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Message: <blockquote data-quote="elkcub" data-source="post: 1451180" data-attributes="member: 14473">Kevin,I asked Nick the same question.  His answer was, that's how HHS wanted it, period.  No rationale.  I have the same problem with the pull-ups on my 820, which didn't arrive with a rain guard so I don't know what the originals looked like.  Yes, common birds.  Initially, I was so struck by the 804ED that I got a new field guide and started to revisit all the species from scratch, based on the feeling that if I hadn't seen them with the ED, I hadn't seen them at all.  That all proved to be true.  Even European Starlings and House Sparrows became intensely interesting.  There is no way to get around good lighting, though, and the subtle delights of the ED disappear in poor lighting, like stale coffee. Ed</blockquote>