Thanks, Jack. I took a lot of photos without the birds, and a few were really interesting to me. Glad you enjoyed it.
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For anyone with reservations, our group of birdbrains is a friendly group, after all, we even have at least one Nikon shooter!
Jack
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Jack don’t you know you’re not supposed to mention him from the dark side lest he be outed!For anyone with reservations, our group of birdbrains is a friendly group, after all, we even have at least one Nikon shooter!
Jack
You are absolutely correct though, a very friendly and tolerant group on this thread.
Cheers, Graham.
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Birds are clever. Corvids and some other birds have as many neurones in their forebrains as many monkeys and smarter than dogs https://www.pnas.org/content/113/26/7255For anyone with reservations, our group of birdbrains is a friendly group, after all, we even have at least one Nikon shooter!
Jack
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Our little Red Breasted Nuthatch friend had disappeared for a few days after I got my first shot of him a few days ago. I was super pumped to see him return today with a companion. Such a beautiful little bird and not very timid.
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Very nice BIF photo, macrunning. I've been enjoying sitting bird photos, but BIF is a whole 'nother league. What lens do you prefer for BIF?
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I've been using the RF 85mm f1.2 L and the RF 24-105mm f4 L. These guys have been letting me get about 4-5ft away from them. I'm usually standing around for 10-15 minutes and then they come in cycles. Once the Dark Eyed Juncos feel it's ok, everyone else starts flocking in. So I'll get waves of Dark Eyed Juncos with Black Capped Chickadees, Pine Siskin and the Red Breasted Nuthatch. We had a couple of White Capped Sparrows yesterday but they didn't return today and from what I was reading we are really just part of the migration area for them. I've been going out for a little over a week so they get use to me and know I'm not a threat. It's really my first foray into wildlife photography and I'm truly loving it. I hope to get a longer telephoto lens at some point so I can head to more unfamiliar terrain than my front yard.
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Here's a Pine Siskin I caught. I original thought they were House Wrens but I noticed they had yellow in their wings and the bill was different so it took me a minute to find out what these guys were. 
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Not saying crows aren't clever, we had two trying to work out how to get into our bat-box yesterday, but anybody that thinks birds are smart never owned chickens
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There are also other tiny differences (really tiny indeed)
! And it's not a "variety" - it's a self standing species!
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OK, now it's a hand holding 500mm+TC-14 against the parakeet. I wouldn't post it (I already posted tons of these guys...) if not that strange "crown". Most probably it is residue from some sugary fruit (there is some mango and papaya ripe right now), otherwise I have no explanation.
Also (again!!!) a baby White Tern but this time I got something I have seen only in photos from other people - darker form! The first photo of the babies is the "normal" - whiter form. They are on the same tree, just ~2meters apart! These are on tripod.
Also (again!!!) a baby White Tern but this time I got something I have seen only in photos from other people - darker form! The first photo of the babies is the "normal" - whiter form. They are on the same tree, just ~2meters apart! These are on tripod.
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I agree! But the chicks are the real cuties!
Very nice photos BTW! My favorite is the Cara Cara (that young bird has no chance against 3 adults but that's the life!)
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WhaaaatFor anyone with reservations, our group of birdbrains is a friendly group, after all, we even have at least one Nikon shooter!
Jack
! Who's that just tell me and I will take care!!!
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