Winter Blue Jay
2018! The start of the new year in the Northeast is snow, wind, and bitter cold. With temperatures below zero, I captured this Blue Jay visiting for some breakfast. He was cooperative and perched long enough to take several pictures in the wind and blowing snow.
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A wet Blue Jay visits the bird feeder
A Blue Jay damp from the morning snow sits at the bird feeder.
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Blue Jay feeding
Typically one or two Blue Jays visit and bully the other birds. Shooting on this morning, there were a large number of Blue Jays visiting facing off with not only the other birds, but themselves.
These images of the Blue Jays were captured using the Canon 7D Mark II with the Canon EF 100-400MM F/4.5-5.6L IS USM and the CamRanger on a tripod.
What I love about the CamRanger is that I can adjust the focus, F-stop, and, trigger the shutter from my iPad or iPhone while sitting at the kitchen table drinking my morning coffee. The downside is that the camera is static, so if the birds decide to go to another location, rather than the one I've setup to shoot, then there is not much I can do. Inevitably after 30 minutes of no activity, I'll move the camera only to have a bird land where I was aiming 5 minutes before.
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Blue Jay lands on the feeder.
Blue Jay in sunlight
I have added a new tool to my photo bag; the CamRanger wireless camera controller. While we have been mostly without snow this Winter in the New York Capital Region, the temperatures have been seasonal nonetheless. With the CamRanger, the camera can be placed outdoors within 150 - 300 feet of my location indoors, and then I can shoot from the comfort of my sofa using either the iPad or iPhone.
The images here were my first attempt at using the CamRanger. Photographed with the Canon 7D Mark II and the Canon EF 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens, the images here were all shot off of a tripod and remotely triggered with the CamRanger.
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I have been seeing a lot of woodpecker sign this Spring and every once in awhile I spook the Pileated Woodpeckers while walking the dog...there is always two. On this late sunny afternoon in early April, my son happened to notice that we had a visitor on the tree stump in the backyard. I managed to grab the camera and start taking a few photos through the glass window in our backdoor.
Capital District, however the sunlight is making it feel warmer than it is and and the mood is not as gray and glum. Spring is just around the corner!
Another week in the NorthEast and another Nor'Easter providing the white winter background well into March. On this weekend in early March we had a number of House Finch visiting.
You always can tell when the Blue Jays arrive because all the other birds scatter! With the deep snow in February, the Blue Jays have been frequent visitors. I was able to take quite a few photos of this particular bird while it ate in peace-and-quiet. True to form, as soon as it left the other birds returned.
The images were taken with a Canon 7DMII and a Canon EF 100-400MM F/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens handheld in daylight. The images were post-processed in Adobe Lightroom.
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It has been dark and gloomy day in the Capital District. While working on the year-end clean-up of my Lightroom catalog I came across an image of some flowers in the mid-day Summer sun that I thought would work well as a background to one of my winter bird photos and add some color and warmth to the day. Above is the result of some quick editing.