The common cuckoo is a bird that is on my "hate" list because I hear it so often when I visit the forests here in Austria, but I was never able to take a picture of it. The last weekend I finally was able to take a picture of it as it sat down on a tree in front of me and started to sing: "cuckoo, cuckoo". Fortunately it sang otherwise I would have mistaken it for a dove. Because it can easily mistaken for another bird when the light is not good like on this day I might have missed already several opportunities to take some pictures of this bird.
my first picture of the cuckoo. Picture: Florian Glechner.
| Camera used | Nikon D500 |
|---|---|
| Lens used | Sigma 150-600 mm lens |
| Filter used | none |
| Exposure Time | 1/3200 Seconds |
| Aperture used | F6.3 |
| Focal Length | 600 mm |
| Time | 09:05 am |
| ISO | 1000 |