Nice photos, North of Redmond, have hiked there, quite hot this time of year though!

I think it's a Leica IIIc, this was standard issue for the Wehrmacht at the time. Luftwaffe used them painted dull green I seem to recall, this looks standard commercial black and chrome. The double round rangefinder lenses are the trademark feature.

I have personally had two SD cards fail, once was when I was in the field doing commercial insurance inspections after a two hour commute to a location, and had already photographed my first location. Card was a SanDisk and had not been either mishandled or abused in its cosseted life, and I had always used the cable to download my photos. It failed to write suddenly upon arrival to my second location.

The other tIme was with a Lexar, and when it was inserted into my laptop, it was no longer able to be read. Case of card was intact, as was it's switch. Lost a bunch of photos on that card too,

What exquisite birds and photography.

It's the electronic age. One can still use AIS MF lenses on all film cameras from F to F6, that's almost sixty years worth.

Terrific exposure. Great result for a first go at it.

Great photos, Caroline. God bless you.