Nov 2009
Photographing Birds at Mass Audubon Sanctuaries
Nov//2009
If you are interested in photographing birds and other wildlife in Massachusetts then I suggest you start with a Mass Audubon Sanctuary. There are three that can offer some of the best bird photography here in Massachusetts all from the relative comfort of a “observation blind” or “photo blind”.
In my first Blog I talked about two of them located less then a hour from Boston. The Visual Arts Center (Canton, Mass) and Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Marshfield, Mass.) and the photo blinds they have available.
The information listed below is part of a handout I have for people that attend my photo workshops I teach for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. The third location I recommend checking out in this series is Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary located on Cape Cod. So pack your camera gear and get ready to take some great photos from one of these locations!
View of inside the observation/photo blind.
Note cameras resting on beanbags.
Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wellfleet, Mass (Cape Cod)
May – August, possible September
Best time for Kingfisher late June through early August.
Many people that work at or volunteer for MAS Wellfleet Bay WS are friends and I have been teaching photo workshops for them going back several years now. This is a wonderful sanctuary and at most times of the year can offer some photos of one thing or another. However back in 2006 before I was to teach a three-day workshop with fellow photographer Eric Smith we cleared some Phragmites (an invasive species of plant) that is growing around the edge of the Goose Pond and was blocking the view from a small blind that over looks this pond. For many years this Phragmites was so tall and thick you could not see anything from this blind. Now after four years in row of going in and removing each stalk piece by piece, grabbing it and ripping it out (you MUST wear work gloves when trying this) by the roots so as not to grow back, it’s now some what under control. At least the area in front of the blind is under control. This will require a yearly “cleaning out” in front of the blind but now offers the chance to photograph one of the most difficult birds there is to get a photo of, Belted Kingfisher.
Kingfisher (adult, female)
Canon Mark IIN
Canon 600mm w/1.4x
1/640 @ f8.0 Read More...
In my first Blog I talked about two of them located less then a hour from Boston. The Visual Arts Center (Canton, Mass) and Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Marshfield, Mass.) and the photo blinds they have available.
The information listed below is part of a handout I have for people that attend my photo workshops I teach for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. The third location I recommend checking out in this series is Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary located on Cape Cod. So pack your camera gear and get ready to take some great photos from one of these locations!
View of inside the observation/photo blind.
Note cameras resting on beanbags.
Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wellfleet, Mass (Cape Cod)
May – August, possible September
Best time for Kingfisher late June through early August.
Many people that work at or volunteer for MAS Wellfleet Bay WS are friends and I have been teaching photo workshops for them going back several years now. This is a wonderful sanctuary and at most times of the year can offer some photos of one thing or another. However back in 2006 before I was to teach a three-day workshop with fellow photographer Eric Smith we cleared some Phragmites (an invasive species of plant) that is growing around the edge of the Goose Pond and was blocking the view from a small blind that over looks this pond. For many years this Phragmites was so tall and thick you could not see anything from this blind. Now after four years in row of going in and removing each stalk piece by piece, grabbing it and ripping it out (you MUST wear work gloves when trying this) by the roots so as not to grow back, it’s now some what under control. At least the area in front of the blind is under control. This will require a yearly “cleaning out” in front of the blind but now offers the chance to photograph one of the most difficult birds there is to get a photo of, Belted Kingfisher.
Kingfisher (adult, female)
Canon Mark IIN
Canon 600mm w/1.4x
1/640 @ f8.0 Read More...
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