Rare because it was in focus! Also, the outing was mini, not the birds. They were full-sized.
I gave my camera a thorough cleaning and took it to Lower Hume Park this afternoon to test it out and see if it would behave or go berserk.
It behaved!
I saw a Northern flicker, a pair of mallards, a bunch of robins and a song sparrow. I got pictures of all of them, but the song sparrow refused to stand still, so every shot is either an action shot, or it has its head down or facing away.
Here are three of the flicker, a robin and the male mallard.
