Louisiana Waterthrush

I took some blurry photos of the Louisiana Waterthrush Tuesday so I tried again this morning since it was sunny. The male was singing up and down the creek, swinging his tail like a pendulum but I got a couple of slightly better focused shots

From 3-23-09, Spring

From 3-23-09, Spring

So far the new infrared game camera has been too slow to video anything, and all the Cuddeback cam has been getting are rabbit and turkey photos (sigh). We'll bring the infrared cam in tonight and try again to figure out how to program it.

3-31-09, Red Fox, Wild Turkeys

I just retrieved the infrared card and despite our efforts last night to leave the new cam in "camera mode", we got a series of short videos-all of which were just red screens except for the last video which was of me passing to get the SD card from the other camera.

I still can't make heads or tails out of the directions, so I'll just leave the infrared cam as is for the moment.

The Cuddeback cam had several critter photos on it-all familiar faces by now:

3-30-09, Gray Squirrel, 3:03 p.m.

From Cuddeback trail camera photos-wildlife on Picazo Farm pond trail

3-31-09, Eastern Cottontail, 4:01 a.m.

From Cuddeback trail camera photos-wildlife on Picazo Farm pond trail

3-31-09, pond trail, female Red Fox, 4:58 a.m.

From Cuddeback trail camera photos-wildlife on Picazo Farm pond trail

To see a slide show of all the Cuddeback camera photos, here's the link to the Picasa Web album, or click on any of the photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/rachelbro3/CuddebackTrailCameraPhotosWildlifeOnPicazoFarmPondTrail#

I tried to get photos of the Louisiana Waterthrush this morning but it was cloudy so the shutter speed was slow. I also had trouble using manual focus through the branches, so I'll try tomorrow for sharper photos

3-31-09, Farm creek, male Louisiana Waterthrush, 8:59 a.m.

From 3-23-09, Spring

3-31-09, 9:02 a.m.

From 3-23-09, Spring

9:04 a.m.

From 3-23-09, Spring

9:14 a.m.

From 3-23-09, Spring