Category: Birds
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Favorites Of The Day – Wood Ducks And Nessun Dorma

Music of the Day: Nessun Dorma (Puccini:Turandot) – The Three Tenors, HAUSER, Gautier Capuçon Coffee of the Day: Starbucks Gingerbread Latte (extra shot) Nikon/iPhone App: Snapseed Steps: 9,271
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Favorites Of The Day – Cardinals and HAUSER (Rebel With A Cello)

Nikon/iPhone App: Snapseed Music of the Day: HAUSER – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Steps: 6,469
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Chirpy Little Birds

We’re having a week of blue skies and warmer weather and while it was a very chilly start to the day on the trails, thankfully it began to warm up when all the chirpy little birds arrived. I never thought I would write this sentence, but somehow I’m currently choosing cellists over guitar players and…
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At Last, iPhone Bird Photography

Wine of the Day: Leelanau Cellars Lakeshore Collection Riesling – Our sweet approach to Riesling complete with tones of peaches, apricots, pears, Etta James and watercolor paintings. Song of the Day: At Last – Etta James iPhone App: Snapseed Steps: 8,340
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iPhone Journey – Day 39

We interrupt this iPhone Journey with a Nikon photo of my first sighting of a golden-crowned kinglet. We were out walking with the iPhone and Nikon hoping for a warbler sighting, but was very happy to meet this little songbird. iPhone App: Snapseed Movie of the Day: Reptile Steps: 10,183
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iPhone Journey – Day 30

It felt like summer the last few days with temperatures in the 80s, but things are about to quickly change. This weekend we will have highs in the fifties and lows in the thirties and our year-round swan residents will soon have the lake to themselves as the boats and docks begin disappearing from the…
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iPhone Journey – Day 27

I’m not sure exactly how many days it takes to break a habit, but I can hear my Nikon calling my name from the camera bag. While the iPhone easily captured these sandhill cranes trespassing while I was driving on the back roads of Michigan, I think the Nikon is going to be required to…
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iPhone Journey – Day 21

I spy from the treadmill the turkeys stopping by for a late lunch. I was rather surprised how well the iPhone captured the new family through the blinds and screen. Don’t worry about treadmill iPhone photography becoming a regular thing, after decades of exercise stair steppers, treadmills, bikes and elliptical machines, I will always choose…
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IPhone Journey – Day 4

When I initially saw the swans, I thought an iPhone photo was not going to be easy since the father and I have had a very contentious relationship over the years and there was no way I would get close enough for a good shot. It was one of the very very rare times that…
