Those brown birds

[GregW]

There are a couple birds building a nest in the bush outside my front door. They get quite chirpy when my cat Lysa comes out to sun herself. I was able to grab the 180 in time to get a couple shots off. In my hurry, I forgot to set my F stop which was 2.8. This is about 8', full frame, manual focus. I was a little off on the focus but the DOF was about 1.3 inches.

 

[Basil]

Focusing on birds in trees with lots of branches can be a challenge.

 

[DrEntropy]

For no time to get off the shot, it looks great. I really like the subtlety of the color difference t'wixt bird and branches.

 

[GregW]

Ironically that bush is dead. Everything else is green, flowers are blooming on the bush their nest is in.

 

[Basil]

California Towhee?

 

[GregW]

It looks like the towhee when I just searched. I don't spend time thinking about birds like my mother does. I do know what a pelican is however.

 

[DrEntropy]

Same here. What see are all "Florida birds" by my reckoning.

Pelicans the exception.

 

[GregW]

So the two birds are still around. I bought a bag of wild finch seed that they like. They have grown accustomed to me and somewhat to Lysa. I took this shot with my phone. Zoomed in, no crop.

 

[Basil]

I bought a bag of wild finch seed

So when you plant them, how long before you get a bunch of little finches?

 

[GregW]

I've been sowing the front yard for several days. So far the population is stable.

 

[DrEntropy]

What's Lysa's reaction to the birds?

 

[GregW]

She talks to them in the usual cat manner. In the last couple weeks, she has only stalked them one time that I've seen and I warned her not to. I think she realizes she's too fat to catch them. The birds will land within 4 feet of her.

 

[waltesefalcon]

I think she realizes she's too fat to catch them. The birds will land within 4 feet of her.

Even if she hasn't, it sounds like the birds have.