Kevin Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 5 hours ago, IKLland said: That’s a trip report, not a checklist. https://ebird.org/checklist/S102792670 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S102892296 Here a checklist from this morning where I was messing around with a 2x converter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Tanager 101 said: https://ebird.org/checklist/S102892296 Here a checklist from this morning where I was messing around with a 2x converter. Be careful with a 2x. It can usually really slow down the AF and get less sharp images. It’s better to buy a longer lens than use a converter, unless you have a big 500mm or 600mm f/4 lens, which they work really well with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, IKLland said: Be careful with a 2x. It can usually really slow down the AF and get less sharp images. It’s better to buy a longer lens than use a converter, unless you have a big 500mm or 600mm f/4 lens, which they work really well with. Yeah thanks for telling me. I have definitely figured it out. Autofocus does not work. Well it does, it just keeps focusing and won't let me take the photo. So yeah AF doesn't work, when I use the converter it is usally when I am just messing around. It is really hard to get the correct manual focus, totally not really worth trying. I use my parent's Sony with a 300mm lens. I want to get a nikon with a 500 or 600mm lens. Yeah but long lenses are sooo expensive, and I probably should bother getting a long sony one when I plan to eventually get a nikon anyways. This is like the one photo I like that I got with the converter on. I just leave it off and try REALLY HARD with 300mm. It annoys me but I have gotten some great shots like the Dunlin. This is a low resolution photo of it. The real one is a lot clearer. Edited February 18, 2022 by Tanager 101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Not interesting species-wise, but notable as the first of many strolls through the local parks with my 3-day-old strapped to my chest. https://ebird.org/checklist/S102927161 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, Tanager 101 said: Yeah thanks for telling me. I have definitely figured it out. Autofocus does not work. Well it does, it just keeps focusing and won't let me take the photo. So yeah AF doesn't work, when I use the converter it is usally when I am just messing around. It is really hard to get the correct manual focus, totally not really worth trying. I use my parent's Sony with a 300mm lens. I want to get a nikon with a 500 or 600mm lens. Yeah but long lenses are sooo expensive, and I probably should bother getting a long sony one when I plan to eventually get a nikon anyways. This is like the one photo I like that I got with the converter on. I just leave it off and try REALLY HARD with 300mm. It annoys me but I have gotten some great shots like the Dunlin. This is a low resolution photo of it. The real one is a lot clearer. Nice. For a budget(ish) telephoto lens for Sony is the tamron 150-500mm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 38 minutes ago, PaulK said: Not interesting species-wise, but notable as the first of many strolls through the local parks with my 3-day-old strapped to my chest. https://ebird.org/checklist/S102927161 Nice! I still would have gotten 4 lifers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 hours ago, PaulK said: Not interesting species-wise, but notable as the first of many strolls through the local parks with my 3-day-old strapped to my chest. https://ebird.org/checklist/S102927161 Congrats, man! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 35 minutes ago, meghann said: Congrats, man! Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Dumped on the tricolored heron and canvasbacks at this location, however…..my best checklist ever. https://ebird.org/checklist/S103091820 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103131359 Took a trip to see the owls and saw them! Fun and freezing! Did most of the watching from a heated car. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Lots of great shots today! https://ebird.org/checklist/S103417337 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmWarbler Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Just now, IKLland said: Lots of great shots today! https://ebird.org/checklist/S103417337 Those GWFG shots are crazy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 56 minutes ago, IKLland said: Lots of great shots today! https://ebird.org/checklist/S103417337 Super nice shots man! Congrats on the lifers! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103533961 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103578491 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmWarbler Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: https://ebird.org/checklist/S103578491 Nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103590581 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On a mini birding trip, just today and tomorrow. Hoping to get coastal sparrows, black-backed gulls, and oystercatchers tomorrow. Oystercatchers avoid me like crazy. Today's: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S103626290 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S103662313 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S103662363 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S103662147 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Lots of goodies for the county here today! Not bad for a quick visit. Two WTSP was a huge surprise as I'm only aware of a total of eight birds in the county this year. https://ebird.org/checklist/S103773890 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103943144 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Finally a checklist today with more species than @IKLland's average neighborhood list ? Big blackbird movement today, saw FOY Cowbird, Common Grackle, and Rusty Blackbird. And county lifer Lapland Longspur, only the second time I've seen any! https://ebird.org/checklist/S103974181 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S104053507 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S104083334 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 30 minutes ago, Kevin said: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104083334 That list would give me six lifers…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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