American Goldfinch pretty and bedraggled, and bedraggled Northern Cardinal

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Thanks, Steven. Blame the focusing abilities of the Z6II for the sharpness. :)
Great to see wildlife shots from the 'ii" -- I'm going to upgrade my Z6 (portraits and landscapes) to the Z7ii 'cause I've never owned a mega mega pixel camera; guessing from your results with the 6ii and Steve's review of both 6ii and 7ii that it will make a great second wildlife back up cam to my D6.
 
Great to see wildlife shots from the 'ii" -- I'm going to upgrade my Z6 (portraits and landscapes) to the Z7ii 'cause I've never owned a mega mega pixel camera; guessing from your results with the 6ii and Steve's review of both 6ii and 7ii that it will make a great second wildlife back up cam to my D6.
I expect the sensor in the Z6II is pretty close to the D6 in terms of low light noise performance, etc. The Z7II with its much higher density sensor will bring lots of benefits in terms of being able to crop and still have a decent image left. It won't be as good as the D6 for fast wildlife action work but you can make it work.
 
Oooh! A new category: BIR... Birds in Rain, as opposed to, you know, BIF. The rainy day images are priceless! Those poor birds out in the weather, and still posing for you. And furthermore, it means you were out there too in the rain. So kudos to you, man, persevering for your craft. ⭐x 5
 
Thanks, Jer. I need to confess, though - I'm not as tough as you think, I was nice and comfortable in the kitchen. My bird feeder used to be out in the back garden but we had a series of stay-at-home orders here in Ontario and that meant I could not go anywhere to get my photography fix when winter arrived. I moved the bird feeder onto the deck and positioned it against the railing. I then attached a dead branch to the railing next to the feeder to provide a perch for the birds that visit the feeder.

The camera is mounted on a tripod with gimbal next to the kitchen table. I sit on a chair with the tripod in front of me and I shoot through the sliding glass door (I cleaned the door very well, and I keep it like that for photography). The birds seem to think I'm not a threat to them due to the glass between us, so I manage to sit about 10 feet from them while they go about their business. Covid-19 has forced quite a few people to change the way they do things, myself included.
 
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