Bird Watching: Osprey season 2011. All three chicks are thriving., 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
The chicks weren't doing much yesterday and the lighting wasn't the best - that is until we were all packed up to go then the sun shone through.

Here, on of the chicks was watching a bird flying overhead, decided it was scary and promptly hunkered down - all the while keeping an eye on it.

Jan, Pete uses a Canon 50D with 500mm f4 lens or 100-400mm zoom, sometimes with teleconverter. I have a Canon 40D and use 500mm f4 lens or if I'm hand-holding, will use my Canon 400mm f5.6 lens. the 40D loses autofocus with Canon teleconverters attached, which is very disappointing. Both of us use a Gitzo tripod, Pete has the Wimberley head and I have the 4th Gen Mongoose head. We are both looking for Canon 7D's at the moment. Denis was there yesterday and I took some shots with one of his 1D Mk IV's with the 70-200mm f2.8 lens and 1.4 converter. Absolutely amazing; rapid fire and instantaneous focussing. Sigh.