To reply to the orginal poster, I suggest calling any nearby camera shops to check stock in used lens. Bring your camera along, and test drive a few. Most used lens for sale in a professional camera shop will be graded with something like: Mint: A...
Could be....I know very little of birds, but from a google image search it looks more like a Brown Thrasher. The yellow eye ring matches. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Thrasher/id
The woodpeckers in my area are very elusive as well, my attempts to photograph them in the trees so far have been dismal, but I managed to capture one interesting snap of a wood pecker and his victim insect meal on the ground. -Gerry
Thanks for your comments. I live very close to this field and noticed this female deer entering and leaving the canola field from time to time. I was lucky to catch her and snap off a couple of shots before she took off to the tree line. The light ...
