This is an annual ritual in the BirdCam era. Invariably it takes me some days between first hummingbird sighting (of the summer guests) and actually getting a photo. I am running two BirdCams on hummer feeders at present, and despite having guests for at least a week, definitely and conclusively observed at three different feeders, neither camera has come up with a single image of one of these jokers. BirdCam 2.0 managed 98 photos yesterday, of this. Nothing. The settings are right: high sensitivity, proper focal length, and healthy batteries. What is odd is that by July I never have any trouble taking photos of the hummers. What an interesting mystery!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Firing Blanks
This is an annual ritual in the BirdCam era. Invariably it takes me some days between first hummingbird sighting (of the summer guests) and actually getting a photo. I am running two BirdCams on hummer feeders at present, and despite having guests for at least a week, definitely and conclusively observed at three different feeders, neither camera has come up with a single image of one of these jokers. BirdCam 2.0 managed 98 photos yesterday, of this. Nothing. The settings are right: high sensitivity, proper focal length, and healthy batteries. What is odd is that by July I never have any trouble taking photos of the hummers. What an interesting mystery!
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