Category Archives: Photography

September Birds

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Richard

September was a great birding month — I got out quite a bit in wonderful Fall weather and got six species for my life list — and missed several more. It was also a month where I struggled with digiscoping, … Continue reading →

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Backyard Digiscoping

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Richard

I’ve fiddled with digiscoping for the last year, reading a lot of forums, shooting a lot of poor shots — both with my point and shoot and with my SLR.  Because of camera shake and problems with picking up images … Continue reading →

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Enjoying the birds of summer

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Richard

While activity has dropped off in our woods, I’m starting to get the feeling that birds are getting ready to head on out — and trying to enjoy the ones I see during my daily dog walks in our woods. … Continue reading →

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Digiscoping With Frozen Fingers

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Richard

Two weeks ago, I was birding in shorts and T-shirts.  That was then, today in Vermont it was 28 degrees with blowing snow flurries as I birded early this morning at Berlin Pond.  A Bald Eagle was spotted there yesterday … Continue reading →

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Shooting Birds – with a camera

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Richard

One of the many photographic challenges, particularly when you have a Vizsla on leash in one hand, binoculars in the other, and a camera hanging from your neck, is to get a decent shot of flying birds. Here at Goose … Continue reading →

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Shooting Birds

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Richard

One of the many photographic challenges, particularly when you have a Vizsla on leash in one hand, binoculars in the other, and a camera hanging from your neck, is to get a decent shot of flying birds. Here at Goose … Continue reading →

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Some Southern Birds

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Richard

I’ve been shooting with the Canon, with varied success, as we’ve stayed at several state parks on our trip.  I’ve also been experimenting with digiscoping.  Here are a few of the birds we’ve encountered: A Brown Nuthatch feeding at Fountainebleau. … Continue reading →

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Getting Digiscoping Tips

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Richard

I have been corresponding with a blogging friend from Maine, Stephen Ingraham, who is a Birding and Observation Product Specialist for Carl Zeiss Sports Optics.  He knows a lot about digiscoping and in emails today, answered questions for me and … Continue reading →

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Beginning Digiscoping

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Richard

I took my scope up to Berlin Pond today – a local hot spot for waterfowl as the ice melts and later, for migratory warblers and a host of other birds.  I’ve been fiddling with using my old SLR with … Continue reading →

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Whoopers

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Richard

Yesterday, at the halftime of the Packers game, we decided to take a quick drive up to where the Whooping Cranes were last year.  We had not heard any reports of sightings and thought we’d check it out. Sure enough, … Continue reading →

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