
Still some Siskins and Crossbills around yesterday………………


The Crossbills were still on the local riverside. Not a vintage day for photos sadly: they weren’t so co-operative this morning.
The above one had a slight bill deformity.
Also around were Redpoll, Brambling, Great Egret, Goldeneye and the injured Whooper Swan.
I took a walk down the local river this morning with my new R5 and my very old 100-400L Mk1 coupled with a 1.4X teleconverter.
There were lots of birds about and I was surprised how reasonable the IQ was as i wasn’t expecting much. There were a lot of Crossbills around………..
If I pixel-peeped they were a little soft but, like I said, I was quite happy with these shots.
I picked up a new camera yesterday: The Canon R5. I took it out today and tried it out for the first time………..
The Crossbills were in the same place as a couple of weeks ago. The new camera is taking a bit to get used to……………a lot of new things to think about.
Crossbills seem easy to photograph near Hakodate: there are lots of lowish pine trees for a start……….
This particular spot has lots of pine trees on a windy cape. A very quiet place with hardly anyone around especially on a wintry weekend.
These are all females.