Late summer is my favorite time for hummingbird photography. Cicadia, crickets and katydids provide a lovely background for the buzz of the hummers’ wings. A Ruby-Throated male has been around our Trumpet vines all summer, and he’s sooooo territorial. I was trying to photograph a female, but each time one came near my setup, he [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Archive for the 'Birds' Category
Magee Warblers
We made our annual visit to the Magee Marsh/Crane Creek area just east of Toledo last week. As usual, the boardwalks were often packed, and birders and bird photographers lined up to see the spring migration along the Lake Erie shoreline. Although the predicted fallout never materialized, there were still plenty of birds to go [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Kirtland’s Warbler
A few days ago, birders began reporting a Kirtland’s warbler at 960 Kinnear Rd in Columbus. When I checked the address and street view in Google Maps, I saw that this was a business; and located in the midst of the OSU campus traffic. Needless to say, I wasn’t wanting to use valuable gasoline and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Buck Creek Warblers
I purchased a new monopod to use on the crowded Magee Marsh boardwalk. I like my Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, but trying to juggle it on the boardwalk is too much effort, and I have missed a few shots because I wasn’t able to get the tripod in place fast enough. I decided to try [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Migrants are here!
Migrants are passing through and a beautiful spring day had them all singing! David & I had plenty to do around the house, but couldn’t miss an opportunity to be out seeing what changes the season had brought….. A visit to Buck Creek State Park proved productive….we saw and photographed a Pine Warbler in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »