Yesterday I took a walk with a group near Spectacle Brook on the Ridgefield-Wilton border with a naturalist from Wilton Land Trust and another from Woodcock Nature Center. The idea was to spot migrating birds on the day when folks around the world list the birds they see and hear.
After a winter photographing the big birds in Southwest Florida, it was quite a challenge spotting and photographing the little birds that populate New England. We heard far more than we could see clearly, and I could photograph hardly any at all.
Is it cheating to photograph a female bluebird looking out of a bird house instead of in the wild?
A red-winged blackbird perched in a tree at the edge of the swamp. You can't see it? I know.
A scarlet tanager spent some time flitting around the top of some nearby trees.
The naturalist from the land trust specializes in plants, while the naturalist from the nature center is a birder. The land trust naturalist pointed out some very old oaks and tulip poplars. He had some people in our group hold hands around the base of an old tree to measure its girth.
Today is Mothers Day. Best wishes to the mothers out there. The females in my family will participate in "Run Like a Mother," a one mile race for girls and a 5K for the adults. I hope to end up with some photos for tomorrow's post.
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Bird photography can be tricky when it comes to smaller birds. But it is always nice to be out in nature.
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