@kolombiken personally I have none locally, these were from a recent trip to Yorkshire. As far as I know, Tree Sparrows have either a black or brown beak. (Unlike house sparrows who’s beak colour can change with the seasons). It’s not something I have thought about until you raised the question. But looking through other images of Tree sparrows,most are very dark.

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@[email protected] thanks. It’s the only shot I liked this evening. First time in ages I took no shots of birds.

@[email protected] I’ve been here three years in November, and I’m still not quite sure how all this works… 😅 thank you for the kind words…

@[email protected] thanks. Watermark may need a little tweeking so it’s not so “in your face”…

@[email protected] ???. We do not have Snowy Egrets in UK. So I’m 100% sure it’s a little Egret. [Egretta garzetta]

@[email protected] thanks. unfortunately i’d need to take the shot again to remove the foreground blur. Aperture was wide open, would need f10 to 14 to get the detail you ask for. With birds, I’m always wide open, to allow faster speed options.

@[email protected] thanks. Just got lucky today.

@[email protected] there were quite a few of them with black eyes, but all their flying and behaviour was perfectly normal, so I think they were fine.

@[email protected] he wasn’t that happy. Had been continuously mobbed by Black headed gulls for ages.

@[email protected] yeah. Makes sense. I loved the 400mm, and would have happily kept it, but I wanted more reach and couldn’t afford to keep both .

I’ve been shooting in bad light forever. [Comes with living in the the UK, and a love for woodland birds 🐦] so am fairly confident with handling poor light at narrower appatures…

@[email protected] do you use a 1.4 tele convertor with the 400?. If you do, it makes the 400 basically the same weight and size of the 600… it really is practically the same. The biggest drawback in my opinion is the auto focus is not as strong as the 400"s , but the opportunities are more frequent with the 600

@[email protected] traded up my 400 for 600, but i though the minimum focal length of the 600 (4 metres) would be an issue, but it turns out it is okay :)

@[email protected] the same as for birds. I travel light, so just the one lens. [z 600pf]

@[email protected] All birds are my friends…I’d hope they would think the same of me 😂

@[email protected] it was just taking a break from trying to steal eggs from a bunch of nesting Black-headed gulls…

@[email protected] thanks. Been chasing Cuckoo’s for 2 years. Finally got one .

@[email protected] thank you.

@[email protected] Thanks. Had been following it round the reserve for a couple of hours, finally it flew close enough for a photo…

@[email protected] Thanks Charlie.