Show us ya birds !

[AJStrees]

13 minutes ago, Pete W said:

Had my first Cuckoo sighting of the year on Saturday, flying low up the Estuary

Great shot. Don't see them where I am. 

[openspaceman]

6 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Great shot. Don't see them where I am. 

Don't even hear them much here any more, I can remember  getting annoyed with them when I was a teenager and wanting a lie in.

[Pete W]

6 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Great shot. Don't see them where I am. 

Just lucky that I noticed it and managed a quick shot

[nepia]

You're too modest; we've seen your 'quick shots' and they're professional standard.  Keep 'em coming.

[AJStrees]

15 minutes ago, Pete W said:

Just lucky that I noticed it and managed a quick shot

Yes a very good quick shot. What camera are you using?

[Pete W]

1 minute ago, AJStrees said:

Yes a very good quick shot. What camera are you using?

That was with a Nikon D7500 + Sigma 150-600mm lens which makes it effectively 900mm because of sensor size. Here's the uncropped image. It was a fair distance away

[Pete W]

24 minutes ago, nepia said:

You're too modest; we've seen your 'quick shots' and they're professional standard.  Keep 'em coming.

I am lucky to live on the Estuary and work in the woods, so surrounded by wildlife. This Whooper flew straight toward me exactly five minutes after the Cuckoo flyby.

[AJStrees]

That was with a Nikon D7500 + Sigma 150-600mm lens which makes it effectively 900mm because of sensor size. Here's the uncropped image. It was a fair distance away

Very good indeed. Nice camera there.

I am about to get a better lens for my LUMIX micro four thirds. Will get me to 300mm which hopefully will work for some good close ups. More localised wildlife here.

Beautiful scene.

[AJStrees]

I am lucky to live on the Estuary and work in the woods, so surrounded by wildlife. This Whooper flew straight toward me exactly five minutes after the Cuckoo flyby.

Fantastic. Must be quite a sight those whoopers flying in.

[Pete W]

2 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Very good indeed. Nice camera there.

I am about to get a better lens for my LUMIX micro four thirds. Will get me to 300mm which hopefully will work for some good close ups. More localised wildlife here.

Beautiful scene.

It's a decent camera but I  was saving up for a full frame D850 until all this covid business kicked off, so that's on hold now. Lumix always get good reviews but I've never used one. There are other pics from the same session on my Twitter feed https://twitter.com/BSgroggins/status/1250149366742073354

Well better get back to shifting a big lump of Ash up a 30 degree slope!