Friday, October 5, 2012

Back on the Maine-Land

Hi guys! I'm back on the mainland in Maine. And darned my timing eh? Isn't it Women's Week in P-town? I will be heading to Provincetown. How could I pass that up? Sorry dear! Thank you all for your wonderful compliments on my photos. I just cannot believe that Nyxy wasn't a favorite!

Beverly, I know that every bird you see is a "Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker", but today I photographed one for real! Just for you!


Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker.

Oh the joys of bird photography....always a leaf or a twig in the way somewhere. So, while these are less than  perfect bird photos, by my standards. It is what it is. 300 photos and the best of the batch have branches in front of the bird. The red chin indicates it is a male, a female Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker would have a white chin.



White-Throated Sparrow.

Just got lucky that after about two hundred attempted, out of zoom range, shots and an hour wait this White-Throated Sparrow, plopped down right in front of me.


Just for fun.

Can you find the bird in this photo? By the way, this was shot at 300mm, so the maximum range of my zoom lens.


How about now that I have circled him?


Zoomed in.

See those white streaks? Laughing to myself!
You just got a taste of what it is like shooting bird photography.

First you have to find them, which isn't easy even when they are right in front of you. Talk about intelligent design, eh? Then you have to photograph them so they are actually visible in the photo. It is a challenge, but can be truly rewarding when you finally get the shot. I never did get a great photo of this little wren. I think it may be a Marsh Wren...given his colors or perhaps even a Sedge Wren, but it could also be a Brown Creeper.

Brown Creeper.

SHROOM for just a few more pictures!


I love this shot although I probably appreciate it a whole lot more than you because I had to stick my face in the moss to get it!

This little mushroom made me think about that scene in Disney's Fantasia where the mushrooms dance.
Good Times:)

This makes me curious. 

Getting my face in the moss again.

Something has been nibbling on this one.

Ok-I'll stop there....so many photos, so little time.
Oh wait...just one more.


Off to P-town now!


3 comments:

  1. once again great photos...Behave while youre in P town unless you run into Poppy....BTW Pamela Means will be there Monday and Tuesday... Have fun, just not too much.

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  2. Define 'too much fun' dear, just so we are on the same page;)

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  3. Great pictures again. I have enjoyed looking at all of them.
    It is 2 days with out a post from you. I hope all is well.
    Love ya,
    Mom

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