Bird Hunting....

**casil403** · 03-19-2009, 04:52 PM

I took a walk down by Lindsay Park today to try out bird hunting...
This is what I came up with on a nice relaxing day.

**jjeling** · 03-19-2009, 05:54 PM

I like this first shot between the two threads the most. You did well in a tough focusing situation.

**Mad Aussie** · 03-20-2009, 01:05 AM

What lens are you shooting with here Casil?

That first shot has a really pastel feel about it.

I like the duck in the snow! That's a sight I'll never see around here!! Poor Daffy's feets must be frozen!!

**JAS_Photo** · 03-20-2009, 01:38 AM

I like the first one too. Is that a chicadee? The colors of the duck are great! Then there is the 'proper' magpie. They are gorgeous birds actually.

**casil403** · 03-20-2009, 09:09 AM

The first little guy is a white breasted nuthatch. I used my 70-300mm lens with a tripod that I just set up quietly in the woods hoping something would land nearby. That's also how I caught the chickadee on the leaves in the second post..part 2. I like our magpies also Raiven...they are quite beautiful. Their feathers are blue MA.
Thanks everyone.

**Mad Aussie** · 03-20-2009, 02:43 PM

Just looked at your magpie again and I can see the blue and green in the feathers now. Very cool! Our Magpies are black and white ... no other colour hues in their feathers.

**Mad Aussie** · 03-20-2009, 06:45 PM

Hey what's with the mesh around the tree in the Magpie shot? Is it to stop Deer eating the bark or something?

**casil403** · 03-20-2009, 06:50 PM

Calgary Parks department puts mesh around the tree bases to keep the beavers from damaging the trees and eating them. It's more humane than exterminating them and the beavers leave those trees alone. There's quite a few stumps around that and other parks (some very large) that beavers have taken down making it a hazzard for pedestrians. I'll find examples and post them so you could see the kind of damage they do.

**Mad Aussie** · 03-20-2009, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by casil403

Calgary Parks department puts mesh around the tree bases to keep the beavers from damaging the trees and eating them. It's more humane than exterminating them and the beavers leave those trees alone. There's quite a few stumps around that and other parks (some very large) that beavers have taken down making it a hazzard for pedestrians. I'll find examples and post them so you could see the kind of damage they do.

Serves people right for moving into the Beavers backyards