Out There With the Birds Blog

Share This Blog:

  • StumbleUpon
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

By Bruce Wunderlich on January 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s BirdTography: A Year in Review

With nearly all in-person birding festivals canceled and some of my favorite hotspots closed due to the pandemic, 2020 was a challenging year to find birds to photograph. Since March, I have been working from home. As a result, I’ve spent many lunch breaks and more early evening hours than normal in my backyard, and… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Backyard Birding Time, Bird Photography, Where the Birds Are

By Bruce Wunderlich on December 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s BirdTography: Best Lenses for Bird Photography

What lens do you use for bird photography? This is a question I have been asked many times. My love affair with Tamron lens began in the winter of 2018 while co-leading a Bird Watcher’s Digest Reader Rendezvous at Florida’s Space Coast. I was leading the bird photography sessions of the trip, which were sponsored… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography

By Bruce Wunderlich on December 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: A Short-eared Owl Thanksgiving

While everyone was waiting for turkey on Thanksgiving Day, I was anticipating a different bird: the short-eared owl. With a four-day holiday weekend but no family gatherings this year, I decided to head out to a nearby location I found by using eBird and by talking to other local birders. The place I visited is… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography

By Bruce Wunderlich on November 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: Rainy Day Surprise

It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was interested in doing some “birdtography.” My aim was to find some LBJs (little brown jobs, aka sparrows). Determined not to let a little rain stop me, I grabbed my camera and headed to the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, where LBJs have been reliable and abundant… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography, Where the Birds Are

By Bruce Wunderlich on October 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

Join Bruce on a BirdTography Trip in 2021!

You may have seen my photos on the pages of Bird Watcher’s Digest and Watching Backyard Birds. For the past three-plus years, I have been the production director and a contributing photographer to BWD. But my interest in bird photography, aka birdtography, began long ago. Since high school I have been interested in photography, and… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography, Where the Birds Are

By Bruce Wunderlich on October 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: Photographing Fall Warblers

I have always considered spring warbler migration the most challenging form of bird photography. And some would say that Magee Marsh is the spring warbler capital of the world. It might be possible to encounter as many as 29 species of warblers from the boardwalk in a typical spring migration. This year because of the… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography

By Bruce Wunderlich on August 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: The Red-headed Woodpecker

Seven species of woodpeckers reside in Ohio: red-bellied, downy, hairy, pileated, and red-headed woodpeckers; yellow-bellied sapsucker; and northern flicker. Until recently, I checked six of the seven on my backyard list and had photographed them all—all except the red-headed woodpecker. Knowing the preferred habitat of that species, I figured I might never have one visit… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography

By Bruce Wunderlich on July 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: Search for the Common Yellowthroat

You may have read that the staff at Bird Watcher’s Digest started a friendly game of Bird Bingo back in April. I developed the cards myself with help from BWD‘s editor, Dawn Hewitt. I captured almost all of the photos on the cards, and you can download these cards if you would like to play…. Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography

By Bruce Wunderlich on July 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: Kayak: A Fun Tool for Bird Photography

Last weekend—the July 4 holiday—a friend invited me to go kayaking on a local lake. I know from experience on the lakeshore that there are many birds species in this area. I asked my friend if I should bring my camera. “Oh yes,” she replied. “We can get close to the birds without disturbing them.” … Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Bird Photography, Where the Birds Are

By Bruce Wunderlich on June 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bruce’s Birdtography: Fledgling Time

Our backyards are full of birds that look a little different this time of year: It’s time for the fledglings to leave the nest. Fledglings are learning to be out on their own, under the careful watch of their parents. You might even see a parent feed a fledgling a seed from the feeder.  Some… Read more »

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Backyard Birding Time, Bird Photography

Next Page »

Most Popular

  • On the Road Again: Florida-Bound
  • Bruce's BirdTography: A Year in Review
  • Hey, Bird! You Lost Something! How to Identify Feathers
  • Spotting Scope Phobia: My Personal Story 
  • Five Things a Brooding Birder Must Do to Emerge for Spring

Sign up for BirdWire: the FREE monthly newsletter by Bird Watcher's Digest

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Join BWD on Facebook

Join BWD on Facebook

Copyright © 2021 · Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in