Sunny, warm and
dry…..beautiful!
We are in the beautiful
Adirondack Mountain area and spent the day playing in the woods and water. Our friends have some great feeders and
butterfly gardens and we spent an awful lot of time just scanning the yard.
Last year, it took me until
December to get my first Red-breasted nuthatch of the year. Today, I would stand by the sunflower
seed feeder and just wait for a few minutes until the next red-breasted would
drop in for a bite. The hard part
was to get one out of the feeder and in the trees to make the shot a bit more
natural. Most of the time, the
nuthatches were so close to me, I felt I could reach out and pick them off the
feeder no more than 4 feet in front of me. Occasionally, a White-breasted would venture in and it was
amazing to see the size difference at that close proximity.
The other major population of
birds at the feeders were the Goldfinches. On the thistle sock, it was not unusual to have more than half
a dozen on the feeder at any one time.
Again, I tried to wait until I could get one into a pine and make it
more natural. Eventually, a couple cooperated and gave me a decent shot.
The next bird in order of
cooperative nature was a female Purple finch which stuck around all
day. Usually at the feeder as were
the others, I had to wait her out to get a nice shot of the bird in a more
natural setting. She finally got into
a decent position as she waited her turn for a station on the sunflower feeder
to open up.
Lots of birds up here,
but tomorrow I have to try and get out into the forest instead of hanging out
around the feeders……it’s just too easy when you can sit on the deck with a cup
of coffee and wait for the birds to come to you!
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