Carrion Crow sky

 yesterday was mostly foggy to 13:00 but then the sun broke through and there was some really nice cloud and light 

coastal catch up

a few other local birds

The 5D4 IQ shows well in the Carrion Crow shot -- Kingfishers are massive crops

5D4 first day out

not quite but the first day trying to blast off a few sample images; after much soul searching went for a Canon 5D4 in my continuing quest for a lighter weight camera set up used with the Canon 400 DO2 and 1.4III converter -- variable cloud cover and cold wind today so not much bird action locally -- herewith a series of first fly by grabs and an under canopy Willow Warbler  Mallard in a shady ditch -- IQ seems amazing and lack of noise really significant but early days -- dull day Swifts are often a good indicator

you can tell its a dull day when --

you start photographing Cormorants and Gadwall -- having said that this is probably the best photo of a flying Cormorant I have --