Comments on: Birding the OB pumping station for spring arrivals … http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/index.php/2009/05/birding-the-ob-pumping-station-for-spring-arrivals/ Tales of the birding experience and finding the artistic and the spiritual in avian photography Mon, 16 May 2011 19:05:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lanny McDowell http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/index.php/2009/05/birding-the-ob-pumping-station-for-spring-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Lanny McDowell Fri, 15 May 2009 00:52:37 +0000 http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/?p=892#comment-1313 Willow and Alder flys are not so big around here. I remember a Willow or two from last year. What we do boast about is an annual Acadian fly along the stream at Waskosim's Rock Preserve. Willow and Alder flys are not so big around here. I remember a Willow or two from last year. What we do boast about is an annual Acadian fly along the stream at Waskosim’s Rock Preserve.

]]> By: Norman Famous http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/index.php/2009/05/birding-the-ob-pumping-station-for-spring-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Norman Famous Fri, 15 May 2009 00:25:37 +0000 http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/?p=892#comment-1312 Lan, Nice vireo! We have had several white-eyes show up in southern Maine over the last week. Neotropical migrants made significant (numerical) inroads into the north country (northern and far eastern Maine) over the last three days. Any willow or alder flycatchers yet? Birds are great!! Norm Famous Lan,

Nice vireo! We have had several white-eyes show up in southern Maine over the last week. Neotropical migrants made significant (numerical) inroads into the north country (northern and far eastern Maine) over the last three days. Any willow or alder flycatchers yet?

Birds are great!!

Norm Famous

]]> By: Lanny McDowell http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/index.php/2009/05/birding-the-ob-pumping-station-for-spring-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Lanny McDowell Thu, 14 May 2009 10:34:06 +0000 http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/?p=892#comment-1309 Thanks, Andrew. That vireo - and I did not hear him when I went back on the 13th - got chummier to me with some exposure. And I went back by myself, when the three of us were about to leave, to see if I could get some better shots without human company. Two factors made for the photo details, besides the morning sunlight. This bird was foraging some of the time at eye level; and he stopped foraging to belt out a song. Proximity, an eye-level target, the strong light, a clear shot and the habit of stopping to sing, all these worked in my favor. I wish that happened more often. Thanks, Andrew. That vireo – and I did not hear him when I went back on the 13th – got chummier to me with some exposure. And I went back by myself, when the three of us were about to leave, to see if I could get some better shots without human company. Two factors made for the photo details, besides the morning sunlight. This bird was foraging some of the time at eye level; and he stopped foraging to belt out a song. Proximity, an eye-level target, the strong light, a clear shot and the habit of stopping to sing, all these worked in my favor. I wish that happened more often.

]]> By: Andrew Magee http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/index.php/2009/05/birding-the-ob-pumping-station-for-spring-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Andrew Magee Thu, 14 May 2009 02:58:57 +0000 http://ottgallerymv.com/lannymcdowellavianart/?p=892#comment-1308 FABULOUS white-eye, evocativemyrtle, thank YOU FABULOUS white-eye, evocativemyrtle, thank YOU

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