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Published: 2018-01-20 13:38:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 222; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 3
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Sitta europaeaHidden GemsAfter only 1 year, I have managed to investigate and to get working one of the major features of my Canon EOS M5 mirrorless camera: the WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities such that the camera can be linked wirelessly to my smart phone, in this case a Samsung S8. I had tried this when I first bought the camera, but got hopeless lost trying to set it up. Now, with more determination, I have managed it. The upshot is that I can remotely control and fire the M5 from the smart phone. Given that WiFi and Bluetooth communications cam take place over 10s of meters, I need not be any where near the camera in order to operate it. The result is that I can set up the camera near wildlife, go away and be out of sight, yet take shots when something interesting comes into range. Basically, that is how I have been taking the recently posted shots of garden birds and intruders such as those below.
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Thank you kindly, Alex. I'll have to branch oout now, if we get some good weather and try Bluetooth in the local Park.
Cheers
David
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kind of an "emo bird" with that black slash across it's eye
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Good idea, Mike. The Masked Avian Crusader even.
Many Thanks
David
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Now that's a nice looking birdie!! 
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I'm not sure of the taxonomy for these birds, but I doubt a close relationship to hummingbirds and kingfishers. But, in one regard you are correct, Linda. Different birds have evolved along different lines over the ages, but that does not mean that different birds cannot have similar behavioral traits, at least in some circumstance. Nuthatches can flutter when approaching a feeding station or when re-perching. So that is a bit like a humming bird. But, they need to be perched before actually feeding, unlike the humming bird. So some behaviour similarities, but not a total match.
Cheers
David
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I'm not sure this nuthatch has a personal name, Henry, but perhaps Nutty would be appropriate?
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David
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Thank you kindly, Sheri.
Cheers
David
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You are most welcome, David! And a night capture to boot...impressive!
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Not quite a night capture, Sheri - very early morning with very poor light - so I used flas!
Cheers
David
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Oh I am a dodo. I see that is was 9am...wow...still dark then? I didn't realize you stayed so dark this time of year but it makes sense, I am only at the 39th parallel. You are much higher.
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Light was poor then, Sheri, but I set the ISO low to reduce noise and relied on the flash to get a reasonable exposure for the bird. As is often the case with flash, the background appears darker than it really was.
David
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I had the devil of a job to get the wee fellow to pose like that!
Many Thanks, Ann.
David
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Thank you very much, Sandy. Just lucky to capture this particular moment!
Cheers
David
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