Bird Watching: chickadee, 1 by tigerlily

tigerlily wrote:
In persuit of the chestnut

Y'all would have laughed yourselves silly at my frustrations today in trying (hahaha) to get some decent images of the chestnut.

I discovered they seemed to feel quite safe in the cover of the trees, even when a loud vehicle came by, creating sudden flight to distant parts with the rest of the birds in the area.

If I sat on the ground, the chestnut would go high in the tree. Okay, so I've got the 75-300mm fully extended, and I'm peering through the branches of the cedars, and the darn lil' things would pop out just inches from my face! If I move, they go deeper into the tree, and this Canon focuses on what it's closest to, and to heck with anything behind that branch that's hanging in my way.

I need to get the Sony 717 adjusted for this, I can tell!

I did get a couple more passable shots........if you can discount the branches of interferance.