Hoopoe (1 Viewer)

[Carpathian Ed]

All morning I've been hearing, on and off, a hoopoe calling from the trees at the end of my garden. But because they have such a deep call I figured it must have been calling from further away. I managed to record a few seconds of its call. And then I saw it!. I thought I'd have to start driving around and outside the village to try and find it - they move around a lot. I am feeling deeply chuffed right now.
I really, really hate my camera. It has the single worst autofocus I've ever encountered.

 

[Kits]

At least you got record shots, Ed, and the excitement of actually seeing it. Well done!

 

[gerald762]

Hoopoe, and bee eater

I took this photo today, it is poor quality but I thought that seeing a bee eater and a hoopoe on the same branch must be rare!

 

[delia todd]

Cor!!! Certainly can't be an everyday sighting Gerald!!

Thanks for sharing your day with us lad..... and you too Ed. Autofocus can be a right pain at times, can't it. Sometimes it's because the background doesn't give enough 'contrast'... other times I'm at a loss LOL

 

[Kits]

Gosh, Gerald! How fabulous!

 

[gerald762]

Thanks for the kind comments. Ed, what camera have you got?

 

[Carpathian Ed]

I took this photo today, it is poor quality but I thought that seeing a bee eater and a hoopoe on the same branch must be rare!

Gerald, you win with that one! That's a one in a million shot. Plus they're in focus...
Last time I saw bee eaters was in Israel almost 30 years ago

 

[Carpathian Ed]

Thanks for the kind comments. Ed, what camera have you got?

I might as well be using a potato... it's a Canon SX 412is. Only after buying it did i read all the comments online about how the autofocus is almost unusable.
For my style of wildlife photography (basically quickly recording what I see whilst walking around rather than being stationary), I prefer superzooms. Also, the terrain I'm in makes carrying lots of kit or expensive equipment a bit infeasible. Plus I don't have the cash for a full zoom DSLR setup and to do similar with my micro 4/3rds Olympus would be staggeringly expensive

 

[gerald762]

I have no knowledge of that I camera so I can't help, sorry. I am lucky that there some bee eaters nesting about 4 Km from my house!