Free Range Pets
Mar 30, 2016 10:38:16 #
Mar 30, 2016 11:59:51 #
Mar 30, 2016 12:11:50 #
Number two is my pick of the 3... Caught the seed in mid air :) :thumbup:
Mar 30, 2016 12:55:25 #
maddawgg wrote:
What camera, lens and settings did you use for these outstanding shots?
All taken with a Canon EOS 5Dsr and EF 100-400 II lens.
The Downy f/6.3, 1250th, ISO 320, 400mm
The Red-bellied f/5, 1250th, ISO 2000, 300mm
The Sapsucker f/5.6, 640th, ISO 640, 300mm
All three are cropped but with 50.6 megapixels, cropping is not an issue.
Mar 30, 2016 13:00:28 #
larryzplace wrote:
Number two is my pick of the 3... Caught the seed in mid air :) :thumbup:
I personally like the Sapsucker best because of the uniqueness with his feather all fluffed out and they don't come into my woods all that often. I've seen more pileated woodpeckers in those woods than yellow bellied sap suckers.
Mar 30, 2016 14:19:01 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
I keep feeding them, they keep coming back...
Excellent woodpecker set! Love the Yellow bellied Sapsucker. They are not easy to get. Free range?? I have too many to count. Some have feathers, some have fur. Great job on these. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 30, 2016 14:34:09 #
cameranut wrote:
Excellent woodpecker set! Love the Yellow bellied Sapsucker. They are not easy to get. Free range?? I have too many to count. Some have feathers, some have fur. Great job on these. :thumbup: :thumbup:
I call them free range pets because unlike my dog they come and go as they please; like my dog, I put out food and they always return. The flying fauna population around my house and in the woods feeder site has greatly increased since I began feeding them. I enjoy walking outside and hearing all the song birds singing away up in the trees. Plus there's been an obvious decline in the local bug population.
Mar 30, 2016 17:04:51 #
Mar 30, 2016 18:28:05 #
Ptw wrote:
Very nice shots! From the looks of #3 you are feeding them well:)
The sapsucker was just cold, not overweight. If he was that fat he'd probably have a hard time flying. But then I do feed them well...
Mar 30, 2016 22:46:59 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
I call them free range pets because unlike my dog they come and go as they please; like my dog, I put out food and they always return. The flying fauna population around my house and in the woods feeder site has greatly increased since I began feeding them. I enjoy walking outside and hearing all the song birds singing away up in the trees. Plus there's been an obvious decline in the local bug population.
You sound a lot like me. I just finished making a big pan of suet which gets birds I would never see otherwise. Bird seed, thistle seed, scratch food, whole wheat bread and more goes to feed my free range pets. Add 9 cats and one Golden retriever to the list and I stay pretty busy. If only I could get some bats and Common Night Hawks to hang around. ;)
Mar 30, 2016 23:37:57 #
cameranut wrote:
You sound a lot like me. I just finished making a big pan of suet which gets birds I would never see otherwise. Bird seed, thistle seed, scratch food, whole wheat bread and more goes to feed my free range pets. Add 9 cats and one Golden retriever to the list and I stay pretty busy. If only I could get some bats and Common Night Hawks to hang around. ;)
I to make a special suet dough blend, but only in the cold months when they need the calories more. For the warm months I use high energy suet dough and mix chopped dry fruit with their seed mix. The woodpeckers and nuthatches eat most of the suet. I put out peanuts for the blue Jays and titmice. There's a thistle station for the finches and the platform feeder is the communal feeder where multiple species of birds like to get together and eat seed and gossip, at least that's what it looks like.
The only critter I've photographed at night is a flying squirrel that was feeding at a peanut box I have for the squirrels.
Mar 30, 2016 23:58:29 #
Mar 31, 2016 15:38:54 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
I to make a special suet dough blend, but only in ... (show quote)
:-o The Flying Squirrel is really something special. I have only seen one in my lifetime and I actually had my camera on me at the time. It was in a birdhouse that had never been used or was vacated. It was in daytime and the big eyed squirrel gave me a view of his head and front paws. I feel blessed to have seen him/her. I will post a photo of it with your permission.
Mar 31, 2016 16:30:44 #
cameranut wrote:
:-o The Flying Squirrel is really something special. I have only seen one in my lifetime and I actually had my camera on me at the time. It was in a birdhouse that had never been used or was vacated. It was in daytime and the big eyed squirrel gave me a view of his head and front paws. I feel blessed to have seen him/her. I will post a photo of it with your permission.
Yes, I'd like to see it.
Seeing one in the daylight is even rarer than catching them at night as they are nocturnal. They prefer to spend the days "squirreled" away in their tree top nests as far from predators as possible.
Mar 31, 2016 16:35:12 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
I keep feeding them, they keep coming back...
:thumbup:
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