Stan, Have you tried cutting Oranges in half for the Orioles? We got some great shots in the film days that way. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > They totally ignore our suet cake but we have a pair of downey + a pair of > hairy who daily come to the peanut feeder like this one: > http://www.amazon.com/Perky-Pet-395-10-Inch-Sunflower-Capacity/dp/B0006349LC > The occasional Red-bellied woodpecker and Northern Flicker also enjoy the > peanuts as do Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse and others. Our strategy has been to > provide a veritable smorgasbord of bird treats across 8-9 different feeders > and then marvel at which birds eat which stuff we never would have thought > they would be attracted to. > > The big excitement for us has been the Orioles that have been coming to the > Orioles feeder. An adult female and three juvies all together this afternoon! > The feeder is too close to the house (just outside of the screened-in porch), > there is only about one unobstructed view of the feeder and that is close to > the feeder. And they are way too nervous. So I haven't given any serious > thought to photographing them. Next year I will be a bit more strategic in my > placement of the feeder. But not to the point where it takes away from the > simple viewing pleasure. > > stan > > On Jun 26, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > >> FWIW - I'm able to attrach numerous woodpeckers - of the hairy & downey type >> - to my back yard by simply hanging a suet cake from a tree. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <jo...@panix.com> >> >> Subject: Re: summer evening >> >> >>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 07:16:31PM -0500, Jeffery Johnson wrote: >>>> Thanks Paul... I did the same earlier today while out on the front porch I >>>> saw our first woodpecker in the neighborhood. I will confess I was tempted >>>> to get up and get my camera but decided I would just let the moment be what >>>> it was and not attempt to record it. >>> >>> It's obviously the time of year for woodpeckers. >>> >>> I've seen one on the tree in the front yard in the last week. And tonight >>> there were three on the telegraph pole in the corner of the back garden - >>> by the looks of them, one adult male, one juvenile, and one indeterminate. >>> >>> I was tempted to drag out the big glass, but I was already grilling steaks. >>> Maybe they'll turn up again over the next few days. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
