happy trails

sidknee wrote in post #18744665

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Qwqw​XY IMG_0634--2018-11-04--15 by Sid Simmons, on Flickr

Incredibly nice portrait shot, Sidknee. Great lighting.

graham121 wrote in post #18744740
Horsfields Bronze Cuckoo

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/QwN1​Jh 1DX27779-Edit-2 by Graham Mahoney, on Flickr

Primo shot, Graham. The green in the wing is really petty, and I like the birds pose.

Sibil wrote in post #18744801

Excellent shot, Sibil. I love the composition.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18744823
Primo shot, Graham. The green in the wing is really petty, and I like the birds pose.

Thanks Mike

paul katinas wrote in post #18744820
That's a beauty Richard, congratulations.
Happy trails

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18744324
Nice shot of that little beauty, Richard.

Thanks Mike & Paul. Appreciate your comments

My new 600 F4 came in last Friday, so I sat out back for a bit Saturday to see if subject would humor me. After about 45 minutes of shooting leaves & flowers blowing in the wind, a group pf sparrows flew into one of the trees but for whatever reason they wanted to stay fairly deep in the tree. It was overcast and not very bright out, but the single point AF locked right on.

Long story short, they became my first bird photos with the new lens. When I went to process the images, I discovered the were jpgs rather than RAW for some reason (must changed that unknowingly..??..). So... what I ended up with were these - SooC JPGs.

sidknee wrote in post #18744665

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Qwqw​XY IMG_0634--2018-11-04--15 by Sid Simmons, on Flickr

Striking shot, Sid!