Tag: Bird photography

Fledglings’ first flight

Sometimes the photos come to you. Be prepared.  I have my Sony Alpha 850 with the Sigma 170-500mm on the dining room table to shoot the birds that come to my feeder. It had been a slow week at the feeder On Wednesday morning, a fledgling robin suddenly lands on my back deck, and not […]

The Duck Pond birding site at the other Houston, Houston, BC

A Barrow’s Goldeneye duck swims in the Houston, BC, Duck Pond, May 7, 2011. (Robin Rowland) One of the reasons I decided to return to northwestern British Columbia is that this area is an untapped photographic paradise. It’s not just the mountains, the forests and the seas, the variety of birds should be a draw […]