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[AlanF]

"...by the time you frame it, AF does its job, you click... the birdie is gone" - by my experience you have a serious chance to get at least very out of focus tail (or something hard to recognize!)

BTW to say Curlew is not enough: here (on Canon Rumors) we are from different parts of the world. Your Curlew is the Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata).
Here you have two shots of the only Curlew that is regularly coming to my Islands in good numbers - the Bristle-Thighed Curlew (N. tahitiensis). The other one is the Whimbrel that I still have to see by myself!

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Nicely posed!

 

[Click]

Nice shots, ISO64.

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, ISv. I especially like the second one. Well done!

 

[jprusa]

As we pulled up to the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Sanctuary I spotted 2 Cranes as I hopped out of the car. I'm glad I took them because they quickly flew off. This was taken from 75-80 yards away with the 100-500, so not the greatest angle and it was about 10am so light wasn't the best. Regardless it was cool to capture them, as we had soon found out from the welcome center that their are only 150 Mississippi Sandhill Cranes left in the world! The welcome center was very nice. I only wish they had a longer trail system as the 3/4 mile trail felt rather quick. Wonderful time and the staff was very friendly and helpful in sharing their knowledge of this endangered species.
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Great shots MR. I agree with everything you said about Mississippi Sandhill Crane Sanctuary.

 

[Maximilian]

A chiffchaff was singing for me - a really nice song

 

[Click]

Lovely shots, Maximilian.

 

[macrunning]

"...by the time you frame it, AF does its job, you click... the birdie is gone" - by my experience you have a serious chance to get at least very out of focus tail (or something hard to recognize!)

BTW to say Curlew is not enough: here (on Canon Rumors) we are from different parts of the world. Your Curlew is the Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata).
Here you have two shots of the only Curlew that is regularly coming to my Islands in good numbers - the Bristle-Thighed Curlew (N. tahitiensis). The other one is the Whimbrel that I still have to see by myself!

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Nice shots ISv.

 

[macrunning]

Great shots MR. I agree with everything you said about Mississippi Sandhill Crane Sanctuary.

We were lucky, they had just opened up the day we got there after being closed for the last couple of years due to Covid.

 

[macrunning]

Yes, I took that photo early morning and it's of a first (year) non-breeding bird. In your case it's mixed - some birds are in transition to breeding plumage. Very nice collection: I have never seen that numbers at once here!

That image is just a small fraction of how many were along the shoreline. There were hundreds!

 

[macrunning]

This Willet says there's nothing like feeding on some dead fish!

 

[Click]

Nice shot!

 

[ISO64]

"...by the time you frame it, AF does its job, you click... the birdie is gone" - by my experience you have a serious chance to get at least very out of focus tail (or something hard to recognize!)

BTW to say Curlew is not enough: here (on Canon Rumors) we are from different parts of the world. Your Curlew is the Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata).
Here you have two shots of the only Curlew that is regularly coming to my Islands in good numbers - the Bristle-Thighed Curlew (N. tahitiensis). The other one is the Whimbrel that I still have to see by myself!

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Thanks ISv,

Yes, it was Eurasian Curlew and in this case you should rrrrol those "r" in both words - taken right there where Normandy becomes Britany.
Your photos are cut above mine, great job!

 

[ISO64]

Nice shots, ISO64.

Thanks Click!

 

[ISO64]

Following ISv's wise advice, here come nuthatches, from both sides of the ocean...

Old World - Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea),
New world - Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis), and White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis):

 

[Maximilian]

... nuthatches, from both sides of the ocean...

Really nice compilation, @ISO64.

 

[Chig]

Some more shots from Ōrewa Estuary and a nearby pond
Auckland NZ .
Taken with my 7Dii and my old EF400 L f/2.8 (non IS) plus 1.4x extender for some shots
Kotare (Sacred Kingfisher)
Tōrea (South Island Oystercatcher)
Matuku (White Faced Heron)
Pukeko (Purple Swamphen)
Indian Myna
Mallard ducks

 

[Click]

nuthatches, from both sides of the ocean...

Very nice series.

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, Chig.

 

[Chig]

Beautiful pictures, Chig.

Thanks Click

 

[jprusa]

Blue Grosbeak