What a beautiful day! Maine got a well deserved break from winter on Saturday with temperatures in the low 50′s, clear blue skies and light winds. Sharon and I were on the road bright and early for a half day of birdwatching. Our first stop was Cape Porpoise and onto Bickford Island. Our first bird [...]
Some of you have asked me, “what camera equipment do you have?” Others want to know what camera settings I use when photographing birds. Do I use a tripod, or do I freehand the shots? What kind of post-processing do you do? While I can answer most of these questions, camera settings depend on lighting, your [...]
The sixth in a series of occassional rundowns of what’s happening in the world of birds, birding and bird blogging. Birding News Alaska bird population has unique strategies | The strategies birds employ to survive Alaska’s upcoming season of darkness and cold, talking about the flighty birds that split, and the hardy few that stay. Brain [...]
The days are beginning to get shorter now that the first day of summer has passed. With the sun still rising a few minutes before 5 a.m. and the roads tourist-free, Sharon and I headed to Popham Beach for some bird watching. A fog bank played tag with the coast line, but the sun eventually [...]
The fourth in a series of occassional rundowns of what’s happening in the world of [tag]birds[/tag], [tag]birding[/tag] and [tag]bird[/tag] blogging. First pictures of the snowy New Year! The last day of the year didn’t go quietly | Bird TLC admits it’s 502nd bird of 2007 for treatment, a Red-Tailed Hawk. An outrage against hawks and [...]