Wednesday View - 22 December 2021 Edition

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Today I am going to continue sharing photos from my trip to the nature center bird blind yesterday. Though I think the woodpecker shots I posted yesterday are really good I think today's offering is pretty close. Here we see two different but familiar birds. First we have a female cardinal and next a bluejay. I have said before that shooting bluejays can be difficult because they don't seem to sit still. But when they don't know you're there it's a little easier. And you can pretty much say the same thing about cardinals. They can be very skittish. Anyway check these out.

 

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Saturday View - 14 December 2019 Edition

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I shot today's view while out feeding the squirrels some peanuts at the Cafe. When I first put them out there was about three or four squirrels but after I went inside to get my camera they had scattered. There was however a couple bluejays up in one of our neighbor's trees. So that's what I am sharing with you. Maybe I'll be able to get a squirrel shot tomorrow.

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Monday View - 3 June 2019 Edition

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If I can post two squirrel pictures in two days I figure I can do the same with bluejays. Besides, I got a lot of good shots yesterday. So for today's view here is another bluejay. I believe it's different from yesterday's but I really can't tell.

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Sunday View - 2 June 2019 Edition

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Well another weekend at the shore is in the books and it was actually a sunny one. Last year and so far this year we have had a lot of rain. Especially on Saturdays and Sundays. And though we did have a couple downpours on the way home overall it was dry. When we got home this afternoon I spent some time in the Cafe photographing our various guests. In doing so I have noticed that I am able to get closer to our bluejays than I used to. I guess they are getting comfortable with me like our squirrels. For today's view I would like to share this guy with you.

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Tuesday View - 7 May 2019 Edition

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Today was another good day of shooting in the Cafe. The weather was dry, it wasn't too hot and the wildlife was active. And it seems as if some of the birds are getting used to me and my camera. It used to be that they would all fly away when I came onto the scene but now they seem to stick around more. And now I more often have opportunity to get some good bird shots. Taking advantage of the opportunity I would like to share this hungry Bluejay with you.

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Sunday View - 11 November 2018 Edition

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Yesterday while I was photographing one of our squirrels enjoying a peanut up in our weeping willow tree there was also this guy about to have some suet. I rarely used to see Bluejays eat suet or even eat at feeders for that matter but this year they don't seem too picky. And we have a lot of them here. probably close to a dozen. And they are very welcome here at the Cafe.

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Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View.

Saturday November 10, 2018

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Tuesday View - 24 July 2018 Edition

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I have mentioned a time or two that the squirrels at the Cafe are becoming less skittish around me. Especially the younger ones. But I have also noticed that some of the birds don't seem to mind my company either. Mostly the bluejays. I guess they figured out where the food comes from. For today's photo I would like to share this guy with you. I shot this in between his peanut runs. Soon after this he grabbed one and flew up into one of our trees. Then he flew down for another and so on.

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Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View.

Monday July 23, 2018

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Tuesday View - 17 April 2018 Edition

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Something that I can say without a doubt is that I have never seen so many Bluejays in one place as I have seen over the last year at our house. Growing up I would see a couple here and there and when I moved just a couple miles away I saw none at all. For more than ten years there was not a single one in sight. Then we moved here a little more than a year ago and we have dozens. Literally dozens at a time. This afternoon I saw six or seven right outside our front door. But for the abundance of Bluejays I rarely get a good shot of one. They tend to swoop down and grab whatever there is to eat and take off just as quickly. Their favorite seems to be peanuts. So I have been experimenting by placing large amounts of them in one spot so I get repeat feeding and stand by with my camera to see what I can get. And it has finally paid off. I got some pretty good stuff and of course I am sharing one with you for today's view. To me this is a little soft but that's because I shot it through glass. And that was because it started to drizzle and I didn't want to get my camera wet.

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Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View...

Monday April 16, 2018

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Welcome To The Monday View

For today's photo we step away from Atlantic City and head right out to our back yard on Saturday morning. While snapping some shots I grabbed this really cool couple of Bluejays. Not my best work but the composition is good.

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 106mm
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture F5.60
- Shutter Speed 1/200 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 400
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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I also have a video I would like to share. And actually we take a step back to Atlantic City and to the Tropicana Casino to enjoy some fireworks. During the Summer the Tropicana Casino puts on a Saturday night fireworks show at 10 PM. It's always a good time and best of all it's free!

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday July 30, 2017

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I like to call today's photo "Coming In For A Landing". If you look closely I think you'll see why.

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Growing up just six miles from here I used to see bluejays all the time. Then in the ten plus years I lived at my second home just two miles away I never saw them. Not even one. Now in our new home just four more miles away I have a family of them living in the trees in our backyard. I see several each day. Go figure.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma 18-250mm Lens at 250mm
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture F7.10
- Shutter Speed 1/800 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Normal cropping and color adjustments made in Photoshop.

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Tuesday March 14, 2017

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