Off the leash

I had the 1D set up trying to get birds landing on the birdhouse when flickers came into the yard. I decided to see how skittish they were and ventured out into the yard with the R5/100-400. To my surprise, they were fairly approachable. After two days, I determined that there is a family of four, and the adults are still feeding the fledglings to some extent.

I did get this motion-triggered shot of a magpie with the 1D, but I fear it may be giving up the ghost after 21 years. Many of the images from the past few days have a diagonal thick black blob covering up much of the image. Another anomoly is a horizontal light shape across most of the image. That is what can be seen here behind the magpie. I'll do some more testing, but I fear the worst. It is not worth fixing. It might finally get put up on eBay as a "parts" camera.

Fledgling (left) getting fed by Dad.

The adult male has the red chin.