Tag: birds

11-08-16 “I Was Here First”

Is there room enough for two?

By Scott Shephard

Our normal bird bath/bird feeder visitors are sparrows and the occasional pheasant. But yesterday we spotted these blue jays. So I set up my camera and my CamRanger, which allows me to see the scene on my iPad or iPhone and control the camera from another room, and waited for the birds to strike a pose.

Frankly, they aren’t too cooperative when it comes to posing but of the 15 or so photos I took, this one seemed to have the most merit.

Canon 5DIII 1/350s f/4.0 ISO200 200mm

03-28-16 “Leave Some for Me!”

The old bird bath has a new function. . . (read more)

By Scott Shephard

I don’t think that the bird that is about to land is worried that there won’t be enough bird seed for him/her – Deb seems to provide a never-ending supply in the bird bath that is located on our lower patio. The bird bath rarely has water in it anymore. And though I really don’t know much about sparrows, I think they’d prefer food over a bath any day.

Canon 5DIII 1/350s f/4.0 ISO400 200mm