An easy way to get close up photos of all kinds of different birds is to put up a bird feeder close to a window. However I have little interest in seeing a bird on a bird feeder. So I screw a few tree branches to my feeder, and then photograph the birds on the branches. I put my bird feeder on a big 2 by 6 board to enable easily attaching branches. In the examples I give here, I waited until autumn to take these. I put the bird feeder between the window and a hard maple, so when the maple turned in autumn, I could have nice background colors. Now I am waiting for snow to get a bright red cardinal on some snow! It is easy, it is fun, and I like having the birds close to the window. I shoot with the window open when the weather is nice, and when it is not I clean the glass good and shoot through the glass. I use a 400 mm lens.
- Jack Vanden Heuvel
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- Jack Vanden Heuvel
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 Back yard photo set up.  Red-Bellied Woodpecker |  Chickadee  House Finch |
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