A winter walk
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Category Archives: Birds
Shot through the glass.
When I saw this Cardinal, I knew opening the sliding glass door would scare it away. So I took this shot through the door, knowing it wouldn’t come out that great. It turned out to be one of my better shots. The glass door actually had the effect of blurring the background, which added a nice contrast to this very red bird.
Last shot at the birds.
We packed up the beach house yesterday, but not before I drove to the marina for one last shot of the Osprey. The second shot is a Turkey Vulture, which was riding the winds behind the beach house. I let the kids play in the backyard so as to lure the great beast closer for a shot. They actually eat road kill. Next year I’ll have the kids play dead.
Cardinal of the Back Yard.
This shot was taken with the new 300mm lens, from about 15’ away.
Not so common.
This is called a Common Flicker, which is basically a Woodpecker. Thing is, they’re not so common, at least not at our feeder. So it was pretty exciting to look up from a morning coffee to see this outside the door.
Take Wing
Canada Geese at Osamaquin Park in Barrington, RI take wing at the site of my dog, Nigel.
Sparrows – aka Seed Hogs
The nice thing about Sparrows is that they’re not shy about getting their photos taken. The bad thing about Sparrows is that they’re not shy about eating all your seed before something more colorful comes along. Well at least my squirrel problem seems to be over.
Bird is the Word.
Hang it, and they will come. We received our first guest on the new bird feeder. I was all fired up to test the capabilities of my new, pre-owned 200mm Nikon lens; it’s superior to my 70mm Nikon kit lens, but it still falls short of National Geographic quality photos. Admittedly, a lens of that quality can cost thousands of dollars. Can anyone spare some change?
Long Days and Nights 