May 7th, 2006
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| Could this be a female ruby-throated hummingbird (archilochus colubris)? I got this shot with the Nikon D50 on a tripod using the digital remote designed for self-portraits and group shots. It works for bird photos as well, although you have to be in front of the camera, not behind it. Key to a shot like this is a strobe (flash), which is necessary to stop the action of the tiny, fast-moving wings. I was shooting at a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second, with the built in flash on the lowest output setting so as not to wash the thing out with too much light. |
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May 6th, 2006
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| A pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks (pheucticus ludovicianus), female and male, bathing together on a Saturday afternoon. How romantic, eh? I got this shot using the digital remote for the D50 and a tripod, lazing on the screened in porch. |
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May 6th, 2006
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| Photo by Kenny Walters |
| A red house finch feeds opposite a rare blue grosbeak, migrating north for the summer through middle-Alabama. If the red birds and blue birds can get along so well, why can’t red states and blue states? |
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May 1st, 2006
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| A male rose-breasted grosbeak (pheucticus ludovicianus) migrating through middle-Alabama. We had them around for a couple of weeks, along with a beautiful blue grosbeak couple. |
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April 29th, 2006
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| After tracking these red-tailed hawks for weeks, we’ve located their nest in a backyard near Jefferson State Community College. There are two babies in the nest and we should have a photo soon. Unfortunately, we found out late yesterday that the largest one in the family, perhaps the male, was shot and killed about three weeks ago by an ignorant man in the hood. Also unfortunately, a neighbor disposed of the carcass, so the evidence is gone to turn the moron in to authorities. |
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