Have not shot many animals (if any) with the Z9, so I gave the animal eye focus a whirl. Seemed to work pretty good.

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You might see a dark form with a white head—a color variant called the “Blue Goose.”

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The Carolina Wren is a small but chunky bird with a round body and a long tail that it often cocks upward. The head is large with very little neck, and the distinctive bill marks it as a wren: long, slender, and downcurved.

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For the folks in my area, This is the nest above the house, Not the barn, without saying too much.
Go Eagles, just 1 more game please

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With their smaller lookalike, the Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawks make for famously tricky identifications. Both species are sometimes unwanted guests at bird feeders, looking for an easy meal (but not one of sunflower seeds).

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