Tag: bird feeder
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Baltimore Oriole in Deep Creek Lake, MD
A Baltimore Oriole in photographed in Deep Creek Lake, MD, May 2015, by Rob Paine, Deep Creek Images. (Please see more photos below.)
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If You Build It, He will Come….
When I put up a bird feeder I am always reminded of the famous line from the baseball movie “Field of Dreams” : “if you will build it, he will come” In my case, I am not always thinking about birds but the nemesis of the birds and my dogs, Mr. S.Q. (please see second…
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Up Close with a Black-capped Chickadee
Chickadees are relatively easy birds to photograph. They are not camera shy and tend to go where the food is no matter who or what is around. (please see second photo and text below)
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Looking Back : This Week a Year Ago on ISBAA
This blog went daily a year ago last month and I have been fortunate to have a lot of new followers come along for the ride since. Here is one of the more popular posts on this blog from a year ago this week. While photographing some backyard birds a couple of weeks ago, I…
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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday : Winter Welcome Mat
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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday : Tufted Titmouse, If Birds Could Speak
Love birds? So do I. Take a look at some of my recent birding posts at Rob’s Bird Posts. Want to see some colorful holiday lights? Please check out Tripping the Light Fantastic
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Reflective Titmouse
I shot this photo of a tufted titmouse resting on an aluminum pie pan filled with bird feed.
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Juvenile Tufted Titmouse and an American Goldfinch
It is fun for a change to photograph baby birds. They look different and act differently much like this juvenile tufted titmouse that was at our feeder one late afternoon last week. The sun was low to the side of the feeder. The light bounced off our sliding glass doors on the porch to provide…
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Backyard Birding Photography Made Simple
Many of the best bird photos I have taken did not involve super telephoto lenses or expensive trips to exotic locations. I did not have to sit in a freezing rain or endure hours or harsh sun to shoot all of the photos (including the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak shown above) on this post. These images were…
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Bird feeder 1, Squirrel 0
While photographing some backyard birds a couple of weeks ago, I came upon this scene. Sometimes we wonder who eats more of our birdseed, the birds or these menaces to society, squirrels. But on this particular morning, the SQ took the fall. I first noticed him eyeing the feeder from a nearby porch rail and…
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine 