Hummingbirds
Hummingbird pictures and photography tips
I’m definitely not a professional photographer, just an amateur who enjoys the hobby with a little Canon Powershot A620. That said, here’s a quick case study in hummingbird photography…
Picture one (above)…nice shot, relatively crisp for my camera (I’m shooting through a glass door about six feet away without a tripod), but the angle is bad. [...]
Hummingbirds and butterflies…
Greetings, folks! We spent the weekend up at Lake Gaston, NC visiting my parents and saw some wonderful wildlife! Only two of the pictures today are birds, but I really liked the others and figured you would, too. We know the spider is a yellow garden spider (vincas in the background), but I haven’t done my homework yet on [...]
More hummingbird pictures and some molting cardinals…
Well, Tropical Storm Hanna has finally blown through eastern NC, and we have once again returned to beautiful Carolina blue skies and great outdoor weather! And speaking of blue, we saw a bluebird in our tree at breakfast this morning! Didn’t get a picture, but it was very pale…either a female or a maturing juvenile. [...]
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 [...]
Welcome back, Mister Bluebird!!! Blue jays coming around, too!
Houston, we have a bluebird! I was out on our deck Sunday morning before church, and look what appeared (middle right)…an eastern bluebird on our nestbox! Excellent! I don’t think it’s the same male we’ve had all spring and early summer, but he’s a bluebird nonetheless and therefore a most honored and welcome guest in our yard! He [...]
Hummingbirds, hummingbirds!
Hi, all! Not much to say today, but I took a lot of pictures this morning and yesterday, so here are some of my favorites. I finally got my camera on a nearby goldfinch today (very briefly). We need to get our thistle feeder replaced so they’ll once again be frequent visitors in our yard [...]
Can you solve the mystery bird?
Okay, time to play a game…name that bird. Here’s a blurry picture (that will make it more fun) of a bird from this morning that I don’t recognize. Its back looks greenish-yellow, and it seems to have a gray head, but what is it? I honestly am not sure, so I’m opening it up to guesses [...]
Let the bird watching resume!
Hello again! Sorry for the empty week and lack of updates, but we literally just drove in this morning from a trip west to Missouri. I haven’t even checked the bluebirds myself, so I’m as anxious as you are for news of our nestlings. I promise I’ll give you all a full update tomorrow!
Just for [...]
Subscribe to RSS