more camera practice

Cooperative Subject



Uncooperative subject

 

more bird pics

More bird pics.  This is crazy mrs cardinal.  She pecks at her reflection in the window constantly through the day.  Parker counted 19 in a row this morning until I shooed her away.



Mr. Cardinal is very patient with her.

 

 The birds seem to show up all at once, all together or no one, like a bird pack.  They consist of a couple different sets of cardinals, a few titmice and chicadees and the nuthatches.

This is a finch, right? Or a finches butt...I was concentrating on getting a nuthatch picture not a finch.  There are a couple of them in my pack, and they really hate the chicadees for some reason.  They'll let the titmice and Juncos eat, but they chase away the chicadees.  I thought finches were supposed to be friendly.

 

Some pics

Notice the blurry Christmas tree lights in the background?  I can do that now. 



I'm loving this "messy bun" phase she's going through with her hair. 

Working hard on new calendar

 

Bird ID

Any idea what these little guys are?  They are SO FAST it's nearly impossible to get an in-focus picture of them. I've been camped out in the kitchen all day trying to get a decent shot.   They spend about 1 second in each place, hopping from branch to branch to get closer to the feeder and then they grab a seed and fly off.  They like to be upside down and sideways a lot too. 

 

 

 

Edit:  It's a red-breasted nuthatch.  John had the nuthatch part first, but had to look up the red-breasted part.
I read that they pair up, and that seems to be true here, there are 2 on occasion, but usually it's just one.

Staying dry - diva style

She won't put her arms through the sleeves because it will knock off her stick on nails.

doing a puzzle with daddy

More pictures from the slightly invasive photographer.