Painted Bunting
Beautiful colourful bird. Nice shot, digital.
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Painted Bunting
Thank you, Click!Very nice series, Cog. I especially like the first shot.
I agree , Striated heron juvenile.BTW, I have a question about IDing the bird on the last photo. Is it a bittern in breeding plumage, or is it a different smaller heron? I suspect it might be striated heron.
Thank you, jprusa!I agree , Striated heron juvenile.
What a beauty! Great light; nice background and color.Was walking around a local island looking for any of the local raptors, unsuccessfully, when a Horned Lark flew in and started singing. It took me a bit to drop down and then push the rig over to almost MFD but I think the effort was worth it. Light was coming and going behind the the late afternoon clouds.
1DX MK II 600 w/1.4X 1/500 : f/11 : ISO 1000
For anyone interested, also a short snippet of 4K video I took slightly later when the light finally started to go, https://youtu.be/zlaTFm4n0Nw . I keep forgetting about the 4K crop factor but really did not want to mess up a good thing by moving backwards.
They do have lovely white wings when they fly.
+1+1+1!Lovely shot, Jack. You can go to do your more important duties, but don't forget to come back to post more of your beautiful pictures.
+1I agree , Striated heron juvenile.