Shutter Story (#13) - Satellite Sparrow

Good shot, Craig.  I'm fascinated with the quality of the smaller digial cameras on the market today.  My little Nikon is far more powerful than my nice digital SLR.  It's so good that I seldom carry the SLR out of the house.  Keep shooting! 

Craig, I recently purchased a new camera and I have gone a little crazy with it. I was taking pictures while my husband was driving. Just randomly clicking, and got some surprisingly good results.

Craig - Hmmmm, I wonder what that little birdie is contemplating watching on satellite t.v.  Perhaps a rerun of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds...

Love the photo's subject - great juxtaposition between nature and technology.

Hi Craig~ I finally got my new camera and I'm excited to use it.  Just haven't had the time to get out to do so!  Maybe this week.  Love the idea of the series.  I'll have to take a look at the other photos.

Looks like he's got good reception, no doubt he's focused on or tuned into the bug/worm channel.

That little bird has no idea how complex what he is perched near truly is.  His life is so simple by comparison.

Craig, that's a male House Sparrow, brought over from the "Old World" (Europe).  Not native here, but VERY common across the whole continent, and most common in cities and urban areas.  I call them junk birds, because they aren't native, they are where there is junk (i.e. WalMart parking lot, under cars at McDonald's, etc.), and because they can kill other birds in their nests.

These guys are the reason that bluebird nest boxes have holes of a certain size in the east (Starlings, another bird from Europe, are responsible for the debated hole sizes in the west).  So, they are really pretty, and not good for our native birds.  Killers!  :P

But a nice shot, nonetheless!

Nice shot. Nature and technology. And, you are so right Craig about celebrating all the creatures, big and small. Blue jays and crows used to drive me bonkers until someone referred to them (Jays) "as little punk rockers" and (Crows) as the "Hells Angels" of the bird world. Now i smile everytime I see one of either.

Great shot--old or new, it's definitely a good one to share!  I love this Shutter Series Sundays thing you're doing too!

Great shot - the sparrow is a very handsome bird. I've never paid much attention to these birds before - you made me pay attention.

I agree with you, Craig.  It make a really nice composition!!!

Hi Craig..the Little guy is probably tuned in..haa

I love watching the birds in our backyard. Now there are days when a hawk swoops in and takes on of the smaller birds that it isn't so good, but overall, beautiful sight.

Craig, indeed I have been found out.  I'm really a birder that does handyman work to pay for my birdseed fix.  :)

Yeah, pretty much a lot of N. American songbirds (there are several species of wrens around the US and Mexico) have declined significantly in recent decades.  House Sparrows and Starlings are just two of the problems for our local migratory birds.

Craig - like the shot!  Maybe you could sell that picture to Direct TV?  Or run a contest on what the bird is thinking?  you are right - great contrast!

Craig, I wonder how many stations he gets??? Actually, I personally think that this would be a terrific ad piece for DirectTV, doncha think??? 

The robins love to come out and hunt worms right after I mow our lawn. They scamper a few inches, cock their head like they're listening for them, then dive in. Very cool.

I love the birds too.  Great capture!

Craig, I, too, enjoy watching the little birds such as the spaarrows and the wrens. It is an interesting composition - nature and technology.