This evening, right before darkness settled in, a Pine Warbler came to our feeders. I’ve seen it a few times in our front yard but not at the feeders before. Pam has seen it a few times (early morning) on the feeder.
I grabbed the camera and took a few pictures hoping one of them would be OK. I didn’t have the tripod so I braced myself on the desk in the upstairs office. This was the best of 5 that I took:
There is a lot of noise in the picture, due to the low light I suppose, but at least you can see what the bird is.
This makes 10 or 15 species I have photographed at the feeders. I enjoy trying to photograph the birds in our backyard. I really would like to improve the quality of the pictures but I think I will need to get a decent spotting scope and good camera adapter to do much better. We’ll see, maybe sometime later this year we can get a spotting scope and try “digiscoping”.
What kind of camera setups do you use to take nature/bird photos. Any suggestions for affordable setups that work well?
The Pine Warbler is a very, VERY, pretty bird. We have a few of them that come to our feeders. The most I have seen at one time is 3. I wish they traveled in gangs like the Pine Siskins.
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They are very pretty birds. The yellow on them really makes them stand out. The one in the photo was sitting in the azalea earlier all puffed up and it was a neat contrast to the green of the bush. You’re right about the numbers, I’ve only seen them in 1’s or 2’s.