We have had magpies nesting in our apple tree next to the house. They built the nest all the way back in April, spent May and June defending the entire garden ferociously with seemingly no signs of any young, then at the start of last week I saw one young magpie, fairly sizeable but still barely fledged! I follow their progress daily and often put out food for them. The parents continue to defend the territory while this one youngster finds its way. I've completely changed my view on magpies and had no idea just how intelligent they are, and fascinating to watch and listen to; they all seem to recognise me well enough now to allow closer photography opportunities than I've ever had with these birds previously. It's been a real privilege to have seen all of this, this year!
Always nice to see a song thrush. I’m very fortunate to have seen a mistle and song thrush outside my bedroom window. Mistle thrush do not like wood pigeons! 😅😎👊🙏
Love the incoming flight shot. Just usual house sparrows and starlings on house, but after 3 years robins finally (and successfully) used the old stainless steel kettle lodged in the bush near the back door.
@@EspenHelland thanks Espen, I strongly encourage you to. Jan is known here as the bird whisperer and Duade often photographs with him on his property. Both their work is amazing
Oh man! That ice cream! You're killing me...We are in a bit of heat wave here in Western Canada. My mouth was watering! Great video, Espen. Thanks for sharing :)
Great video as always, Espen with some great photos and video in the ideal bird photography surroundings…….. Just perfect. Only wish I could get a selection of these kind of birds in my garden……just wonderful to see Jays what a beautiful bird they are. Your tip on backgrounds is key as a messy background can sure spoil the perfect image. Thank you for sharing
How adaptable these birds are, Espen!. They can breed in the Scottish cool weather or in the really dry and hot Spanish weather. I remember when you were in Spain one summer and you had the flycatcher outside your door.
My sort of wildlife photography Espen close to home ! You cut out at least one variable the subject turning up ! You can try everything you have in the house and even throw in the kitchen sink if required ! Awesome work I think ! Well everyone is working close to home these days ?
Nice pic with pro capture!! Espen in this case when you use the pro capture, where do you focus? you focus on nest? How to get the first photo in focus? thank you :)
Yes, with these types of shots I focus on the nest and I compose so that I have empty space for the bird to fly. They’re not always all sharp as it depends what direction the bird flies, but after a couple of go’s I end up with a few decent ones.
Hey peeps, I’m searching for the best setup for this type of thing Espen does, called ‘being at peace with our inner @Stefano Ilardo’. Can’t make up my mind between all the brands, after watching tons of video’s. The Oly doesn’t seem to ever get feather-sharp and is noise-sensitive, the Canon R6 doesn’t have a matching affordable zoomlens unless with an adapter that is reported buggy, Nikon Z6 mkII seems to require some intense menu-diving before being able to do this, FUJIFILM is not exactly cheaper, nobody seems to win bird photography contests with the Sony A7III which is ageing fast, and only seems to have those big BIG lenses that you can’t take on a cycling trekking, … Any advice is welcome.
😅 👍 - Impossible question 🤯 Best thing to do is try out a few options I think. Rent some good gear for a weekend of photography and see what you think. Olympus suits me, keeps me lightweight and easy to film on the go without using a tripod. But yes, it doesn't have the ISO capabilities that some of the newer full frame cameras does.
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Super excited to have spotted flycatchers nesting on our building! Does anyone else have any cool birds nesting on your house this season?
We have had magpies nesting in our apple tree next to the house. They built the nest all the way back in April, spent May and June defending the entire garden ferociously with seemingly no signs of any young, then at the start of last week I saw one young magpie, fairly sizeable but still barely fledged! I follow their progress daily and often put out food for them. The parents continue to defend the territory while this one youngster finds its way. I've completely changed my view on magpies and had no idea just how intelligent they are, and fascinating to watch and listen to; they all seem to recognise me well enough now to allow closer photography opportunities than I've ever had with these birds previously. It's been a real privilege to have seen all of this, this year!
The image of the spotted flycatcher approaching the nest is a gem.
Thank you 🙂
Beautiful sharing ❤️
Big like always thumbs up my dear 👍
Thank you Rabi :)
Always nice to see a song thrush. I’m very fortunate to have seen a mistle and song thrush outside my bedroom window. Mistle thrush do not like wood pigeons! 😅😎👊🙏
Nice one 👍
Love the incoming flight shot. Just usual house sparrows and starlings on house, but after 3 years robins finally (and successfully) used the old stainless steel kettle lodged in the bush near the back door.
Thank you :) That's great about the robin nesting, in a kettle as well!
