I know, right? It’s quite amazing how far they travel and how they find their way! Another pair (probably even the same pair!) was seen at the exact same spot last year as well.

From personal experience I can say that it runs very well at high settings! Nearly level 20 now and haven’t had any issues yet.

Ich folge Laszlo auf Mastodon und Pixelfed tatsächlich bereits :-) Einen Pixelfed-Account habe ich nicht, ich bin aber auf Mastodon und betreibe meine eigene Instanz für Vogelliebhaber und poste dort auch meine Fotos.

Morgens rausgehen und Vögel beobachten und fotografieren! Heute auch wieder gut vier Stunden unterwegs gewesen.

I do not mind at all! I used a EOS R10 with a Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 at 600 mm, f/8.0 and a shutter speed of 1/2000s. ISO was set automatically by the camera. Then some light editing in Lightroom afterwards.

I started last year with a really inadequate camera and lens. Only this year did I get a better setup. What kinds of lenses do you have?

Thanks a lot!

Thank you :-)

Yeah, anything above f/8.0 tends to be a bit too soft for me at 600 mm. At the lens’ lowest focal length of 150 mm, using f/6.3 tends to yield the sharpest results. Also remember that the larger the aperture, the smaller the number (f/6.3 is a larger aperture than f/8.0).

The effect is greatly exaggerated by the focal length, yes. The background is mostly trees that are like 20 metres away.

And yeah, photographing birds can be a bit tricky. So fast!

Thank you very much! :-)

I used a Canon EOS R10 with a Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 at 600 mm and f/8.0. Larger apertures aren’t that sharp with this lens, unfortunately.

I’ve had plenty of others recommend the H2n to me, I think I’ll be getting that one. Thanks for the recommendation for the wind jammer, I’ll check if there’s one for the H2n from Rycote. :-)

Okay, that’s good to hear then :-)

I guess Lemmy is a little bit half-baked in some areas still, I’m sure it’ll be ironed out in the coming weeks and months!

Is this you’re telling me I shouldn’t crosspost stuff to other communities? Is it frowned upon? I’m sorry if it is!

Common in the grand scheme of things, sure. But common for me? Nope. Especially the Firecrest is only rarely seen around here so it was exciting to finally be able to see it and also hear it sing :-) Same for the linnet, it isn’t all that common either. The Common Redstart for example is also quite uncommon here, despite its name. You mostly only see Black Redstarts around here.

Where are you from that they’re so common where you are?

Merlin Bird ID by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

I made !birding@lemmy.world if you’re interested :-)

And you’re right about Merlin! I never fully trust it either, but in this case I just used it to confirm that the call I heard was, indeed, a firecrest. I don’t hear them too often so I wasn’t sure. I ended up seeing it as well.

But I’ve had Merlin misidentify things before. It heard part of a Song Thrushes singing and thought it was an oystercatcher 😬

Edit: wrong link

That’s one of the bugs.

Hm, maybe that’s a problem with the instance you’re on? Mine loads fine.

What problems are you facing on the website exactly? I’m just accessing my instance’s website via Safari and it works pretty okay. I’d just recommend opening threads in a new tab, perhaps.

There isn’t really an alternative to Mlem at present, so the only thing you can do is to make due with it for now and / or use the website. I mainly use the website at present because Mlem doesn’t have a compact mode.