Tim Øsleby wrote:
Never the less, I am working on getting closer. The problem is that this is
very hard. These birds have very good sight, so it is near impossible to
sneak up on them. So, I am thinking of the opposite approach, getting them
closer to me.
What I have done so far is go to the beach and then sit down and wait. And I
am pretty convinced that _this_ id how close I can expect them to come.
So now, my plan A is to build a "gapahuk" - a primitive hide in English. I
will make it using some branches and some old curtains. The gapahuk will
scare them off at first, but after a while they will get used to it and come
back. That's the time for me to enter the hide, and wait, and wait, and then
wait some more.
Outside your blind, set up a perch: a branch with nothing too
distracting behind it would work. Put peanut butter on the backside of
the branch and stick bird seed in the peanut butter. Set out some other
"treats" out of the field of view of the camera. This is how Artie
Morris and Greg Downing get close to song birds and woodpeckers. :-)
Christian
http://photography.skofteland.net
