Painted Bunting – Wandering Dawgs

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #304 – Behind

June 22, 2024Posted in Birds, Butterflies, Flowers, PhotographyTagged Behind, Lens-Artists, Painted Bunting, Photo Challenge, ruby throated hummingbird, Swallotail Butterfly28 Comments

Ritva’s challenge is to pay attention to the background behind our subject.

I chose a few images from nature for this challenge. I used depth of field to blur the background to keep the focus on the main subject.

Many thanks to our host Ritva for this challenge Lens-Artists #304 – Behind

Feeding the Backyard Birds

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged Are you a bird feeder, backyard birds, Carolina Chickadee, Change, Georgia birding, Lens-Artists, Painted Bunting, Photo Challenge, ruby throated hummingbird, Sunday Stills, Tufted Titmouse32 Comments

I enjoy feeding my back yard birds and keep a feeder filled with seeds close to my butterfly garden. It’s fun to see how the birds in the yard change with the seasons. During the warm months I keep three hummingbird feeders filled with nectar and grow flowers that attract them. I enjoy sitting and watching the birds and trying to capture them with my camera.

In Fall and Winter birds like Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, House Finches, and Northern Cardinals show up frequently. All of these birds can also be seen at various times during the rest of the year. The pair of Northern Cardinals in the header photo were perched in a tree near the bird feeder this week. They like to hang around waiting for seeds to fall to the ground for an easy meal.

I start seeing a change in the birds in the spring when the weather starts warming up. The hummingbird feeders go up and I anxiously await the first Ruby Throated Hummingbird. Spring also brings the Painted Buntings to the yard. Both the hummers and the buntings come around frequently all spring and summer.

This post was inspired by John Steiner’s Lens-Artists challenge Change

and by Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge Are you a Bird Feeder? Her post reminds us that February is National Bird Feeding Month.

Bird Weekly Challenge #15: Birds with Green Feathers

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birdweekly, Green Feathers, Painted Bunting, Photo Challenge, ruby throated hummingbird14 Comments

Painted Buntings and Ruby Throated Hummingbirds are two of my favorite back yard birds. I’ve seen them daily for the last few days and managed to get a few captures of these gorgeous birds.

Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly challenge. Her original post is Bird Weekly Challenge #15 – Birds with Green Feathers.

Bird weekly Challenge #8 – Birds at the feeder

August 6, 2020Posted in Birds, PhotographyTagged birdweekly, Painted Bunting, Photo Challenge, ruby throated hummingbird15 Comments

Although my backyard bird feeder in coastal Georgia attracts many varieties of birds, my favorites are the Painted Buntings. I keep the feeder filled with their favorite seeds all year round.