Day for the Birds

Today was a non photography day. First thing in the morning I filled and hung up the hummingbird feeders. Some of the first migrant hummingbirds are starting to show up. Hopefully I've got them up high enough to keep the bear away from them. When I raised them up last fall it seemed to do the trick. Afterwards I set about building some nest boxes. I built a dozen bird houses in all. One large owl box and eleven medium sized nest boxes. I'm looking forward to seeing how many get used. Thank you Nick and Scott for the free wood. The wood is just perfect for bird houses. If you get a chance please put up some nest boxes too. Cavity nesting birds will use them. They are fun to watch and will help keep your gardens bug free of cut worms etc. God's blessings upon your week, chris#teamcanon, #tamron

Weathered Wood

It felt great to be photographing at the ranch last week. From the blind I could hear the small waterfalls on the creek below me. The call of a Mallard duck as it flew overhead and the muffled sounds of the horses hooves in the pasture behind the blind. I have a piece of bleached weathered wood that I have had for years. It has some really unique grain patterns in the wood. I can't image what the tree it came from must have looked like. I set up the wood next to the feeder and I had a parade of birds coming by to use the feeder. The majority of them were House Finches and Lesser Goldfinches. All were photographed with my Canon 7D and a Tamron 150-600mm lens. May you have a blessed week, chris