That's a new tip for me as well,..i have a bird feeder for the past few weeks and using Sun Flower seeds,..my lot of Blue Tits,..Finches and Sparrows are scoffing like mad,..what ever drops is eaten by the Blackbirds.
Philip... I'm surprised that the birds are comfortable enough to come eat around your "herd" of cats.
Saving a few berries by putting them in the freezer helps in a couple of ways. Firstly, you can hang them up for the birds when winter really hits. Then you also have the opportunity to get some nice photos of the birds. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Fasten the berries to a suitable spotting place and if there is no available perch for the birds, add a nice branch for them. We used this lichen covered branch. This robin approaches the berries. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) As the birds come for the berries, you have the chance to take some pictures.
I'm interested Kildale!! Sorry I haven't commented to day but, as it's my birthday, I've had a nice, relaxing day reading a good book which I just couldn't put down.
Sorry to have missed your birthday. This 8 hours difference changes a lot of things. Anyway, have a great weekend.
We are looking in Kildale,..just dumbstruck at the good tips and fantastic pictures keep them coming.
My bird photography is made easy by the props etc. that I have put up. This was taken a couple of days ago when we had a little snow. We didn't get any more. This shows the props up nicely I think. To the left however there are more bits and pieces and more water dishes. Any tips though were taken before this picture was taken, but basically these are what I use. I can stand outside and a lot of the birds don't mind me at all, makes it easy for photography. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )
As I have mentioned on many occasions, I’m not a lover of showing bird feeders in my pictures, my hummingbird feeders don’t have a perch. I add my own resting place. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) OK, it not looking to the feeder. It flew to the perch from the feeder so you know which way it will settle. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Now we have our photo with the feeder out of site. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) We also get to see this one having breakfast and aerobics.
I like to use the berries that I have kept for the colder weather. You can get some different birds coming to them. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) The Hermit Thrush only comes for the berries, I don't see them otherwise. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Come in closer or crop off the berries and you get a decent photo. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Change the location for a change in the background. The birds still find them. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Again, crop off the berries or focus on the bird only.
Photographing a few birds as they wait near a suet feeder. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Here we have a nice perch that we attached in front of a small tree trunk that we had also attached to the railings around the deck. This is one of the props that we use for woodpeckers etc. This small perch was simply used as a perch for birds waiting at another log feeder. This is a Bewick’s wren perched on it and the snow forms the background. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) This is a Chickadee on the same perch after the snows had gone. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Add a fir branch to the background, with a couple of pine cones and it really improves the scene. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden ) Then when the birds arrive you can take some nice pictures.
