Browsing Tag

birds

  • Photography

    Snacks?

    Since the quail live in the covered patio during most of the year, the local hawks will come visit and see if they can suss out a way to get into the…

  • Photography

    Hummers

    The summer heat is waning a little bit here in Atlanta. I can wake up in the early morning and enjoy some temps in the mid-seventies before we wind up at a…

  • Photography

    Variety

    Tons of birds in my yard on Sunday! I was most excited to see a few red winged blackbirds – all young and just losing their juvenile markings. It also felt really…

  • Photography

    Visitors

    We have plenty of visitors in the yard on a daily basis. Each morning I wake up, I spend the first few minutes before leaving the house watching these little feathered vessels…

  • Photography

    New Camera, More Birds

    We picked up a Canon 5D MK IV in the Black Friday sales last week and I took it for a spin. Particularly, I’d been curious about the upgraded autofocus that’s been…

  • Photography, Travel

    Siesta Key Seabirds

    Back in March, Jeremy and I spent part of our trip to Florida visiting Siesta Key. He had some sweet memories from his childhood – visiting the beach and getting ice cream…

  • Photography

    The Turkey’s Feathers

    A lot has happened between Boston and today. One important thing that happened is that I found myself on one side of my camera with a turkey on the other side.…

  • Photography

    Brown Headed Nuthatches

    The local population of brown-headed nuthatches has tripled since we started feeding them.  I have determined this because there used to be two and now there are six. Super scientific. Anywhoo, they…