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Found this young Lark Sparrow about 20 feet from where the Vesper Sparrow was a few days ago.

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @560mm • 1/800 • f/8 • ISO 1000

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Lark Sparrow] by Ken Drozd on Flickr

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Gambel's Quail...

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @300mm • 1/1250 • f/6.3 • ISO 400

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fotoi wrote in post #19125315
A Wood duck.

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beautiful angle of view
great colors in the splash of light

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Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19125339
Gambel's Quail...

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great detail and color tones, Tom
love the perch as well

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fotoi wrote in post #19125325
Beautiful color!

Thanks. We've had some smoke from the California wildfires so I had to play around with color more than I usually do.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm • 1/400 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2iqa​bqy Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile) by Eric, on Flickr

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Snydremark wrote in post #19125362

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excellent detail in soft light
love the eye and beak size

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fotoi wrote in post #19125340
Beautiful Tom!

jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19125347
great detail and color tones, Tom
love the perch as well

Thanks John and Jimmy...your comments are very much appreciated.

Tom

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jimmy_racoon wrote in post #19125392
excellent detail in soft light
love the eye and beak size

Thanks! It was a nice level of overcast that day

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this green heron continued approaching my position until he could hear the shutter from the 7D...uh-oh

Canon EOS 7D • Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM @400mm • 1/500 • f/5.6 • ISO 250

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fotoi wrote in post #19125171
Beautiful color Mike!

Thank you very much, fotoi!

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19125227
Nice picture Mike. What’s happened to your R5? Did it burst into flames?

Thank you, Ray.

No, it got run over by an 18 wheeler!

avondale87 wrote in post #19125240
many thanks Mike. They surely are vivid and living up to their name

That's a very striking bird. You've shown it off beautifully. Love the pose.

Many thanks, Richard. I truly appreciate your generous and thoughtful comments.

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Lame-Duck wrote in post #19125153
Northern Mockingbird, juvenile

Nice one, Mike.

I challenged myself to find some neat ways to photograph Mockingbirds in the not too distant past because we have so many in our area. Thus far, I have been unsuccessful.

Thank you, Phil. There a a lot of mockers in my area, too. It is a challenge to find interesting ways to photograph them. I kinda think we have to try to capture them in unique poses, and in flight. I've captured a few in flight that I like, and the best time to do that, is when they are nesting and taking food to their young.

SYS wrote in post #19125305
Thanks, Mike ~~

Very appealing shot, nice capture ~~

Thank you very much, SYS.

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