outdoor photography

Black and White Warbler This morning I went to Mead Gardens with the great people at the Orange Audubon Society.  It was a pretty good morning.  I went hoping to see warblers, and I was not disappointed. 1 Ovenbird, 1 Worm-eating Warbler, 3 Black-and-white Warblers, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 (maybe 2) Cape May Warbler, many Northern Parula (I think at least 7), 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 1 Palm Warbler, and 1 Prairie Warbler.  It was a dark, cloudy day this morning, and while I photographed every one of these species, the only presentable photograph I got was of a Black and White Warbler.  Other members of our group saw a Hooded Warbler, but it eluded me. Great Blue Heron Other highlights of the morning were many Carolina Wrens and Northern Cardinals, though we found one female that had a broken bill.  We also saw A Barred Owl and a Cooper's Hawk. Northern Cardinal Female Northern Cardinal with Broken Bill R...

Blue Jay This morning I walked around my office parking lot to find most of the usual suspects, but very few were willing to come out and pose for a photograph.  This morning, it was really the Blue Jays that were most willing, and so I decided concentrate on them, since I don't know that I have ever really tried to get a good photo of a Blue Jay. Blue Jay Blue Jay And as is my usual custom when I have a bad bird photography morning, here's the most interesting squirrel I saw as I was walking around. Gray Squirrel Here's the list of 17 species I found this morning: Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Egret 2 Green Heron 1 Osprey 3 Common Gallinule 3 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 3 Fish Crow X Northern Mockingbird 3 Cedar Waxwing 10 Northern Parula 1 Northern Cardinal 12 Common Grackle X Boat-tailed Grackle X