Carpe Lumen Daily

Another of our most common yard birds (NOT the band)… the chipping sparrow. We’ve had babies AND parents this year, but have no idea where the nest is. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:400mm | Shutter speed:1/500 | Aperture:ƒ/8Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi [...]

No, not the doctor. House sparrows are one of the most common birds in our yard. They’re always fun to watch, if you like birds… (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details: Focal Length:400mm | Shutter speed:1/500 | Aperture:ƒ/8Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | Shooting Date: [...]

I wish I could have got a shot of the cowbirds, as we always have lots of chipping sparrows… but these guys were cleaning up the mess from our bird feeder wind incident and didn’t get spooked every time a camera came out like thebrown-headed  cowbirds did. (Click Pic to View Full Version; Click CLOSE [...]

I’ve been set up for days to capture pictures of birds in our yard at our feeders, but it has taken a while for them to get used to the presence of both the camera and the feeders. When they finally began to feed they were very skittish, and quite difficult to catch between trips [...]