My first Blog
May//2009
So what can you find on this new web site, well for starters there’s more information on past projects and what we (Migration Productions) are working on now. In fact this month Jim Grady and I will be going to Cape May to work on our latest video project on shorebirds which we hope to have completed sometime next year. So far we have interviewed many people here in Massachusetts and last August we went to the Bay of Fundy in Canada as part of this project. I’ll keep you posted on the progress of our shorebird video in months to come so stay tuned.
Other items of interest for my fellow photographers is the news on three of the Mass Audubon photo blinds. First the Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center (VAC) bird photo blind is set up for use with a few updates made last year and some additional updates to be made soon. Good friend and fellow birder Steve Anderson installed a new door two years ago however we had a problem last spring and had to add a new door latch. That seems to have done the trick and the door survived the winter and works perfectly. I spent some time there last week and got some nice photos of White-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow, Junco, House Sparrow and Cardinal. While I did photograph Eastern Bluebird, Flicker and Cooper’s Hawk at the VAC, I was not inside the Bird Photo Blind for those images. Also as you can see below I photographed a Cooper’s Hawk which landed on one of the “perches” in front of the Photo Blind while I was waiting to photograph the Bluebird. Just my luck.....the one time I would or should have been inside the VAC Bird Photo Blind I was instead in the filed behind the blind trying to get a Bluebird!
Eastern Bluebird (male)
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/500 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Northern Flicker
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/1000 sec f8, ISO 400
Cooper’s Hawk
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/25 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Cooper’s Hawk
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/500 sec f7.1, ISO 400
White-breasted Nuthatch
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/800 sec f8, ISO 250
Song Sparrow
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/640 sec f8, ISO 250
Junco
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/800 sec f8., ISO 250
The other two blinds are located at Mass Audubon Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield. As a birder or photographer if you have not visited this sanctuary you owe it to yourself to go there the next chance you have. As you arrive in the parking area you will see a small pond just to you right that has two observation blinds that are well suited and “fixed up” for photographers. This past weekend I had some good photos of Painted Turtle, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Little Blue Heron, Glossy Ibis and Snipe. The blind closest to the parking area is best in the afternoon while the blind on the far side of the pond is best in the morning. Please note you will want to bring a bean bag for your lens as a tripod does not really works well inside the blinds. Click here to view more photos taken from observation blinds.
A view from Mass Audubon Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary “Blind #2”.
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 17-40mm lens
1/400 sec f14, ISO 250
Yellow Warbler
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/1250 sec f7.1, ISO 320
Painted Turtles
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/320 sec f10, ISO 400
Painted Turtle
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/800 sec f7.1, ISO 500
Glossy Ibis
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/800 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Little Blue Heron
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/800 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Snipe
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens +1.4x
1/500 sec f7.1, ISO 500
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/1600 sec f7.1, ISO 400
I hope you enjoyed my first Blog and what I believe I will now use to post my “Photos of the week”. Until next time take care and get out and see some wildlife.
Other items of interest for my fellow photographers is the news on three of the Mass Audubon photo blinds. First the Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center (VAC) bird photo blind is set up for use with a few updates made last year and some additional updates to be made soon. Good friend and fellow birder Steve Anderson installed a new door two years ago however we had a problem last spring and had to add a new door latch. That seems to have done the trick and the door survived the winter and works perfectly. I spent some time there last week and got some nice photos of White-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow, Junco, House Sparrow and Cardinal. While I did photograph Eastern Bluebird, Flicker and Cooper’s Hawk at the VAC, I was not inside the Bird Photo Blind for those images. Also as you can see below I photographed a Cooper’s Hawk which landed on one of the “perches” in front of the Photo Blind while I was waiting to photograph the Bluebird. Just my luck.....the one time I would or should have been inside the VAC Bird Photo Blind I was instead in the filed behind the blind trying to get a Bluebird!
Eastern Bluebird (male)
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/500 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Northern Flicker
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/1000 sec f8, ISO 400
Cooper’s Hawk
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/25 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Cooper’s Hawk
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/500 sec f7.1, ISO 400
White-breasted Nuthatch
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/800 sec f8, ISO 250
Song Sparrow
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/640 sec f8, ISO 250
Junco
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/800 sec f8., ISO 250
The other two blinds are located at Mass Audubon Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield. As a birder or photographer if you have not visited this sanctuary you owe it to yourself to go there the next chance you have. As you arrive in the parking area you will see a small pond just to you right that has two observation blinds that are well suited and “fixed up” for photographers. This past weekend I had some good photos of Painted Turtle, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Little Blue Heron, Glossy Ibis and Snipe. The blind closest to the parking area is best in the afternoon while the blind on the far side of the pond is best in the morning. Please note you will want to bring a bean bag for your lens as a tripod does not really works well inside the blinds. Click here to view more photos taken from observation blinds.
A view from Mass Audubon Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary “Blind #2”.
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 17-40mm lens
1/400 sec f14, ISO 250
Yellow Warbler
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/1250 sec f7.1, ISO 320
Painted Turtles
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/320 sec f10, ISO 400
Painted Turtle
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/800 sec f7.1, ISO 500
Glossy Ibis
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens
1/800 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Little Blue Heron
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/800 sec f7.1, ISO 400
Snipe
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens +1.4x
1/500 sec f7.1, ISO 500
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Canon EOS Mark IIN with Canon 600mm f4.0 lens + 1.4x
1/1600 sec f7.1, ISO 400
I hope you enjoyed my first Blog and what I believe I will now use to post my “Photos of the week”. Until next time take care and get out and see some wildlife.
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