Made me laugh when you started digging stumps into your lawn😂 I thought there was only me who could get away with that!! Lovely shots Espen👍
haha! haven't got away with it yet 😬
Jan Wegener and Duade Paton have some great work on perch set-ups that are well worth the time mate.
Thanks, will check it out! Setup perches isn't something I do very often
@@EspenHelland thanks Espen, I strongly encourage you to. Jan is known here as the bird whisperer and Duade often photographs with him on his property. Both their work is amazing
Oh man! That ice cream! You're killing me...We are in a bit of heat wave here in Western Canada. My mouth was watering! Great video, Espen. Thanks for sharing :)
😅 the luxury of shooting close to home!
Great video as always, Espen with some great photos and video in the ideal bird photography surroundings……..
Just perfect. Only wish I could get a selection of these kind of birds in my garden……just wonderful to see Jays what a beautiful bird they are. Your tip on backgrounds is key as a messy background can sure spoil the perfect image. Thank you for sharing
Thanks John! I couldn't be much luckier with where I live :)
Love your video, Looking forward to watching more. Amazing shots of some great birds while eating ice cream, haha. Awesome.
😅 Thank you Kitty!
great video
How adaptable these birds are, Espen!. They can breed in the Scottish cool weather or in the really dry and hot Spanish weather. I remember when you were in Spain one summer and you had the flycatcher outside your door.
I know Marcos, amazing how adaptive they are! I miss Spain, can't wait to go back one day :) Hope you're doing well
really really really did i say really good stuff, if I can find a big ol branch, I'll try the same in my backyard. Good stuff Espen!
Thank you very much Randy!
Very nice video you are like where you live. 😃
Thank you Wayne! Live in a great place, feel very lucky :)
My sort of wildlife photography Espen close to home ! You cut out at least one variable the subject turning up ! You can try everything you have in the house and even throw in the kitchen sink if required ! Awesome work I think ! Well everyone is working close to home these days ?
Cheers! It's distracting to get any work done in the office with these guys flying about all day though 😅
absolutely brilliant.
Thank you 🙂🙏
Nice pic with pro capture!! Espen in this case when you use the pro capture, where do you focus? you focus on nest? How to get the first photo in focus? thank you :)
Yes, with these types of shots I focus on the nest and I compose so that I have empty space for the bird to fly. They’re not always all sharp as it depends what direction the bird flies, but after a couple of go’s I end up with a few decent ones.
Nice work Espen. Did you use the Panasonic 100-400mm lens or the Olympus 100-400mm lens ?
Cheers Chris, I don’t have either of those actually. I was using my 300mm f/4 👍
Hey peeps, I’m searching for the best setup for this type of thing Espen does, called ‘being at peace with our inner @Stefano Ilardo’. Can’t make up my mind between all the brands, after watching tons of video’s. The Oly doesn’t seem to ever get feather-sharp and is noise-sensitive, the Canon R6 doesn’t have a matching affordable zoomlens unless with an adapter that is reported buggy, Nikon Z6 mkII seems to require some intense menu-diving before being able to do this, FUJIFILM is not exactly cheaper, nobody seems to win bird photography contests with the Sony A7III which is ageing fast, and only seems to have those big BIG lenses that you can’t take on a cycling trekking, … Any advice is welcome.
😅 👍 - Impossible question 🤯 Best thing to do is try out a few options I think. Rent some good gear for a weekend of photography and see what you think. Olympus suits me, keeps me lightweight and easy to film on the go without using a tripod. But yes, it doesn't have the ISO capabilities that some of the newer full frame cameras does.
@@EspenHelland thank you so much for taking the time to answer my impossibilities. Enjoy beautiful Scotland that we miss dearly here in Belgium!
Amazing pictures! What is the brand of your photographic camara?
OM System (Olympus)
@@EspenHelland Thank you very much!
It's been a while since I have gone out for a shoot the lockdown has really messed up my skills 😅
Enjoyable as always, would you use iso 5000 with the OMD mkii which you also have? I find anything above 2000 to be almost unusable
I wouldn’t push the em1ii that far either. I think the em1x is probably 2x better if not a bit more with handling noise than the em1ii.
WOW... 😲😲🙌🙌 Great video... 👌👌👍👍
(Please , switch on the subtitles... 🙏🙏)
"SALUDOS... 👋🙋😃 "
Thank you 🙂 do you not get the option to turn them on? I’ll see what I can do.
@@EspenHelland No... , no me aparece en subtítulos... . "Thank you very much..." 🙏🙏👍👌
Put seeds on the branch.
Not sure if they would go for that, think flycatchers are strictly insectivorous. have you ever tried?
@@EspenHelland one can buy bags of insects. Not sure how small an insect one can buy. Maybe these little guys only eat fresh kill.
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