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Sometimes it just won't do to wait, before going after that itch.
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I believe someone got caught with their hand... beak in the cookie jar. Again!

I setup my camera so I could trigger it remotely and not bother the birds, but as I happen to go reset it, the Jay landed and proceeded to gather a bounty. What's interesting to me is the bright yellow corn husk in it's beak.

The second image I think shows it off better.
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I believe someone got caught with their hand... beak in the cookie jar. Again!

I setup my camera so I could trigger it remotely and not bother the birds, but as I happen to go reset it, the Jay landed and proceeded to gather a bounty. What's interesting to me is the bright yellow corn husk in it's beak.

The second image I think shows it off better.
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Nice detail, The cookie jar contained no Corn?
 
I went out before sunset to hang out in the wet ground near a local pond, I was there a little over an hour. There was not much happening until it did. For a few minutes this Black-Neck Stilt landed not to far from where I was low to the ground.

It got so close to me that I had to back the zoom out in some images to get the full bird. This particular image was at the 600mm range of the Sony FE200-600mm at F8, using the A6600 which is now giving me an effective 800mm lens.

At 1/2000 of sec, the ISO was at 5000. What I've never seen before was the eye, it does have some red in it. :) On my monitor I can see the reflection of the area behind me on its eye.

The lens was practically on the ground and I was looking down on the tilt screen.

I was able to capture many images, including a comapanion Killdeer that went along side the Black-Neck Stilt for a little bit. Two eyes but not necessarily in focus at the same time.

The cloudy sunset hour made for some nice, soft light. Cropped to 16:9, processed in DXOPureRAW and Exported to Photoshop.
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I went out before sunset to hang out in the wet ground near a local pond, I was there a little over an hour. There was not much happening until it did. For a few minutes this Black-Neck Stilt landed not to far from where I was low to the ground.

It got so close to me that I had to back the zoom out in some images to get the full bird. This particular image was at the 600mm range of the Sony FE200-600mm at F8, using the A6600 which is now giving me an effective 800mm lens.

At 1/2000 of sec, the ISO was at 5000. What I've never seen before was the eye, it does have some red in it. :) On my monitor I can see the reflection of the area behind me on its eye.

The lens was practically on the ground and I was looking down on the tilt screen.

I was able to capture many images, including a comapanion Killdeer that went along side the Black-Neck Stilt for a little bit. Two eyes but not necessarily in focus at the same time.

The cloudy sunset hour made for some nice, soft light. Cropped to 16:9, processed in DXOPureRAW and Exported to Photoshop.
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Nicely done, love the backstory, nice detail even at ISO 5000. (y)
 
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