More Backyard Songbird Photography [Video]
With the COVID-19 lock-down keeping me home, and a red flowering currant bush in full bloom in the back yard, today was a perfect day for some backyard songbird photography.
I moved my suet block feeder next to the flowering currant bush and set up my Tragopan pop-up photo blind about 10 feet away. In minutes the birds were on the feeder and perching on the flowering currant, just as I had hoped.
Watch the video below to join me on this backyard photo shoot, featuring Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna), chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens), black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) and black-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis).
Male spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) perched on pink flowering currant, Washington
Male dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) on pink flowering currant bush, Washington
Male spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) on pink flowering currant, Washington
Equipment for Backyard Songbird Photography
Tragopan Grouse V+ photo blind
Sony 200-600mm f/6.3 lens (300-900mm equivalent on a6600 crop sensor)
Feisol Classic Rapid Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs
Sevenoak SK-GH02 Carbon Fiber Gimbal Tripod Head