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A Great Spotted Woodpecker visits my garden but is extremely skittish and usually flies away immediately he catches site of me. This time, he didn't see me sitting down with my camera raised - that 200-800 is big enough to cover my face - and flew into the back of an apple tree. Not a completely clear shot but a rare chance. I took about 50 shots. All were in good focus but only two had his face not badly obscured. Then, he went to my feeder for peanuts.
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Your photos bring back some great memories. Four years ago, we visited Audubon Corkscrew Swamp where we saw our first and never since Painted Bunting. I took this with the 5DSR and EF 100-400mm II, my then standard travel kit. The RF 100-400mm on a high resolution Canon (R5 or R7 or other APS-C) would be just as good today. Thanks for posting!
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Thanks Eric, Alan and Click! Glad you like the set. Beautiful little bird.
If you ever have the opportunity, in 2021 my first "post-covid" trip was to Laguna Seca Ranch in Texas. Caught my first glimpse of a Painted Bunting during that visit. But it was great to see one again.
If you ever have the opportunity, in 2021 my first "post-covid" trip was to Laguna Seca Ranch in Texas. Caught my first glimpse of a Painted Bunting during that visit. But it was great to see one again.
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The Chiffchaffs arrived a week or two ago and I have heard dozens of them but not seen even one. Then this afternoon, one of these drab little birds was bellowing his song in the middle of a dense tree and hopping around, but I managed to get two clear shots through the network of twigs. I needed the 800mm for this, both to get a sufficient size of image and to focus on it with all the distractions.
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