Note: this post prepared a week in advance as lately I never know quite what I’ll be doing from one day to the next. Things are a bit chaotic around here just now.
Four birds for you
Tag: duck
Birdies
A small assortment of accumulated bird pictures.
Incidentally WordPress no longer allows me to edit published posts in any way, so whatever typos I make are now permanent.
First cabin trip of the year!
What can I say? The road is in terrible condition and there’s still snow out there!
Saw this spruce grouse along the way:
Got out there and the snow hasn’t all left:
The lake level is extremely high this year:
There’s another tree down across the path I’ve been trying to clear for years:
This Barrow’s Goldeneye was relaxing on the water (never seen one before):
And of course this is why I go:
Oh it looks good, but it needs massive amounts of work inside yet! Especially since a packrat took up residence over the winter and destroyed a lot. Also, the batteries for the power system have failed – after ten years.
Work, work, and more work. Plus money.
Cameras used: Canon T100, Fujifilm F80 EXR, Nikon P610.
Water birds
Just when I was thinking I would run out of subjects …
On a necessary trip to the transfer station I passed by the over-flowing Bridge Creek, which was being enjoyed by a few visitors.
Fortunately I had the Nikon with me as the ‘single bird’ shots are at full focal length – 1440mm. The Canon’s 250mm would not have caught much detail as the birds were a long ways off. That is the one disadvantage of that camera: there is no way to get that kind of focal length without spending huge money and getting a lens normally associated with astronomical research. This is where the ultra-small 1/2.3 sensor shines. (If there had been sun the pictures would have been much better.)
Wandering Words 