Quote Originally Posted by Andy Stringer View Post
Dave, it was a male house sparrow, like the one that visited my garden last weekend.

Male House Sparrow by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr
1D Mark IV, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM +1.4x @560mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 640

It's similar to the less common tree sparrow, but the tree sparrow has a black patch on its cheeks.

Here's another garden visitor, often mistaken for a female sparrow but the narrower beak tells me that this is a dunnock.

Dunnock by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr
1D Mark IV, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM +1.4x @560mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 200
Andrew

The background effect in your photos is very interesting, any idea how its created?

Tony