Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-26 Thread David J Brooks
Our oldest cat, Norman, doe all of the mousing etc, but will leave both the mothe grey squirrel that hangs aound the yard. She is the one that was a paw last year that will feed out of our hand. Dave On 5/25/07, Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking of squirrels... Our dog has great

Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-25 Thread Dave Kennedy
Speaking of squirrels... Our dog has great fun chasing the squirrels. He's normally in the house, but when we see them at the feeder, a whisper to the dog, and he's ready at the door. Open it a crack and he's bolted after the squirrel. The squirrel usually makes it up the nearest tree and chatters

Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-25 Thread Walter Hamler
I've been thinking about setting up a place for photographing the birds for a while, I don't like bird feeder shots. My wife likes the feeder nice close to the house, but that's not conducive to getting the shots I want. Dave, have you considered putting the camera/tripod in a covering of some

Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-25 Thread David Savage
My tip: find a Bird Whisperer and follow them around the backyard: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/GESO/GESO_001/pages/IMGP2131.html ;-) Cheers, Dave On 5/25/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those that do a lot of birds. I have a rather big yard, compared to modern

Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-24 Thread David J Brooks
For those that do a lot of birds. I have a rather big yard, compared to modern subdivision lots, about a tad over a 1/4 acre. Lots of big maple trees along the fences. We have birds come to the feeders in front, but if i try and get them there, i have really bad backdrops, posts, door frames

Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-24 Thread Christian
David J Brooks wrote: For those that do a lot of birds. you rang? :-) I have a rather big yard, compared to modern subdivision lots, about a tad over a 1/4 acre. Lots of big maple trees along the fences. We have birds come to the feeders in front, but if i try and get them there, i have

Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-24 Thread David J Brooks
On 5/24/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: For those that do a lot of birds. you rang? :-) I have a rather big yard, compared to modern subdivision lots, about a tad over a 1/4 acre. Lots of big maple trees along the fences. We have birds come to the

Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
- Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Birding pictures in your back yard. David J Brooks wrote: For those that do a lot of birds. you rang? :-) I have a rather big yard, compared to modern subdivision lots, about a tad over a 1/4 acre. Lots of big maple trees

Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.

2007-05-24 Thread David J Brooks
, as Christian pointed out will definitely help in getting a variety of birds. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Birding pictures in your back yard. David J Brooks wrote: For those that do a lot of birds. you rang? :-) I have