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ISv

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Greater and Lesser are difficult to separate. What makes the things even "better" is the occurrence of hybrids (like with the Tufted Duck). Never-mind: better photos than mine (I did mine from distance 70-80meters)!
 
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ISv

"The equipment that matters, is you"
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Today I went to the closest beach park - with the plan to sit somewhere under shade and read something. After ~15-20 min. reading I checked the surroundings and for my big surprise there was a lot of life around: Red-crested Cardinal making all possible efforts to dislocate a peace of bark and even making some upside-down acrobatics (later I figure out they are looking for some kind of larvae!). And the very common around seed-eater - the Common Waxbill, so close I actually had to focus on distant birds because the closest were less than 3 meters from me (huh, some of them were like 1.5 meters from me).

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becceric

Making clumsy photographic mistakes since 1980
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becceric

Making clumsy photographic mistakes since 1980
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Today I went to the closest beach park - with the plan to sit somewhere under shade and read something. After ~15-20 min. reading I checked the surroundings and for my big surprise there was a lot of life around: Red-crested Cardinal making all possible efforts to dislocate a peace of bark and even making some upside-down acrobatics (later I figure out they are looking for some kind of larvae!). And the very common around seed-eater - the Common Waxbill, so close I actually had to focus on distant birds because the closest were less than 3 meters from me (huh, some of them were like 1.5 meters from me).

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Quite neat! I hope the bird’s families are buying portraits from you.
 
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becceric

Making clumsy photographic mistakes since 1980
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Juvenile bald eagle at Cattle Point, Victoria, Vancouver Island BC. I posted it a long time ago but have revisited it to remove some significant distractions.View attachment 204342
Great colors and detail. If that gaze was directly upon me, I’d probably by looking for cover.
 
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Just some of the Lark Sparrows.
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R5 RF600 w/1.4X 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

And some very young California Quail.
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R5 RF600 w/1.4X 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 800
 
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