Bird ID .... Help!

"Jerry Avins" wrote

A 400 mm cannon is a whopping big gun! Seriously, that's a whopping big
lens. I have a 500 mm mirror lens for my Minolta, fixed f/8, but it's
probably harder to hold it steady than your longer, heavier lens. You use
it superbly.

Remember the 400 mm f/6.3 preset lenses that cost, what, about $40 way back
when? I forget... Never saw one, and wonder if they were any good.

Howard in Tucson

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:43:07 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote:

Annika1980 wrote:
On Nov 9, 1:09 pm, wrote:
I keep suet out for the birds all the time. I notice I have the same
birds coming back every year. Tiny sparrows will eat out of my hand.
My grandfather, who lived in Bruce Mines, had a pet wild crow. I
guess that's where I get my love for birds.

I grew up hating birds. Blame Hitchcock.
Now I find myself spending a lot of time photographing them.
I used to shoot them with a Crosman or a slingshot.
Now I use a Canon.

A 400 mm cannon is a whopping big gun! Seriously, that's a whopping big
lens. I have a 500 mm mirror lens for my Minolta, fixed f/8, but it's
probably harder to hold it steady than your longer, heavier lens. You
use it superbly.

Jerry
Try a sigma 50-500 Bigma....makes my arm ache after carrying it on a
Canon 5D for a couple hours.

Dave
Dave Fouchey

Florence, SC

N34° 11' 36.40"

W79° 47' 6.85"

WA4EMR

Dave Fouchey wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:43:07 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote:

Annika1980 wrote:
On Nov 9, 1:09 pm, wrote:
I keep suet out for the birds all the time. I notice I have the same
birds coming back every year. Tiny sparrows will eat out of my hand.
My grandfather, who lived in Bruce Mines, had a pet wild crow. I
guess that's where I get my love for birds.
I grew up hating birds. Blame Hitchcock.
Now I find myself spending a lot of time photographing them.
I used to shoot them with a Crosman or a slingshot.
Now I use a Canon.
A 400 mm cannon is a whopping big gun! Seriously, that's a whopping big
lens. I have a 500 mm mirror lens for my Minolta, fixed f/8, but it's
probably harder to hold it steady than your longer, heavier lens. You
use it superbly.

Jerry
Try a sigma 50-500 Bigma....makes my arm ache after carrying it on a
Canon 5D for a couple hours.

My Celestron C5 functions as a 1250 mm f/10 alone or a 788 f/6.3 with
the field flattener. The tripod weighs 12 pounds, the mount another 10.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

On Nov 9, 11:25 pm, Jerry Avins wrote:

My Celestron C5 functions as a 1250 mm f/10 alone or a 788 f/6.3 with
the field flattener. The tripod weighs 12 pounds, the mount another 10.

My old Criterion Dynascope RV-6 is also 1250mm @f/8.
Kinda tough to track flying birds with, but you can set a nickel on a
street sign a block away and read the date on it.

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:25:41 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote:

Dave Fouchey wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:43:07 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote:

Annika1980 wrote:
On Nov 9, 1:09 pm, wrote:
I keep suet out for the birds all the time. I notice I have the same
birds coming back every year. Tiny sparrows will eat out of my hand.
My grandfather, who lived in Bruce Mines, had a pet wild crow. I
guess that's where I get my love for birds.
I grew up hating birds. Blame Hitchcock.
Now I find myself spending a lot of time photographing them.
I used to shoot them with a Crosman or a slingshot.
Now I use a Canon.
A 400 mm cannon is a whopping big gun! Seriously, that's a whopping big
lens. I have a 500 mm mirror lens for my Minolta, fixed f/8, but it's
probably harder to hold it steady than your longer, heavier lens. You
use it superbly.

Jerry
Try a sigma 50-500 Bigma....makes my arm ache after carrying it on a
Canon 5D for a couple hours.

My Celestron C5 functions as a 1250 mm f/10 alone or a 788 f/6.3 with
the field flattener. The tripod weighs 12 pounds, the mount another 10.

Jerry
Don't have the field flattener Jerry but my Celestron 130 SLT is
comparable in size and weight....and when I add the power back to
support it, the inverter, the laptop AND the Camera...ugh.

Dave
Dave Fouchey

Florence, SC

N34° 11' 36.40"

W79° 47' 6.85"

WA4EMR

"Annika1980" wrote in message
ps.com...
I've been chasing these guys for months, but finally got a good shot
of one yesterday in a magnolia tree.

Any ID help will be greatly appreciated.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/88659593

As said, a Northern Flicker. We have them at our cabin, and they are a
fascinating bird.

Steve