Given I am borrowing a camera till I get a new Canon SX40 to replace the one Lake Superior’s ice claimed yesterday, I decided to not try anything tricky this morning. It is challenging learning settings on someone else’s camera. Thus, I positioned myself under our bird-feeders in the -6F sunny weather and waited. As the birds seem to recognize me as Mr. Food Provider, within a short period of time they obliged my desired to take photos from a few feet away … thus today’s photo … blinking bird. I have to admit I had never seen a nuthatches eyelid before! Burst mode is a great resource. I have included two photos of today’s bird … one eyes open and looking at me, and blinking!

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Eyes Open

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Blinking

My title is not a typo. This Goldfinch photo was taken early this morning, while I was in mourning for my camera. Just before sunrise my own camera did a nose dive onto some Lake Superior ice. The end result was not pretty, and my camera shall rest in peace. My thanks to Molly (my wife), who is letting me commandeer her camera for the short term till I have a replacement … hopefully after just a few days and after some dollars. Ouch!

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I raced 42 kilometers in a Nordic ski race today (Mora Vasaloppet), and came home tired. Thus I was looking for a bird assignment for my 365 day project which would not required me to move around much! I decided trying to catch birds in flight from our window seat while looking out at our feeders was just the ticket. I had been learning about a different way to set and lock the focus. Using this method I would anticipate where I thought a bird would land, and then move the camera a bit to the left or right to catch them in flight. I’m please with my first efforts, but still need more work.

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