My Backyard
My post for today will be about giving an approximate description of my backyard, which is the place where most of my photo work happens. It is very simple and straight forward patio, deck, lawn and creek. I’ve made a cut section drawing to show what I mean.
Cut section showing levels.
There’s nothing out of the ordinary once you look at it. Through the years I’ve been observing the birds coming and going, I’ve gotten to the conclusion that the main magnet that attracts birds is the creek with basic but extremely important factors for birds of any kind. There are lines of trees, shrubs and bushes that offer the most for any kind of birds. Safe haven for nesting birds in form of pine trees, oaks, sycamores, sumacs and other species. Bushes of several kinds which some are berries bearing. The humid grounds next to the water stream is a great source of invertebrates for birds such as earth worms, grubs and a great number of insects.
My photography is done mainly with help of a tripod and a camera with a long zoom lens. It’s basically the only way that I’ve been able to achieve the photos that you’re familiar with by now.
I hope that my description has been of help for anybody wondering about my backyard.
Brown-headed Cowbird (M)
Brown-headed Cowbird (M)
Common Grackle (M)
Text and photographs © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
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Poems and Pix
The Decision’s Made
The next time we see each other will be fun to reminisce
about the good days we spent at your place.
I remember that you prepared great meals for me because
my health was undermined by hunger and neglect.
I remember that you offered me the opportunity to recover
not only physically but you also helped me recover my self-esteem
torn to pieces from rejection and separation from my family.
I remember your happy face when I saw you every day, and how
much I treasured your company. How could I ever forget those
wonderful moments for they are engraved in my mind forever.
But I also had the yearn for being with my family despite
whatever might had happened in the past.
Well, that moment for the big decision has arrived and I must
make up my mind.
If you don’t see me again to meet you is because I have decided
to resume my life in company of my family, now I’m still young, I
should be with them and resolve any issues that we may have to
compromise.
I promise you to return one day when I’m older and more experienced so we can meet again.
I will never forget you…
—- o —-
Poem and photographs © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
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Show and Tail
Red-wingd Blackbird (M)
Northern Cardinal (F)
© HJ Ruiz – Avian101
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Panoramic View of Birds
Juvenile House Finch — Click on image to see enlargement —
© HJ Ruiz – Avian101
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Quote from the Author
“A good chuckle is healthy, it helps you break the monotony of a serious life.” ~ H.J. Ruiz
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