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Waxwing

            Dull, cloudy, mild morning at RSPB Old Moor.

This female Waxwing has been at Old Moor for the last three days, today was my first chance to go and try to get some photos.

The conditions were challenging, ISO 5000 to get a decent shutter speed as this lovely migrant flitted about the Rose Hips looking for a juicy meal.

The waxwing is a plump bird, which is slightly smaller than a starling. It has a prominent crest. It is reddish-brown with a black throat, a small black mask round its eye, yellow and white in the wings and a yellow-tipped tail. It does not breed in the UK, but is a winter visitor, in some years in larger numbers, called irruptions, when the population on its breeding grounds gets too big for the food available.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / South Yorkshire (show map)

Taken on: December 17, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D810, f/6.3, 1/200 sec, 600mm, ISO 5000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	5000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Macintosh)
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