Category: Birds
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Winter Bird Feeder Activity
Winter Storm “Fern” brought lots of clients to our backyard feeders. Fortunately, we received less than an inch of sleet and freezing rain and didn’t lose power.
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Charlotte by Train
Noah made Mother’s Day 2025 special by flying into Charlotte early for a business trip. We had a wonderful weekend visit. The only thing we missed was having Siouxxanne there too. We road Amtrak’s Piedmont from Durham to Charlotte and avoided traffic, parking, and driving I-85 on a stormy weekend. The Durham station is in…
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Backyard Visitors
Even when we’re not traveling, we still enjoy wildlife. Birds, butterflies, moths, deer, and raccoons are regular backyard visitors. Here are five quick photos from last spring (2024) that had been sitting in an unpublished post for too long. We captured these using a Nikon D750 with a Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6 lens. Double-click on any…
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Birdbath Beauties
18 April 2024 — Thursday When we aren’t traveling, we enjoy watching local wildlife in our backyard. We have a good view of a bird bath from our dining spot. It may be time to get on the road again as we’ve been making up dialogue from the bird interactions as dinnertime entertainment. Here’s last…
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Hummers
We don’t post much when on the road, but had good luck capturing hummingbirds this morning. We set the camera up on a tripod and used a phone app to focus and trip the shutter. This is an updated set of photos from the third day of shooting. Enjoy…
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Fishing Birds at Kerr Lake
The day after Memorial Day, we headed up to Kerr Lake on the Virginia/North Carolina Border. Being man made, the lake is contained by John Kerr Dam which offered a spillway attracting fishing birds. Here are a few handheld shots on a sunny afternoon. Osprey The Osprey were having good luck fishing. Bald Eagles were…
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