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There are twenty species of birds that visit our backyard, most
of which I see regularly -- pretty much every day, in fact. The
Eastern Gray Squirrel is the only species of squirrel I've actually
seen, but there are probably Southern Flying Squirrels nearby,
too; they just happen to be nocturnal, while I am diurnal.
Here are a few pictures of the Planet Burdett backyard wildlife:
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Tufted Titmouse
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Sparrow
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Blue Jay
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Northern Cardinal (female)
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Northern Cardinal (male)
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Dark-Eyed Junco
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Red-wing Blackbird
(juvenile male, I think—he doesn't yet have his red
bars)
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Mourning Dove
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
(lounging on one of our peanut feeders)
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Technical Details:
I took all of these pictures with an Olympus Camedia E-10
digital camera with a 200mm lens (in 35mm-equivalent focal length,
that is), when possible (that is, when I set up in advance) mounted
on a tripod. Shutter speeds and aperture settings vary by situation.
In many cases, I use PhotoShop Element's "fill-flash"
enhancement to bring out some of the details, but I've done no
other digital manipulation. Each of these pictures has been cropped
to focus on the subject; in other words, I wasn't really that
close to the titmouse when I took her picture.
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