The elusive bluebird, chapter 2

On Sunday afternoon, I changed sitting spots in the yard in order to concentrate on the bluebirds rather than the goldfinches. It’s difficult work, I tellya, sitting in the yard with my camera and the long lens. Some of you may remember the last time I tried to capture the elusive bluebird that has set up housekeeping in one of the houses along our fence line.

At times, I can accomplish much

I wasn’t very successful that time, getting not one single photo. Well, not one of the bluebird.




This time, I got several, although I’ve come to the conclusion that I may need a better lens. I had to keep inching closer and closer to the bird house because the 70-300mm only goes so far, you know.




Hello.

There were two bluebirds. This is the male.




And this is his mate. She’s got some sort of insect in her mouth and it looks big and juicy.

She looks like a ghost here.

And this is her ghostly apparition.

At one point when I had moved to about 20 feet away, they were both on the fence line at the same time.
You can see that the male has a bright green grub of some sort in his beak.

The photo is really lousy though. I need VR on my long lens.

VR is Vibration Reduction. And I don’t gots it on this one. Guess that’s why it was such a good price ~




I love sitting in the backyard on a nice day and trying to capture bird shots with the camera.




It was a feeding frenzy for them. The earth was soft from all the rain and if I hadn’t been there, they might have been more comfortable coming and going. And damn ~ those suckers really move fast, I tellya.




I do think I need another lens.

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Thanks for giving my photo a shout-out over at Pioneer Woman’s today. I was really surprised to have made finalist and I’m not saying that with false modesty. I’m saying it because there were several bird shots within the six groups and I didn’t think mine stood a chance. It’s a thrill to have made the finalist category.

Thanks for stopping by today. Until tomorrow, then . . .



PS ~ I feel a Giveaway coming on, don’t you?