Fledging Spring Chicks!

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Exploring west Hilversum in the Netherlands around Corvers Forest and Gooilust. Following great spotted woodpecker nest in all three stages of the chick's eventful life so far. As well as a newly fledged Nuthatch chick that saw a Jay a bit too soon out the nest than it would have liked.


Filming with the Sony Ar7iii with the Sony 200-600
Vlog cam is the Go Pro hero 8

The kit I use for my films. Some of these links are affiliate links others are not. This helps support the channel and my next adventures. Thank you!

Wildlife Rig
Super-Tele Zoom - Sony 200-600mm
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Super-Tele Prime - Sigma 500mm F4
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Sony 1.4X converter
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Fav Lens - Sony 70-200mm F2.8 GM ii OSS
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EF to E mount adaptor - Sigma MC-11
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Main hybrid Cam - Sony A1
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S35 cine cam - Sony FX-30
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XLR Mic - Rode NTG5
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XLR Adapter - Sony XLR-K3M
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Monitor & RAW Recorder - Atomos Ninja V+
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EVF - Portkeys LEYE III EVF
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Tripod Video head - Sachtler aktiv8
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Tripod legs - Sachtler flowtech 75
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Travel tripod legs - Gitzo GT4553SUS
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Travel fluid tripod head - Gitzo 2-Way Fluid Head
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Slider arm - edelkrone wing pro
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V-lock batteries - FX Lion Nano
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Vlog and drone set-up
Vlog Cam main - Sony A7s iii
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Vlog lens - Sigma 16-28mm f2.8
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Small vlog camera - Sony ZV-1
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Go Pro - GoPro hero 11
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Vlog Shotgun mic - Rode NTG VideoMic
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Sony Vlog mic - ECM-B10
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Vlog tripod - Peak Design Travel Tripod
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Vlogging light - Aputure Amaran AL-MC RGB
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Lav Mic - Sennheiser ME 2-II
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Audio recorder - Zoom F1
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Wireless Lav Recorder - Rode Wireless Go ii
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Small drone - DJI Mini 3 pro
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Big Drone - DJI Mavic 3
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Bags
Large photo backpack - Shimoda x70
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Hand luggage backpack - Shimoda x50
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Camping away backpack - Bergans Powerframe 130L+
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Studio
Key light - Nanlite 300
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Fill light - Nanlite 60
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Tube lights - Nanlite Pavo tubes 15c/30c
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Small tube lights - Nanlite Pavo tube 6c
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Slider - IFOOTAGE shark nano
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