So Many Birds in January 2022

Fine Art

Jan 13

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The new year arrived with so many birds in January 2022. When the weather becomes cold and foggy or rainy, getting out for landscape photography is a little more difficult. So, I look for other things to shoot. In the Sacramento Valley, we are in the heart of the Pacific Fly Zone, so there's an abundance of migrating waterfowl. It's always a bit of a challenge to photograph them in an interesting way, but I always try.

Snow Geese

One day I located a flooded field full of snow geese. I pulled the car over, got out, and proceeded to hide behind my car so as not to alarm the geese. Funny that they are not afraid of a car as much as they are a person. I wanted to capture them while they milled about, feeding and preening. Just as I got myself situated, another car drove passed me and parked. I thought they were also interested in photographing (or at least seeing) the geese. I really didn't pay they much attention to them as they were parked maybe 50 feet away.All of a sudden the birds all took flight, so I began snapping away. This was not the photo experience I had sought, but it's what I got. After the birds had lifted a bit, I looked over. The driver of the other car had gotten out, crossed the ditch and was standing at the edge of the field taking a selfie with the birds lifting off behind him. Within seconds, he got in his car and drove away, but not before I took a photo of his license plate. I did have on my long lens after all. You can imagine the words that were escaping my mouth.

So Many Birds

As frustrated and angry as I was at him spoiling my plans of a peaceful shoot, I did get the picture above. I'm sure it is so much better than his selfie. Arrragh!

Here are a few other birds I photographed the first week of the new year, along with some interesting rocks. Great Blue Heron, White Crowned Sparrow, three Pintail duck images, rocks, and Trumpeter Swans.

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As a published, featured northern California fine art photographer living in the greater Sacramento area, I specialize in fine art landscape and still life photography. My style is authentic, fresh and personality-driven. I offer in-person workshops, hourly lessons, and mentoring. While currently living in rural northern California with my husband and a couple thousand walnut trees, I post regularly to Instagram.

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