John from gpwmi wrote:
Thank you very much, Bill. Well it's kind of like fishing. Sometimes I come back to shoot and the nut is gone and sometimes I come back, wait an hour and give up. Actually my wife feeds the birds walnuts. We buy 3 lb bags at Costco. Always have a couple of walnuts around for bait. You asked about gear: I'm using an Olympus OMD E- M1,II (that's a micro 4/3). For these shots I used a 40-150mm,f/2.8 alone or with a 1.4xT.C. or 2xT.C. So in FF equivalence it spans 80-600mm.
I thought I would give your idea a try.
I borrowed some walnuts from the kitchen and set a couple nice big halves where I want to photograph the Cardinel and Bluejays.
First, Steven the Herring Gull discovered and ate the walnuts while pillaging sunflower seeds. The next 2 walnut halves pleased the Redwing Blackbirds.