Birds and Cameras.

1-21-15 SHORT HILLS: After some very cold weather, January has been a little milder. We had a bunch of rain that started as freezing rain and coated all the trees and shrubs with ice, as well as the roads, but melted overnight and caused only minor damage. A dusting of snow is forecast for tonight. We go to VT tomorrow.

I bought a new camera, a Sony Cyber-shot with a 50x optical zoom and a 20 megapixel sensor, DSC-HX400, in the hopes of getting better telephoto pix. The Canon, PowerShot SX50HS, did a nice job in Tanzania, but some shots in full zoom and/or low light were sub-optimal. The Sony takes a long time to process a shot.

The first three of the following images were shot with the Sony from inside the house on a sunny day. The second three were with the Canon from outside on a cloudy day and from three times, or so, farther away from the feeders.


Sony - Chicadee.

House Finch.

Downy Woodpecker, female.

Canon - squirrel.

Bally and squirrel.

Tufted Titmouse.