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Click said:
Jack Douglas said:
I need help again with ID. I have Stokes and also Sparrows of US and C but I'm not good visually with memory flipping through candidates.

Saw a Yellow warbler by my pond yesterday, in fact there were many.

Jack


Nice pictures, Jack.

For the bird's ID, it looks like a Song Sparrow to me.

:)

I concur. I ID them by multiple brown streaks on the chest.
 
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Jack Douglas said:
Thanks Cog, good to know.

Jack
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a great resource on bird ID:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search/?__hstc=161696355.c50fa0afe42dbbc20533fc7caa378dec.1502480884221.1502480884221.1502480884221.1&__hssc=161696355.3.1502480884221&__hsfp=827045857#_ga=2.247644160.664157036.1502480833-1060536191.1502480833
It helped me a lot.
 
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Great Egret
I took this picture early this morning while kayaking.
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Hey click, we were planning to motorhome east cross country for my son's graduation this year in Montreal but that didn't work out and we flew. Now he's just landed in London (not Ontario ;) ) to do his master's there so sadly I'm no longer sure about a cross Canada trip, but I surely would look you up if we did!

Now, I had determined to try out the 1DX2 4K60 today after very poor luck with stills of waxwing flight. Of course it got cloudy and was almost raining at 2PM when they start their feeding but I went anyway and did some videos. If a bird was already on a stump I'd AF and start the video recording until he flew. Alternately, I'd focus where he likes to hunt from and start the video and hope. Most of the time it worked within a minute. However, on taking the captures from the video it is quite evident that it's ISO 12500 and very grainy so I only will post this one sample. Hopefully, with sun soon, there will be a chance to get to maybe ISO 2500.

Jack
 

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AlanF said:
Last Sunday, I used my 400mm DO II + 1.4xTC on the 5DSR for shots of a kingfisher. This morning, I took the 100-400mm II + 5DSR to the same spot and got a similar shot. The zoom at 400mm stands up well to the prime at 560mm as I was reasonably close and the crops (100%) are not extreme. Usual processing of DxO Optics Pro plus USM 100% 0.9px.

After lurking in these forums for quite some time, I guess it's time to contribute as well ;)

Now holiday is over I was catching up on posts and came across the Kingfisher - very nice picture AlanF.
Just wondering, what kind of light did you have - the colours seem a bit dull (not sure if this is the right term, I'm not native English speaking). About a year ago I had the opportunity to watch these birds from a hide with the morning sun on them and they were so brilliant in colour / tone!
 

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Jack Douglas said:
Hey click, we were planning to motorhome east cross country for my son's graduation this year in Montreal but that didn't work out and we flew. Now he's just landed in London (not Ontario ;) ) to do his master's there so sadly I'm no longer sure about a cross Canada trip, but I surely would look you up if we did!

Jack

...Well, you 're always welcome if you have the chance. :)


Nice shot, Jack. I like your bird, he looks angry.
 
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