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Post by bowbum on Jan 13, 2018 15:43:00 GMT -5
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 13, 2018 21:40:08 GMT -5
Cedar Waxwings are pretty cool birds. Seen a huge flock of them last week while flintlock hunting. Been seeing a ton of cardinals lately as well.
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Post by rem700 on Jan 14, 2018 6:29:35 GMT -5
Great photos as always!
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Post by Loggy on Jan 14, 2018 8:09:27 GMT -5
Some more fine pics indeed!! Photographer....you or the Mrs??  |
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Post by bowbum on Jan 14, 2018 9:03:51 GMT -5
Some more fine pics indeed!! Photographer....you or the Mrs?? The hermit thrush was Kate's but I think the rest were mine this time. I was on a project away from home for about 7-8 weeks which gave her free access to the boids and she nailed it with some great photos. |
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Post by Loggy on Jan 14, 2018 9:51:09 GMT -5
My Mrs has a Canon SX40 HS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 35x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom which she wanted to mainly take pics at the Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge. She wanted one that was self focusing vs changing lenses plus with a decent zoom. It doesn't do too bad but should likely be looking to upgrade.
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Post by bowbum on Jan 14, 2018 12:17:34 GMT -5
My Mrs has a Canon SX40 HS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 35x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom which she wanted to mainly take pics at the Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge. She wanted one that was self focusing vs changing lenses plus with a decent zoom. It doesn't do too bad but should likely be looking to upgrade. I have a Nikon B700, (basically an automatic with point and shoot capability), with a 60x zoom. Katie has a Sony Cybershot, (another auto point and shoot), with a 50x zoom. I get razed pretty good by friends and acquaintances, one who has $20,000 in his set up, about my $430 dollar rig but on most days I can get my moneys worth. The difference is certainly significant though if wanting "stop action" and greatest possible clarity and the ability to adjust for poor conditions. I just don't have the detail-mind for that anyway though. |
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Post by Loggy on Jan 14, 2018 12:30:03 GMT -5
Thanks Bowbum.. Wow....60X zoom!! I see now how your getting so many great close-up shots!! May have to take a look at the B700 and the Sony Cybershot. I can't imagine anything else superseding the fine quality pics you're getting in that price range for sure. I think my wifes ran around 400 and 35x was the max zoom we could find in that category of camera. We bought it back in 2012.
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Post by bowbum on Jan 14, 2018 13:13:18 GMT -5
Thanks Bowbum.. Wow....60X zoom!! I see now how your getting so many great close-up shots!! May have to take a look at the B700 and the Sony Cybershot. I can't imagine anything else superseding the fine quality pics you're getting in that price range for sure. I think my wifes ran around 400 and 35x was the max zoom we could find in that category of camera. We bought it back in 2012. There actually is a 90x zoom auto camera, I think also Nikon, but the reviews are really negative. Kate's seems to have slightly better color representation but I think my Nikon has better clarity. I'm real happy with both though. What's really nice is we seldom ever use a tripod. I used a tripod when taking snowy owl pictures at 125 yards in windy conditions but I think that was the only time. |
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Post by Loggy on Jan 14, 2018 17:11:43 GMT -5
Made the mistake of showing the Mrs your Nikon B700 pics here!! Now she wants one...said I can have her Canon SX40. |
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Post by bowbum on Jan 15, 2018 8:42:13 GMT -5
Made the mistake of showing the Mrs your Nikon B700 pics here!! Now she wants one...said I can have her Canon SX40. I don't want to discourage Mrs Loggy but much of what you see is because of the set up I have. Those birds are within 8 - 10 feet of the camera. The big zoom helps a great deal and is very important but "daylight and distance" are key. I see now the camera I have is even on sale for about $23 less than I paid. It most definitely is a good deal for the money. |
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Post by Loggy on Jan 15, 2018 8:58:19 GMT -5
Bowbum...is this the camera you had some problems with the seller?? I see WMart has it for 409.99. Most places are around 425.
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Post by good ole boy on Jan 15, 2018 9:16:52 GMT -5
I seen a Robin the other day Deer Huntin.I,ve seen flocks of em around years past while huntin but this one was alone.You could tell the cold was effecting it cause it was all fluffed up.
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Post by bowbum on Jan 15, 2018 9:36:56 GMT -5
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Post by dennyf on Jan 15, 2018 10:00:19 GMT -5
We've had oodles of red birds here, since I finally cleaned/filled the big feeder with sunflower seeds and a bit of corn, a few weeks ago.
Even had some chickadees the other week. Saw fewer of them while at camp this year in deer season, than normal and really missed them up there. Although there were plenty of them out in our club woods in November, when I was clearing leaves from the field archery courses?
One goldfinch noted and even a blue bird showed up the other morning, although it just perched on top of the feeder?
Every morning there are doves rooting around on the ground under the feeder. No blue jays yet, but they'll show up eventually.
The huge mess of starlings that were here this fall in the woods out back, finally left right before deer season.
They arrive each spring, stay for weeks then they're gone until fall and stay out there for a month or two, before leaving for the winter. They are a major PITA, as the woods soon reek and they splatter everything around here with bird crap.
Now there are even more in the woods out back. Have never seen them here this late, so assuming this is another horde that moved in from farther north? Thousands of them, that leave each morning, return each day around dusk. Takes them a half hour some evenings, to finally quit swarming and roost. The early ones quiet down after dark, unless I go out back and clap my hands.
The ones that are here now, chatter all night long. They've been finding berries of some sort to eat, because our vehicles are all splattered with reddish brown bird dukey that sticks to a windshield like epoxy. 'Bout ready to start firing bottle rockets into the woods at night. Fall of 2016 I brought a canned air boat horn home from the club and gave 'em an early reason to head south. WE use those horns to start the fun, for archery field shoots.
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