That’s the sound a larger bird makes when it lands on the feeder suction-cupped to a window on our balcony. So I knew there was something attracted to the food on this snowy south Burnaby day other than chickadees and LBBs (little brown birds : – ).
I grabbed a mediocre photo with my cell phone, then went downstairs to get the DSLR with Big Bertha mounted on it.
Of course the flicker was gone by the time I got back, but. . .
I snoozed by the fire with Big Bertha in my lap, er, I mean I watched vigilantly, and success!
This is about the comfiest wildlife photography I’ve done : – )
Had a blast in the snow with an eco group from a local elementary school today. Great fun walking down to Byrne Creek, chatting about nature, salmon, and streamkeeping. Great bunch of kids!
I greatly enjoyed touring First Nations art at Simon Fraser University today on Burnaby Mountain. Thanks to John Preissl for guiding us!
There are a lot of good things happening on campus in making First Nations students accepted, safe and cared for.
We have a lot to learn from the first human inhabitants of where we live, and I try to recognize that and play even a small part. Each and every one of us, as we are able, in whatever capacity, can play small parts….
There were at least a dozen Northern Flickers hanging about just south of Edmonds Station in south Burnaby today. Kinda looked like a speed dating party :-).
A few shots from our complex in southeast Burnaby, BC tonight.
A test shot before the big event
Some folks on FB have been asking about my setup, so here it is:
Tamron 150 – 600 on a Nikon D7200, ISO 6400 or 12800. Manfrotto medium-weight tripod with Vanguard SBH-100 ball head. Small LED flashlight to be able to see and manipulate camera controls. Left it on Aperture Auto exposure, took lots of shots with exposure compensation ranging from -1.0 to -3.3 stops.
BTW, 12800 was noticeably grainier than 6400, perhaps too much so. . .
