“While everyone is busy with counting birds, I will help myself to some tasty treats! ”
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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 [...]
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The time had come to take the trip to Bristol, Maine to see the famed Northern Hawk Owl. The boreal species from the northern reaches of North America has been at the same location since the first of January. Sharon and I decided that if we wanted to add this species to our life list, [...]
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Making a trip to Saco, Maine yesterday for a doctor’s appointment , I decided to take my camera gear and binoculars along for the 110 mile round trip. My thoughts were to make a stop at the Pine Point Lobster Co-op dock and see what was happening bird wise. Also, you never know what you may come [...]
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With another snow storm coming Sunday, Sharon and I decided to drive to Atkins Bay this morning for some bird watching. With temperatures a little warmer than the last few mornings (-11° F. at 6:45 a.m. here at home) we arrived at Fort Popham at 7:15 a.m. and immediately spotted two adult Bald Eagles working over a [...]
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After being away for a few days, we returned home today to a few surprises in our yard. Cedar Waxwings were everywhere, including a lone Bohemian Waxwing. Juvenile and Adult Cedars were eating blueberries that we left on our high bush plants, swallowing the berries whole and getting into fights with each other and the Gray [...]
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We don’t have many birds flying into our windows here at home. About the worst that happens is a brush by because we keep our feeder within 2 feet of our picture window. Last evening, this juvenile Black and White Warbler had a fairly decent collision which put it straight to the ground. My wife alerted [...]
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