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Browsing Posts tagged avian

I’ve grown impatient waiting for the geese to accept me into their flock.  I decided to try to inject myself into the gaggle, but they just keep moving away.  It was great fun chasing them around the yard for a bit, but ultimately I still do not feel like one of the bunch.  Still, this [...]

While we were eating inner inside, this heron was fishing for his dinner outside. I spotted him out the window and managed to get outside with the camera before he wandered too far up the river. I had the 18-55mm lens on at the time and couldn’t pull in any closer than this but I [...]

Went out and shot the geese in the yard the other evening. I like that in this shot the birds are all looking in different directions and none are looking at me. I also like the touch of evening sun that managed to cut through the trees and cast a bit of light onto the [...]

We’ve got a lot of bids around our yard, but the one nest we always find is the robin’s nest. Sometimes the robins build their nest in obvious locations, sometimes not so obvious. Regardless of the location, Mrs Robbin always seems to give away her position by fleeing the nest and frantically trying to draw [...]

We have a pretty diverse set of wildlife that visits our yard. Some of our frequent visitors are these black cap chickadees at the bird feeders. I had opened up the kitchen window and put on my 70-200mm zoom lens in hopes of catching the bright red cardinal that has been frequenting our apple trees [...]