A7r, A7r2 - and why I'm keeping both ...

[k-hawinkler]

 

[k-hawinkler]

Black-headed Grosbeak, male

Black-headed Grosbeak,female

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS @ f/2.8, 1/2000 s, ISO 2000.

 

[k-hawinkler]

Spotted Towhee

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 2X Teleconverter @ 1200 mm, f/13, 1/2000 s, ISO12,800.

 

[k-hawinkler]

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS @ 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 s, ISO 640.

 

[k-hawinkler]

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS @ 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 s, ISO 400.

 

[k-hawinkler]

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS @ 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 s, ISO 640.

 

[Knorp]

Catching up with Merlin, K-H ?

• House Finch
• Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
• Spotted Towhee
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Lark Sparrow
• White-winged Dove
• Bewick's Wren
• Song Sparrow
• American Goldfinch
• Pine Siskin
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Mountain Chickadee
• American Crow
• Black-chinned Hummingbird
• Juniper Titmouse

 

[k-hawinkler]

Catching up with Merlin, K-H ?

• House Finch
• Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
• Spotted Towhee
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Lark Sparrow
• White-winged Dove
• Bewick's Wren
• Song Sparrow
• American Goldfinch
• Pine Siskin
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Mountain Chickadee
• American Crow
• Black-chinned Hummingbird
• Juniper Titmouse

Well Bart, I now have a longer list of names.
I loaded to Merlin only the US SouthWest bird package.
If I include all of US and Canada Merlin makes more obvious misidentifications.

Did you try out Merlin?

 

[Knorp]

Well Bart, I now have a longer list of names.
I loaded to Merlin only the US SouthWest bird package.
If I include all of US and Canada Merlin makes more obvious misidentifications.

Did you try out Merlin?

Well, I have installed Merlin with the Europe bird pack, but still have to give it a first try.

 

[k-hawinkler]

Well, I have installed Merlin with the Europe bird pack, but still have to give it a first try.

Great going Bart.
I am sure there are birds everywhere in your area.
It’s very simple to start ID sound in the Merlin app on your smartphone and see what happens.
You will learn about birds in your area you never noticed before.
Merlin also sharpened my hearing to actively listening to bird sounds.
‘Great fun.
Enjoy.

 

[k-hawinkler]

With enough insects lying around the Canyon Towhee is collecting easy Protein for its young.

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS @ 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 s, ISO 2500.

 

[k-hawinkler]

Say's Phoebe according to my reading of Merlin

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS @ 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 s, ISO 200.

 

[Knorp]

Well, I have installed Merlin with the Europe bird pack, but still have to give it a first try.

my results so far; blue tit, magpie, wren, great tit and jackdaw …

 

[k-hawinkler]

The New Mexican Whiptail Lizard

https://www.reddit.com/r/Awwducational/comments/e9oenv Quote:

"The New Mexican Whiptail is a species of lizard that is entirely female. They reproduce asexually, and lay eggs that will always result in female babies, which are genetic clones of the mother. Curiously, they still engage in ‘mating behaviour’ and courtship rituals with one another."

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS @ 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 s, ISO 400.

 

[k-hawinkler]

A1 + FE 200-600 G.

New Mexico whiptail - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[k-hawinkler]

Lesser Goldfinch

Sony ILCE-1 + FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS @ 600.0 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 s, ISO 1000.

 

[k-hawinkler]

A1 + FE 200-600 G.

 

[Knorp]

my results so far; blue tit, magpie, wren, great tit and jackdaw …

caught some more birds today; blackcap, pied flycatcher, chiffchaff, chaffinch, blackbird, greenfinch, firecrest, robin, wood-pigeon, spotted flycatcher, goldcrest, nightingale, song trush …

 

[k-hawinkler]

caught some more birds today; blackcap, pied flycatcher, chiffchaff, chaffinch, blackbird, greenfinch, firecrest, robin, wood-pigeon, spotted flycatcher, goldcrest, nightingale, song trush …

Thank you Bart. Great going.
Could you take a picture of any of them?

 

[Knorp]

Thank you Bart. Great going.
Could you take a picture of any of them?

Only one species I'm afraid: a Greenfinch it is, I think ...
Difficult shot with the bird in the undergrowth. This is just a heavily cropped JPEG, but I've got better pictures ...

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