I’m not a super avid birder myself, but when I see nice ones I do like to capture them. I think I got a bit of the fever from a friend of mine I met back in the US last summer. When we drove home from a shoot we passed through a place called Ninepipes, which is supposed to be a bird-heaven. We sat there with our camera’s at the ready for close to two hours and shot some really nice pictures.
D200, ISO200, 1/400 sec @ f/4, Nikkor 70-200mm, 1.4x teleconverter
Anyway… Last weekend when I went out on a hike with my better half we encountered a supposedly rare species (at least it was rare 18 years ago when my better half got her bird book 😀 ): a eurasian three-toed woodpecker. I missed a woodpecker already earlier that hike, because I had the wrong lens on, but this time I had it right.
D200, ISO100, 1/30 sec @ f/4, Nikkor 70-200mm, 1.4x teleconverter
I’m quite sure that Mauno and I have different reasons for birdwatching 😉
You forgot to mention the bohemian waxwings you hung out with… Mauno invites you to join him birdwatching in our own little park, you can spot some heavy pidgeons there!
How cute it was. I am still amazed by its technique, how it flings its head backwards and heaves with its whole body, and with a resilience it picks on the tree!