Tag Archives: digiscoping
PhoneSkoping
I have pretty much transitioned to using my iPhone 5 for digiscoping using an attachment called a PhoneSkope. As I mentioned in a previous post, I always have my iPhone in my pocket and it’s a handy way to shoot … Continue reading
Birding With Mac
Being a grandfather who got into birding late in life, it’s a treat to see at least two of my grandchildren become fledgling birders. Our oldest, Mac, was up from Massachusetts with his mom for Thanksgiving. He caught the birding … Continue reading
Posted in Local Birding, Vermont Birding, Youth Birding
Tagged American Black Duck, digiscoping, Hooded Mergansers, youth_birding
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Thursday Digiscoping
I went out with my larger camera and in spite of temperatures in the low 40’s and cloud cover, found some active birds to practice on. I had forgotten my remote control so I shot in bursts to try to … Continue reading
Posted in Digiscoping, Photography, Vermont Birding
Tagged American Tree Sparrow, digiscoping, Fox Sparrow, Ring-necked Duck
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Hoodies Are Here
A visit this morning to nearby Berlin Pond revealed a few Hooded Mergansers, one of my favorite birds, and a raft of Black Scoters out in the middle of the pond. Hoodies are fun the watch — the males look … Continue reading
Posted in Digiscoping, Photography, Vermont Birding
Tagged Berlin Pond, digiscoping, Hooded Mergansers
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Digiscoping at Plum Island
I try to make it over to Parker River NWR every time we visit this area and today I grabbed a few hours to check things out and practice some digiscoping. There were few tourists and birders and lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Digiscoping, MA Birding
Tagged digiscoping, Greater Yellowlegs, Parker River NWR, Song
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Southern Birds
Mary and I drove three hours southeast to northern Massachusetts yesterday and it is like we became southerners. Not only have we changed stick season’s chilly rain and fog for mid-seventies and pretty foliage, I’m hearing and seeing birds that … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Digiscoping, MA Birding
Tagged digiscoping, MA Birding, Ruddy Duck
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A Solitary Sandpiper
We don’t have a lot of shorebird habitat hotspots in central Vermont so we make do with puddles in cornfields, small mudflats along the rivers and ponds, and other spots where water gathers. We go over to Lake Champlain or … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Local Birding, Vermont Birding
Tagged county bird, digiscoping, Solitary Sandpiper
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Backyard Digiscoping
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
Posted in Digiscoping, Photography
Tagged Backyard birds, Common Yellowthroat, digiscoping, Goldfinches, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Song Sparrow
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