B's Photography: Birds

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Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Garden Birds

Birds at the garden feeding station yesterday morning. I just love the enthusiasm of Starlings, so noisy and so very busy.

Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Garden Birds and a Poor Shot of a Black Squirrel

So I am determined to take a bit more photographic interest in the garden this year. I spent most of last year photographing experimenting with multiple exposures and creating abstract images. I am certainly not going to stop this but I would like to re kindle my love of nature photography, Flowers, Birds and Insect etc. I do not have the patience of a nature photographer, I could not sit in a hide for many hours or go walking vast distance in the cold etc. I heard the phrase a few years ago about being a 'Cavalier Photographer' The name shows how many years ago as the premises to this persons idea of photography is 'I will drive my car (a Cavalier), Park it, get out and take a photo and then get back in'. I feel sure that's my philosophy too :)

We have at least one Black Squirrel visit us daily. There used to be two but I know one was knocked down and killed by a car on the top road to the end of last year :(. I have yet to get a shot this year of it. Must try harder. There is a 'poor shot' as the last shot here.

Tuesday, 4 June 2019

In The Garden - Birds

Started work in the Garden clearing the old green house today. This afternoon I decided to have a cold drink and an apple. Sitting on our patio table with my Canon and 100-400mm lens (as you do), Hiding behind some fusion covers I had plonked on the table the birds where quite active. Fits in with my #30dayswild June Project organised by the Wildlife Trusts

Sunday, 23 September 2018

RSPB Snettisham Murmuration Spectacular

Strictly speaking, according to the 'dictionary' a Murmuration is a flock of starlings, but some dictionaries say a murmuration is ....

'a large group of birds, usually starlings, that all fly together and change direction together, or the act of birds doing this'

ref - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/murmuration

Anyway, it happened yesterday as Sue and I where visiting RSPB Snettisham getting on towards late afternoon. We knew it was coming up to high tide and this 'pushes' the birds up towards the walkway where we could see the birds (and take photos). We had not expected to see this spectacular.

There were quite a few 'Birdwatchers' there at the time. The birds doing this were waders, and I think Oystercatchers.

This was also a chance to use my new lens a Canon 100-400mm mkii that I had bought from a friend at the camera club just a few days before :)