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Field sparrow
Edit for ID help > female house sparrow

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EyeSpyEagle wrote in post #18753600
Sadly, this one is horribly cluttered but because it's very rare I had to grab a couple shots. I felt bad trying to photograph him, because I imagine he was trying to hide from the humans.

The brush was crazy thick & blowing in the wind so I had to do the best I could manual focusing, waiting on the wind to open a line of site, bent over, hand held. Not easy for an old fart like me! Lol!

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11/17/18

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Old fart or not, you still nailed the shot, well done Phil.

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robamy wrote in post #18754209
400mm DO II + 2x

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That's a beauty, Rob.

PhilM
Nikon fledgling....

Red Dexs wrote in post #18754290
Old fart or not, you still nailed the shot, well done Phil.

Thanks for the AM laugh! Lol!!!

PhilM
Nikon fledgling....

Will in Tejas wrote in post #18754275
Field sparrow

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This is actually a female House Sparrow....field will have a smaller pink bill with a very prominent eye ring.

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PCousins wrote in post #18753956
Thank you Jack.....

If you are near Plymouth it's worth a visit.

I spent just over 2 hours looking for this bird. As the afternoon was moving on I was getting concerned that I would not find it. Eventually it turned up on the chapel roof, it saw me and like most redstarts it was very inquisitive to want to check me out and landed on one of the gravestones 20ft from me. As I was positioning myself to get the strong light behind me it was flying around me and was landing almost where I wanted it to. After 10 minutes taking photo's it flew off and turned up again 20 minutes later for less than a minute. In that time I'm certain that there was a second bird although not seen together I could hear them calling to each other and looking back at my photo's the possible 2nd bird appears lighter and not as dark. Difficult to say. Good luck if you go looking for it.

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What a beautiful bird it is!

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belas wrote in post #18754357
Feeding the pelicans

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Well captured! At least one bird was satisfied!

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18754056
Outstanding Ed. Just 10 star imagery all the way.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18754143
Spectacular shot, in every way.

Thanks guys. Sadly I have to give a bit of credit to our terrible air quality. The smoke has caused everything to be bathed in an eerie golden hour type light.

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GeoffSFAs10 wrote in post #18754306
This is actually a female House Sparrow....field will have a smaller pink bill with a very prominent eye ring.

Thank you, I knew it didn't look exactly right. I'll edit the post.

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robamy wrote in post #18754209
400mm DO II + 2x

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Phenomenal shot, Rob...sharp as a tack.

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18754237

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Nice portrait shot, Robert.

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belas wrote in post #18754357
Feeding the pelicans

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Wow...What an incredible shot, Vassilis. Your timing was spot on. I love this one.

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