Wintertime photos

[David LaPell]

The mild winter has left me able to get some decent photos so far, and the wildlife and nature has been obliging.

This one I have been wanting to get for a while, it's on my way to my son's school so one day I took my camera along and got an angle I liked.



This little red squirrel has been hanging around the feeder, so far it has been playing well with the birds so as long as it does, it can stay.



I have a pair of downy woodpeckers, and they seem to come back every year, or their kids do. They tend to be a little skittish but always let me get a decent photo now and again.





The Chickadees are the most numerous birds out there, and if you can get them to sit still for a second they can give me a nice photo.



Last weekend we took my son to a workshop where he built a birdhouse, but they showed him how to make a birdfeeder out of a pine cone that is coated in a Crisco/ Cornflower mix or peanut butter and then dunked and rolled in birdseed. I had a small Nuthatch stretching upside down for it and a Chickadee coming in for a landing.

 

[Big Old Boy]

Nice pics where in NY are you? I grew up in Owego.

 

[Badger Matt]

Great pics! You have some skill.

 

[mhblaw]

Nice photos. Could just as well been taken at our lake place in northern Minnesota, same birds, but also have gray and black squirrels.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

Beautiful scenes.

 

[4kdave]

Great pics !! You must have a good camera & lens.

Thanks for posting

 

[FastEd]

Love the frozen ice cycles.

 

[Phoenix too]

Very nice! I've spent a lot of time with a camera trained on our feeders, but you have some really great photos. I'm curious what you are using for a lens.

 

[loaded round]

I have the same question, you camera and lens info please.




quote="Phoenix too"]Very nice! I've spent a lot of time with a camera trained on our feeders, but you have some really great photos. I'm curious what you are using for a lens.[/quote]

 

[loaded round]

I have the same question, you camera and lens info please.




quote="Phoenix too"]Very nice! I've spent a lot of time with a camera trained on our feeders, but you have some really great photos. I'm curious what you are using for a lens.[/quote]

 

[loaded round]

I have the same question, you camera and lens info please.




quote="Phoenix too"]Very nice! I've spent a lot of time with a camera trained on our feeders, but you have some really great photos. I'm curious what you are using for a lens.[/quote]

 

[loaded round]

I have the same question, you camera and lens info please.




quote="Phoenix too"]Very nice! I've spent a lot of time with a camera trained on our feeders, but you have some really great photos. I'm curious what you are using for a lens.[/quote]

 

[David LaPell]

I have the same question, you camera and lens info please.




quote="Phoenix too"]Very nice! I've spent a lot of time with a camera trained on our feeders, but you have some really great photos. I'm curious what you are using for a lens.

[/quote]



I am using a Sony DSC-H300, it comes with non-removable lens, it's is 24 megapixels with a 36x zoom. I am hoping to upgrade soon to the H400, which is the same megapixel count but has a 62x zoom.

 

[don44]

Very nice!

 

[Scout943]

Really nice pictures !

 

[Phoenix too]

I am using a Sony DSC-H300, it comes with non-removable lens, it's is 24 megapixels with a 36x zoom. I am hoping to upgrade soon to the H400, which is the same megapixel count but has a 62x zoom.

LOL, my 300 mm lens isn't much more than 6x, no wonder you got such tight photos. Very nice.