BackYard Remote

I recently picked up a remote trigger, and thought I would try it out in the backyard today. Its a pretty cool little device, allows me to trigger up to 300 ft away. Needless to say I wasn't that far out today, I postioned the camera near the birdseed, went up to the bedroom window where I could see everything, and waited. It didn't take long, and I think I have a lot of learning, experimenting to do but heres a look at what my first attempts turned out like. Thanks for looking................J

Here is a 100% crop of the little guy with a sunflower seed on his tongue.

Pretty cool, Joe. That guy looks kinda mean-spirited given he's getting a free meal. Is that a cowbird or a grackle?

Cool stuff Joe! That thing looks like it should be a lot of fun to play around with! Show us more as you get them!

Interesting. How is focus set? Do you leave it on autofocus, or do you prefocus to the center of the feeder?

Rick : I know not what kind of bird it is, other than it is a bully and takes over the feeder.

Brent : I think my next thing will be the prairie dogs at the end of the neighborhood.

Bill : For this I left it on Auto focus all points active, still trying to figure out what is best. I had the lens wide open at f2.8 so dof was on my mind I have a few where the feeder is in focus and the birds are not. Trial and error is where I am at still............
..........................J

ps thanks for the comments gents.

I'm pretty sure that's a Grackle - hopefully someone can confirm. The behavior sounds right - they're bullies - and the color is about right. I did a Google images search and am pretty sure that's our guy.

One way to keep them away and improve the chance of seeing/photographing song birds is to go with smaller birdfeeders - they won't be able to get a perch to feed.

Thanks for the tip Rick, I'll have to give it a try...........J