finally, a bird in the hand
December 1, 2009
No, I didn’t get a shot of it.
They are known to eat out of your hand if you have enough patience. While the flock here gets very close, one had yet to make the leap. This morning, I had to spend extra time getting props set up. Sometimes they knock over things, and I was making sure this wouldn’t happen today.
One was in the bushes next to the feeder table. I took a couple of peanuts and held them out. It jumped right onto my hand, chose one and took off. Because I had a shooting plan with props firmly adhered in place, I didn’t follow up by offering more.
However. One morning I’ll work at this and see if more will join in.
They do like my Manfrotto tripod. When I take a break, I remove the camera but leave the tripod outside. Naturally I missed the shot of the one perched on the head.
