A Couple of Birds

Female Stonechat (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 IS Pro lens, MC-40 2x Teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/9, ISO 2500, handheld)

I caught these two birds during a recent bird survey at Duirinish and Drumbuie on the Balmacara Estate in Lochalsh.  The first two are pin sharp as the bird was being particularly accommodating - not that unusual for stonechats which tend to perch on prominent plants or rocks making their distinctive chack-chack noise which sounds like two stones being knocked together.  I lke the first one because the bird is chacking with its mouth open, but the second one is perhaps slightly sharper, maybe it wasn't moving when I took the picture.

Female Stonechat (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 IS Pro lens, MC-40 2x Teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/9, ISO 2500, handheld)

he second bird is a sedge warbler, which like the stonechat is also prone to making itself fairly obvious and making lots of angry sounding chittering noises, although they also skulk in dense scrub making them hard to spot at times.

Sedge Warbler (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 IS Pro lens, MC-40 2x Teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/8, ISO 200, handheld)