Anders Östberg
9th of November 2005 (Wed), 04:40
(Please feel free to skip this if you've seen it on another site already :o).
Just thought I'd share a little project building a bird feeder for the coming winter.
The feeder hangs high in a tree, about 15 feet from the wall of the house.
A little cableway with a pulley system lets me refill the food easily from my kitchen window.
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/birdfeeder/JH5Q4426_setup.jpg
Still to do is to make a plexiglass window with a hole for the lens, and some kind of gasket to insulate a bit from cold draft, or possibly a replacement window with just one pane of glass. I don't know if there could be a problem with condensation from having the lens partly outside, partly inside once it gets really cold. (Any thoughts on this would be appreciated).)
Already the first few hours a good number of common birds found the feeder - Great Tit, Blue Tit and Wood Nuthatch. It's a bit early to start feeding the birds so I don't know what interest to expect from them, but it looks promising and I hope more species will show up later on. A Squirrel has also been sniffing around, I hope he stays away. :)
The weather has not quite cooperated yet so the shutter speed and aperture have been right on the limit of useable. You'd think it should be easy to get good pictures this close but the birds jump around like crazy and lots of shots don't come out good because of the slow shutter. Still, I like some of the the results so far and look forward to photographing more birds from the comfort of my kitchen window. :p
Here's a few initial shots:
Great Tit:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2429_Talgoxe800.jpg
Wood Nuthatch:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2405_N%F6tv%E4cka800.jpg
Another Great Tit:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2396_Talgoxe800.jpg
A Blue Tit:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2410_Bl%E5mes800.jpg
Just today two Eurasian Jays showed up too but they were too suspicious to stick around until I got the camera out the window.
Just thought I'd share a little project building a bird feeder for the coming winter.
The feeder hangs high in a tree, about 15 feet from the wall of the house.
A little cableway with a pulley system lets me refill the food easily from my kitchen window.
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/birdfeeder/JH5Q4426_setup.jpg
Still to do is to make a plexiglass window with a hole for the lens, and some kind of gasket to insulate a bit from cold draft, or possibly a replacement window with just one pane of glass. I don't know if there could be a problem with condensation from having the lens partly outside, partly inside once it gets really cold. (Any thoughts on this would be appreciated).)
Already the first few hours a good number of common birds found the feeder - Great Tit, Blue Tit and Wood Nuthatch. It's a bit early to start feeding the birds so I don't know what interest to expect from them, but it looks promising and I hope more species will show up later on. A Squirrel has also been sniffing around, I hope he stays away. :)
The weather has not quite cooperated yet so the shutter speed and aperture have been right on the limit of useable. You'd think it should be easy to get good pictures this close but the birds jump around like crazy and lots of shots don't come out good because of the slow shutter. Still, I like some of the the results so far and look forward to photographing more birds from the comfort of my kitchen window. :p
Here's a few initial shots:
Great Tit:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2429_Talgoxe800.jpg
Wood Nuthatch:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2405_N%F6tv%E4cka800.jpg
Another Great Tit:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2396_Talgoxe800.jpg
A Blue Tit:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/Birdfeeder/IMG_2410_Bl%E5mes800.jpg
Just today two Eurasian Jays showed up too but they were too suspicious to stick around until I got the camera out the window.