Feeding Wild Birds

[Grandmas Coop]

An American Goldfinch also showed up.

I had one show up 2 days ago, I just love them

 

[Grandmas Coop]

the goldfinch came back- it really liked the bunching onion flowers

 

[R2elk]

A first ever for me. Until today I had never seen a Chestnut-sided Warbler.

This little guy refused to cooperate. Every time he came out in the open, he would disappear before the camera could focus.
Common Yellowthroat

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

[My2butterflies]

A first ever for me. Until today I had never seen a Chestnut-sided Warbler.

This little guy refused to cooperate. Every time he came out in the open, he would disappear before the camera could focus.
Common Yellowthroat

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Wow! So lucky!
Such beautiful shots!

I finally took the time yesterday to sit out and get a few pictures of the birds that visit our feeders. I have yet to review and download them though.

 

[R2elk]

Wow! So lucky!
Such beautiful shots!

I finally took the time yesterday to sit out and get a few pictures of the birds that visit our feeders. I have yet to review and download them though.

Thank you. I had another first yesterday. I had never before seen a Rose-breasted Grosbeak here.

She was still here yesterday evening and would have allowed me a nice wide open close up, but of course, I didn't have the camera with me.

 

[My2butterflies]

Thank you. I had another first yesterday. I had never before seen a Rose-breasted Grosbeak here.

She was still here yesterday evening and would have allowed me a nice wide open close up, but of course, I didn't have the camera with me.

Isn’t that always how it goes? No camera in hand and then all the birds hangout in plain sight. If you are all setup and ready for them then they are MIA or dancing around in the trees.
That’s how it was for me yesterday. Not nearly as many birds came out for me to see. And the ones I really wanted pictures of kept just out of view, moved too fast, or stayed to obstructed by branches.

I must say, I’m very impressed with the clarity/focus you got in the picture that has all those branches in front of the bird. Did you shoot that one with manual focus or was the lens able to focus on the bird?

 

[R2elk]

I did see a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds too.

 

[R2elk]

Isn’t that always how it goes? No camera in hand and then all the birds hangout in plain sight. If you are all setup and ready for them then they are MIA or dancing around in the trees.
That’s how it was for me yesterday. Not nearly as many birds came out for me to see. And the ones I really wanted pictures of kept just out of view, moved too fast, or stayed to obstructed by branches.

I must say, I’m very impressed with the clarity/focus you got in the picture that has all those branches in front of the bird. Did you shoot that one with manual focus or was the lens able to focus on the bird?

Try using a blind. I use my house as a very effective blind. The first thing I did was to take the upper glass out of the screen door so I can shoot through the door without the haze caused by the glass.

I got the Chestnut-sided Warbler and Yellow-rumped Warblers by hiding behind the backhoe. I do end up having to wait for things to happen but as long as I am still, it is just a matter of time before they come out to play.

All images were taken using autofocus with the smallest possible focus area.

 

[sourland]

Great pictures, @R2elk . We had a young dog winners stake at the club yesterday. All went well with the Phoebes until a really tall guy happened near their end of the porch. Babies abandoned ship and scattered in all directions. Only saw four leave - perhaps the fifth had fledged earlier on its own. Another successful year for 'my' pair.

 

[My2butterflies]

Try using a blind. I use my house as a very effective blind. The first thing I did was to take the upper glass out of the screen door so I can shoot through the door without the haze caused by the glass.

I got the Chestnut-sided Warbler and Yellow-rumped Warblers by hiding behind the backhoe. I do end up having to wait for things to happen but as long as I am still, it is just a matter of time before they come out to play.

All images were taken using autofocus with the smallest possible focus area.

I’ll have to give that a try for the more elusive birds.
Maybe that’s my problem. I was trying to keep a more open field of focus. Never time I play around with the setting more and see what happens