Hummers

July 16, 2014 Timothy Price7 Comments

Adult and juvenile hummingbirds feeding on trumpet vine and taking breaks from buzzing around chasing each other.

Soft Focus Hummingbird

June 30, 2014 Timothy Price12 Comments

This hummingbird flew up and hovered in front of me, I got it in focus, but it started flying off just as I released the shutter, moving out of the narrow focal plane.

Cooper

May 30, 2014May 29, 2014 Timothy Price15 Comments

A Cooper’s Hawk in the bosque by the Rio Grande near Alameda Bridge.

Bungle in the Jungle

May 19, 2014 Timothy Price43 Comments

René was out in a jungly part of the catio checking things out from his high perch.

The Trouble With Hairy

May 16, 2014May 16, 2014 Timothy Price16 Comments

The trouble with this Hairy Woodpecker is that it gets on the very top of this telephone pole, which is still a little out of reach of my 200 mm lens to get a super clear shot.

Possessive Pigeon

April 9, 2014 Timothy Price9 Comments

This pigeon laid claim to the bench outside of Patrician Design and wasn’t going to give it up for anyone or anything. After I got this photograph, we had a brief standoff, which ended with me picking the pigeon up off the bench so Amanda could move the bench inside for the night. The pigeon did not fly away, but rather perched on the window ledge and flapped at the window like it was trying to get inside to the bench that it could see through the window.

The Last Picture! Oh?

March 3, 2014 Timothy PriceLeave a comment

These photos of Beaker are the last pictures I’ll ever take…

…with my first digital camera, that is — an old Olympus C-5050. I was testing the telephoto attachment to make sure it was still sharp before I put the camera and accessories on the auction block. The last photo shows the camera with all the accessories I used with it. The Olympus C-5050 was my only camera from 2003 to 2009. I sold all my film cameras soon after buying the C-5050 in 2003, then 6 years later, I bought a Lumix L10 body with a 28-100mm zoom lens in October 2009. The Olympus C-5050 served me well for all those years, but I hadn’t touched it for over 5 years, until today when I got it out and tested it to see if it was still working. It worked great, and will soon have a new home.

Waiting on a Waffle/Breakfast with Guildenstern

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Timothy Price2 Comments

I had to get out my 17mm, super-wideangle lens to get a photo of Beaker impatiently waiting for the waffle that’s in the toaster oven. You can see the tips of his wings are a little blurry because he is fluttering them in anticipation. Guildenstern got up on the table, flopped himself down and waited to see what Laurie was having for breakfast. He wasn’t too sure about either the granola or the coffee.

WTFB

January 27, 2014 Timothy Price10 Comments

Waffle Time For Beaker (WTFB). While I was heating up a waffle in the toaster oven, Beaker stood on the edge of his shelf impatiently watching the waffle through the glass door on the oven. When the waffle was done, Beaker tore off a piece and ate it on the edge of his shelf not bothering to take it to his food dish like he usually does. Even though he loves waffles, he will not eat them cold. They either need to be straight off the waffle iron, or toasted.

I finished putting up wire around the new roof on the catio, so now it’s reopened for kitty business. The new roof is lower, covers a 12 X 16 feet area, and is translucent, so even in the late afternoon there is plenty of light under the roof. The top of the kitty jungle gym is now almost three feet higher than the end of the roof, so the kitties now have open space all around, and a full 360º view from the top of their jungle gym.