American goldfinch
Really Basic Bird Photography 101…
Okay, from the department of “well that was obvious,” I present to you this week’s bird photography pearl of wisdom: (dramatic drum-roll and trumpet crescendo) open your windows! Yes kids, it’s true…taking pictures through a window can reduce the clarity and crispness of your pictures. Shocked, aren’t you?
Of course, even better and more obvious advice [...]
Attracting goldfinches with thistle socks
Greetings, and welcome back everyone! What’s been going on for us lately in the backyard is goldfinches! We hadn’t had much of them throughout the summer, but we recently made a feeding change that has really helped…check it out below.
We’ve traditionally used one of the thistle socks that you get can at the bird stores [...]
Squirrel takes over blog…bluebirds banished
Squirrel: Hello loyal blog viewer. I am your humble host today…Dave and Mrs. Dave’s squirrel. We are not talking about bluebirds today. There has been way too much focus on those guys lately. They’ve been dive bombing me like crazy, and…hey, can I get a close up on me for this monologue?
Computer: I can zoom in [...]
Just goldfinches…
No time today, but I wanted to at least get the ugly parking lot picture from Friday off the top of the blog! Now we can all enjoy something much more pleasant…goldfinches. We’re loving having these bright, cheerful birds at our thistle sock these days! Dave
P.S. Got some good pictures of the baby bluebirds this weekend, so [...]
Female bluebird posing in the snow
Here are some more of our wintry pics from the fun snow on Monday morning. Most of it’s melted by now…just a few lingering spots left in the shade. I’m always sad to see it go, but it sure was beautiful to see!
On Tuesday’s blog, the male bluebird got all the love, so today I’m [...]
Sapsuckers and homemade suet
I’ve been taking some short walk breaks at work during the afternoon, and on several of them late last week, I was thrilled to see my first yellow-bellied sapsucker! They are such cool birds! I love how they go around the tree in a circle and make these perfect horizontal rings of holes. Not great for the [...]
Rainy day blue jay!
Hi! We’ve been dealing with the stormy remnants of Tropical Storm Faye here in central North Carolina, so I’ve got some wet bird pictures to share with you today. I love cloudy, rainy days for taking pictures outside…you get some really nice shots, and the green colors seem to come alive. Everything just “pops” a little [...]
Carolina wrens enjoying the deck!
Today I’m going to need to do mostly pictures and not much writing. Lots of Carolina wren pictures, a very plump goldfinch, a small yellow-gray bird I haven’t figured out yet, a juvenile towhee, and a rabbit in our yard this morning.
This weekend, we stained our deck and I finally replaced the broken red seed plate. My son was a great [...]
Baby goldfinches making a racket!
Greetings, folks! Some fun stuff happened this morning that I’m excited to share with you, the first being that a whole goldfinch family suddenly showed up in our backyard! The place went crazy with squeaking, as we had two adults feeding on the finch sock, three baby goldfinches anxiously waiting in the tree, and one very [...]
Fun birds and gorgeous weather!
Wow! What a beautiful morning to be out bird watching today…pleasant breeze blowing, Carolina blue skies above…absolutely glorious! I refilled and cleaned our hummingbird feeder last night, so there were some happy hummers this morning. Next project is replacing ye olde seed plate. You can see from the Carolina chickadee picture below that the red [...]
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