It won’t be long until white-throated sparrows become more scarce as they head north and become less conspicuous for the breeding season. Until then, there are still photo opportunities like this …
White-throated sparrows hanging on
1
Category Archives: Random photos
Belted kingfisher in stealth mode
I couldn’t quite get the entire belted kingfisher in the frame, but I like the shot anyway as it makes it look like the bird is sneaking around the swamp.
Hey there, stranger
A fun bird photo to get you in the holiday spirit.
Birds and salvia Part I
A few years ago I purchased a few bunches of coneflower late in the season and they made for a perfect setting for bird photos on my deck in the fall. This year, the salvia I purchased early this spring has grown enough to make a nice setting for birds eating seeds off the deck railing. The hummingbirds like the salvia too! Click here for one of those coneflower photos. Click here for some hummingbird drinking from salvia shots.
I’ll post a few more salvia shots tomorrow.
Random happy bird photo
Here’s a random happy bird photo to kick off your Labor Day Weekend. It’s a female downy woodpecker between salvia stalks. Salvia is an annual that is good for attracting hummingbirds with their red, tubular flowers. Have a great long weekend!
Random photo for a Friday
Happy Friday everyone. Here’s a random photo just because.
Camera at the ready
Any photographer, regardless of subject interest or specialty, will tell you about the importance of always having your camera handy because you never know when those special moments will happen. I rarely follow that advice, truth be told, even though I’ve preached that advice many times. I did, however, happen to have my camera handy at work the other day when a flock of robins gathered in a cedar tree to pick at the small, blue berries. Maybe this will be the impetus for me to have my camera at the ready more often. Time will tell.
from a cedar tree in New Canaan, CT, December 2019.
Squirrel in pumpkin
A gray squirrel finds a free meal in a Halloween pumpkin in New England.
I’m sure there’s a funny caption to be had for this photo, but I can’t think of it right now. I caught this guy red-handed and looking guilty as anything as he ate the remnants of a pumpkin left over from Halloween. Feel free to send me your caption …
More kinglets!
You didn’t think I’d stop at just a couple kinglet photos, did you? Continue reading
A few more nuthatch shots
Here are two more shots of the nuthatch taken with the borrowed Continue reading
Birds of New England.com 