Chautauqua Mini-Vacation July 15, 2009
Posted by Jennifer Schlick in birds, photography.trackback
On Tuesday, I spoke at the Bird, Tree, And Garden Club at Chautauqua Institution. What a delightful group of people! I gave my slide show called “Confessions of a Reluctant Birder” which is really about my birding heros – the people who are working their magic to get me hooked on birds: Elaine Crossley (the Bluebird Lady), Tom LeBlanc (and his assistant J), Chuck Rosenberg, and Scott Stolson (and his team: Emily, Linda, Don, and Mike)… among others.
I got to Chautauqua early and gave my new lens a walk around the grounds. Still need much more practice! But here are a couple of shots I liked:
Purple Martins
American Crow
I also took dozens of garden flowers… but none were all that spectacular…
I’m sure you are just being modest.
no, i’m not. i mean… they were sharp and everything… but nothing all that special… i’ll probably still use them for something sometime…
Very nice photos!
Love the glossy Martins!