About two years ago, I was photographing from my porch, and was about 10
feet from the seed feeder, 5 or so from the suet. In came a flock of Pine
Siskins, most of which swarmed the seed feeder... However, one rather
adventurous soul decided my lens cap was the place to alight. He and I got
to know each other better for about 20 seconds before he either decided I
wasn't to be trusted, or he simply needed more sustenance than a lens cap
would normally offer.

00 caren
http://www.ParkGallery.org
george davis creek, north fork


On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 09:17, <cgluckman at aol.com> wrote:

> I've been watching and photographing birds for a while (40 years +) but
> rarely pish or turn on a recorder, both for conservation reasons as well as
> the fact that it doesn't usually work for me. So after the extensive
> exploration of the subject matter here on Tweeters, I decided to test them
> in my hunt for a good image of the Golden-crowned Kinglet I needed for my
> bird ID classes. Having seen many over the last few years, and knowing
> they're fairly common around Port Townsend in the winter, I headed over to
> Fort Worden State Park when I saw a large area of blue sky the other day.
> Because I knew my time of good light would be short, I overcame my small
> guilt feelings and decided the time was ripe to pull out my trusty iPhone
> with iBird West and see if I could bring one in. There was a small flock of
> birds that included some Kinglets moving around the edge of the trees so I
> got my camera ready, turned on the iPhone and waited. Sure enough within a
> few seconds they moved closer. I just knew this was going to be my time for
> success. With my trusty camera pointed toward the bushes in front of me, I
> saw out of the corner of my eye a yellow flash from a small bird that leapt
> out of the bushes,.... and landed on my shoulder! The Kinglet took one look
> at my iPhone, flew down my arm back into the bushes and was not seen again.
> I packed my unused camera and went home. Did I just get a message?
>
> David Gluckman
> 811 22nd St.
> Pt. Townsend, WA 98368
> 360 379-0360
>
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