After a few years hiatus on writing this blog, I’ve decided to throw myself back into it. This is mostly just to share with you what I’m up to lately photographically, and also to post a few “catch up” entries to cover some of the more notable photography I’ve done recently.
In order to warm up a little, here’s a few yard birds that took as much effort as stepping outside my house with my camera. As usual, click the photo to see a larger version.
First up is a Say’s phoebe, a pretty regular visitor around here. I managed to capture this guy with some out of focus flowers in the background adding a little interest to the portrait shot. The last couple of years these phoebes have nested and raised chicks in our back patio area.
The white-crowned sparrow is a winter visitor, and I managed to get this one amongst the fall foliage. While I have many tight portraits of WCSs, I wanted to show a little more of the habitat here, as that was of more interest than just another portrait.
Finally, I was happy to capture a California quail on some boulders in the back yard. There is a resident family around the house, and occasionally I see a couple of parents running from bush to bush with a trail of tiny little ones. They are typically hard to catch standing still, as they are very skittish. This male was showing off for his female, allowing me a few brief moments to get some shots off.
The rabbit at the top of the post is a desert cottontail munching on the back lawn. We also have much larger black-tailed jackrabbits here, and it is fun seeing them at the same time to really compare the size difference.
I’m excited to hopefully start posting again on a regular basis. Thanks to all the long time readers and commenters.
