Bird Shots from Uist

Short-eared Owl (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 1000, handheld)

Last weekend we had a short trip to North Uist to visit friends and I took the chance to get out and do a bit of bird watching and photography.  In total I had 71 species of bird over the two days and I managed to capture the following shots of some of them.  The highlight was getting the one above of a short-eared owl sitting on a post watching me on Sunday morning.  There is a bit of noise as the ISO was quite high at 1000, but the early morning mist meant that the light levels were pretty low, so all-in-all I am pretty happy with the result.  Other bird highlights included seeing a corncrake, good views of corn bunting and a few black-tailed godwits.  I also had fleeting views of hen harrier, not good enough to try and get any photos though.

Sedge Warbler (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 250, handheld)

Wren (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 250, handheld)

Starling (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 320, handheld)

Greenfinch (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 1000, handheld)

Black-tai;;ed godwits (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 320, handheld)

Eider ducks (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 400, handheld)

Shelducks (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 400, handheld)

Turnstone (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 320, handheld)

Eiders (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 7.1, ISO 200, handheld)

Turnstone (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 200, handheld)

Preening dunlin (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 200, handheld)

A group of dunlin (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 250, handheld)

Dunlin (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 320, handheld)

Dunnlin (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 250, handheld)

Sanderling (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 250, handheld)

Ringed Plover (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 200, handheld)

Corn Bunting (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 400, handheld)

Whooper Swan (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 8, ISO 200, handheld)

Dunlin (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 7.1, ISO 200, handheld)

Dunlin (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 8, ISO 200, handheld)

Shovelers (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 10, ISO 200, handheld)

Collared Dove (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 640, handheld)

Wren (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 6.3, ISO 320, handheld)

Female Wheatear (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 500, handheld)

Male Wheatear (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS Pro lens plus MC-14 1.4x teleconverter, 1/500 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 640, handheld)