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Stuff On Sunday we pretty much relaxed day and had dinner with our new farmer friend Kristian. On Monday morning Anita and I left the hotel at 3:20am to try again for lekking ruffs. We were doing pretty good until Martin came along; story to follow … You will love it. The UK Puffins […] Stuff On Friday we made our third trip in four days to the seabird colony at Hornoya. We had the east wind that we had hoped for and this time we had the clouds that we needed. Photography was great; images and the full story to follow. The UK Puffins and Gannets IPT is […] Stuff On Thursday we made our second trip to the seabird colony at Hornoya. We had the east wind that we had hoped for but instead of cloudy bright conditions we had dead-clear blue skies the whole day. Things were tough when the day began and then they got worse. I napped in the shelter […] Stuff On Tuesday we took the boat from Vardo to Hornoya Island to photograph some of the 100,000+ seabirds. The cliffs are dominated by Common Guillemot (our Common Murre), Black-legged Kittiwakes, Atlantic Puffins, and Razorbills. A good percentage of the Common Guillemots are of the bridled form. There are also about 500 pairs of Brünnich’s […] Stuff One Sunday we drove up to the high arctic by first heading west and then turning north onto the 890 to get to Gednje and then on to Båtsfjord (where the three of us shared two orders of really yummy French fries. On the way, at Anita North’s suggestion, we turned down a side […] Stuff After a great Thursday, Friday was a bust until late in the day. We went out behind the hotel at about 7pm. Amy and Anita found the black Ruff that has been regular at the pond along with the Red-necked Phalaropes and a few pairs of Tufted Ducks. I walked to the eastern end […] Stuff Wednesday was another cold day with fierce winds. In the morning, we headed down the coast to Nesseby to look for Little Stint. On the way, we saw several Rough-legged Hawks (Rough-legged Buzzards on this side of the Atlantic). Right off the bat I spotted a Little Stint, the first one I had seen […] Oops! While preparing the blog post with the Ruff image (the converted TIFF and the optimized version that you see below), I accidentally replaced the kittiwake blog post with the Ruff text and photos. First time ever. If anyone has a browser window open with the kittiwake blog post (do not refresh the page!), please […] Stuff Can you say jet-lagged? Check Out Amy’s Travelogue You can get a taste of Lapland in Amy’s recent blog post here; she is quite good with her i-Phone. These Just In: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR Lens and Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4E FL ED VR Lens Available! […] Stuff By the time this is published on Thursday, May 31, we should be on our way to the Verlanger Peninsula. My understanding is that even though we will be in the wilderness of arctic Norway with 24 hour daylight that we will have internet. If not, I will see you when I see you […] Stuff On Monday Amy and I flew to Toronto. We meet up with Anita North tomorrow for our red-eye flight to Helsinki, Finland with a brief stop at Reykjavik, Iceland, arriving around midday. Then we fly to Ivalo, Finland to pick up our rental SUV. We overnight at Ivalo, go food shopping, and then drive […] Stuff Amy and I were down at the lake on Friday and Saturday mornings. Both days, one of the crane parents was sitting peacefully on the shored up nest so we went off in search of some Osprey flight photography and did quite well. The 200-500 is great for the flying and landing Ospreys. While […] Stuff Here is a huge welcome to Amy Novotny. Amy joined the BIRDS AS ART family on Monday past as a full-time photography assistant. She will be making all trips with me for one year and assisting me both at home and in the field. If you’d like to learn more, you may wish to […] Stuff Here is the blog problem short story. Thanks to Rick Tuley and his son we learned the some large DNS servers were no longer routing traffic to three of my websites, most importantly the blog. Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) and Quad9 (9.9.9.9) had dropped my sites and sent return messages stating that the server could no […] Stuff Once I am confident that all who receive their blog notices can access the blog I will share the details of the many Catch-22 rabbit holes that we encountered … On Saturday it was cloudy bright, perfect for finishing my long lens AF Fine-tuning outdoors with the lights. It has been raining since then. […] Stuff I am still feeling great and still thinking about packing for my big 7-week trip to Europe at the end of the month. I went down to the lake and was thrilled to find a gorgeous Sandhill Crane nest with two eggs right next to the shore. I am hoping against hope that it […] Stuff I am feeling great and thinking about packing for my big 7-week trip to Europe at the end of the month. Please remember that you can help support my efforts here on the blog simply by clicking on the Amazon logo-link on the right for even the smallest purchases; make it a habit! […] Stuff I was thrilled to learn that Greg Morris sold his Canon 600 II for $8,999.99 this week. In addition, Allen Dale sold his Canon 500mm f/4 L IS lens (the original version) in very good to excellent condition for the BAA record-low price of $3399.00 in early May and Gary Meyer sold his Canon […] Stuff I’ve been sleeping well and resting a lot. Please remember that you can help support my efforts here on the blog simply by clicking on the Amazon logo-link on the right for even the smallest purchases;make it a habit! BIRDS AS ART BIRDS AS ART is registered in the U.S. Patent and […] Stuff I finished this blog post very early on the morning of Friday, May 11, 2018. It took about two hours to prepare. I was glad to learn that Charlie Curry’s Canon EOS 7D Mark II in near-mint condition sold for only $849 on the first day it was listed. BIRDS AS ART BIRDS […] |
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