Seeing The White-breasted Nuthatch Up Close At Home
Last Saturday I had a great encounter with a white-breasted nuthatch at the Celery Bog. I made a couple of photos that I liked. One of them I posted right away, and one of them I was saving for a rainy day so to speak. Well as luck would have it I saw another nuthatch at home on a rainy day. I had just returned from the Celery Bog and this guy was on my tree with a friend. It seemed much more vibrant than the other one so I guessed this was a young nuthatch. It gave me a couple of good poses and then I closed the window and let it eat.
Making A Habitat In The Yard
I spend some time yesterday arranging some things in the backyard for a better wildlife photography habitat. I let the garden go this year because the birds loved it. I trimmed some of that back so that it would make for better photos. I also placed a couple of different kinds of feeders around our big tree in the back as well so that the birds could use it as cover. A little pruning down low made sure that I will have good backgrounds and no limbs in the way of the birds as I make photos from my window. This could be a long winter so having photos in my backyard could be a great thing. We will see how this all turns out as the season moves on.
Good tips on prepping the yard to attract birds as well as getting good background in the photo. I need to do similar this spring.