On January 1, 2013 I started year two of my 365 photo
project.
I started off the new year with a new camera; a Coolpix
Nikon p510. This is a camera I had
the opportunity to try at WBS’s Camera Days with
Schiller’s Camera in attendance.
Every year my family has a tradition of going birding on New
Years Day, trying to find as many birds as possible. I brought my camera along hoping to take some photos.
The first photo was taken in the morning. We were watching some feeders near
Honeyeo Lake in New York. My Mom
and I were looking at the birds in the bushes and heard the Chickadees making a
ton of noise. Moments later a Northern
Shrike flew thru trying to catch the Chickadees. It disappeared; then moments later
it showed up again and landed in the tree above our car, allowing me to take
several photos. This photo of the
Shrike is my favorite.
The second photo was taken at Riverlands Refuge, in West
Alton, Missouri. I had driven out
to the Mississippi/Missouri Rivers confluence
area looking for whatever birds I could find. I had just finished my short walk when overhead and behind
me I heard a Bald Eagle calling. I
turned to see two Bald Eagles interacting, a juvenile and an adult. I quickly shot a few photos and this is
one of my favorites from that series.
The 365 photo project can be done in so many ways and is fun
to do. I joined a site online that
consists of others doing their own 365 projects and it is so much fun to see photos
by people from around the world, and looking at all of their amazing photos.
I have learned a lot from doing this project, and since I
get out often to take the photos, I see so much more than I would normally.
Submitted by Cathy Spahn, World Bird Sanctuary Naturalist
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