H.J. Ruiz – Avian101 – Page 893 – "My Backyard Visitors" – All about birds

Bad Weather Hits Hard

We have had a horrendous weather lately. Storm almost every day. Tornado watch and flood watch several times.

Gray and dark days, some morning are as dark as night. You can see the school buses picking up kids in the dark.

North Alabama got the worst part of this chain of storms and high winds. Also hit in lesser intensity the North west part of Georgia. Where we live. Luckily we didn’t get any tornados.

Snowy Egret

Tricolored Heron

Willet

Brown Pelican

All photographs are © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101

Tags: birds, photography, photos of birds, Snowy Egret

I can’t wait for the Spring to be here! The weather is so uninviting to go out as is now that I’m getting a bit bored just reading and organizing my photo files. I need to be out there with my camera shooting pictures not at home. I’m sure I’m not the only one feeling like this. I’ll keep an eye on new locations for birding and photography. I’m also working on reading a couple of books on birds that Princeton University Press sent me for review. These books are huge! 🙂 I’m reading as fast as I can.

Common Grackle - Canon 20D - f/ 8.0 - 1/ 500 - ISO 800

Chipping Sparrow - Canon 20D - f/ 8.0 - 1/ 250 - ISO 800

White-throated Sparrow - Canon 20D - f/ 5.6 - 1/ 500 - ISO 640

Green Heron - Canon 60D - f/ 8.0 - 1/ 400 - ISO 125

All photographs are © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101

Tags: canon 20d, Chipping Sparrow, photography, photos of birds, White-Throated Sparrow

Black and White Warbler – Video

Delicate songs by the Black and White Warbler. Video courtesy © Lang Elliott

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Birds from Sarasota

Here I’m posting tree pictures I shot in Sarasota. I had sunny days that gave me a chance to get clear and sharp images. I used a moderate long zoom lens. Not to disturb the birds.