I attached an iPhone XR with a Moment Wide Angle lens to a tripod and set it up a short distance from our suet feeder. I used a bluetooth device to trigger the iPhone camera from about 15 meters away. I generally expect to see various birds coming and going to consume one of these blocks of suet in about three days. Thus I set up the camera to take still photos and not videos. It would have been much better to get a video of this action scene because it went on continuously for more than five minutes. Here is a sampling of more than 100 images I shot in that time interval.
Ms Downy, the one without the red spot, landed on the feeder first and began eating. Then Mr Downy landed about two minutes later, shortly before the first image shown here. Some moments later Ms Downy sensed that something was amiss, and the battle or love spat commenced. I stayed out of it. Right after the last image shown here they flew away.
rogerl
Loc: UK (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
A lovely series of shots!
What a great set. It looks like it suddenly turned into a serious conflict
That's a great series! I guess I'm not the only one that will never understand women! It looks like there is plenty for all!
Great series. She seemed to be giving him some scolding
A great sequence. Looks like the female got her way. That happens a lot in every species.
Great set. To me, it looks like Mama trying to teach son to eat at the feeder so she won't have to feed him any more. I saw this happen a lot when I had over 40 species of birds coming to my feeders in Tn.
Roger2011 wrote:
I attached an iPhone XR with a Moment Wide Angle lens to a tripod and set it up a short distance from our suet feeder. I used a bluetooth device to trigger the iPhone camera from about 15 meters away. I generally expect to see various birds coming and going to consume one of these blocks of suet in about three days. Thus I set up the camera to take still photos and not videos. It would have been much better to get a video of this action scene because it went on continuously for more than five minutes. Here is a sampling of more than 100 images I shot in that time interval.
Ms Downy, the one without the red spot, landed on the feeder first and began eating. Then Mr Downy landed about two minutes later, shortly before the first image shown here. Some moments later Ms Downy sensed that something was amiss, and the battle or love spat commenced. I stayed out of it. Right after the last image shown here they flew away.
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Wonderful sequence whatever they're doing!
Horseart wrote:
Great set. To me, it looks like Mama trying to teach son to eat at the feeder so she won't have to feed him any more. I saw this happen a lot when I had over 40 species of birds coming to my feeders in Tn.
You suppose that's why she's holding his feet so they don't claw each other's eyes out?
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