September 25, 2019

Watchful Birds and a Grasshopper.


1. The vulture on a fence was a surprise. I only took one picture before he flapped his wings and flew away.

2. The crow likes to perch high on a tree at Indian Run Overlook in Shenandoah National Park.

3. Also in the park, a green grasshopper landed on my car window. After peering in at me and my camera, he turned sideways and posed!


4. Late yesterday afternoon, a cardinal visited my bird bath. Although the light was dim, I was anxious to do a test shot with my old Nikon P510 because I was using a new SD card. Normally that's not a concern, but I'd had problems using a memory card with that camera for a long time. Yesterday I drove to an old-time camera shop in Warrenton because we don't have one anywhere near my home. They suggested that the last card I used in it was too fast/too new for the old camera. I should have figured that out because my trail cam does not work with "Ultra" cards either. 
Northern Cardinal, Female.
I have a newer camera so I only use the old Nikon (which came out in 2012!) for taking bird pictures at my window. It has a 42x optical zoom, which is great for photographing birds, except that focusing is tricky so I use work-arounds, like placing all my feeders the same distance from the house. Since the SD card wasn't working but the Nikon has built in memory,  I was using only that memory and downloading the pictures every few days. It's good to have the extra memory of a card again.

7 comments:

  1. Lovely nature moments! Always good to enjoy even the small wonders too.

    warmest regards,
    isabella

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  2. ...yep, it's grasshopper time.

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  3. Whow, what interesting photos, and to know your process.

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  4. I like birds, but insects are also fascinating to me.
    Great photos!

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  5. Love that grasshopper!

    All the best Jan

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  6. I like the one of the posing grasshopper the best. Nice post.

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