31 May House Finch Project | May 2016

The House Finch Project

House Finch, Male

Welcome to the House Finch Project

This began as a challenge (what to do with a month of cloudy mornings), evolved into a solution (take photos at home), and produced a result (a photo article about the House Finch – See the link below).

The benefits were:

Convenience

I could simply walk outside to take photos for brief periods of clear sky, rather than use that time driving to a park.

Practice

Any photo is better than no photo. Now I could work on technique, striving to capture sharp feather detail.

Challenge

I could experiment with creative ways to take photos of a plain brown bird.

Fascinating

I was able to take photos of: a) Male House Finches with different shades of color, b) Juveniles being fed, and c) Birds showing implied personalities through their pose, posture, and head angle.

Useful

While waiting, I could relax by immersing myself into the serenity of Nature.

House Finch, Female

There’s an important point here.

We encounter challenges everywhere.

These challenges test our commitment, our creativity, and our passion.

So we need to think our way toward solutions. Because that’s where we make a difference.

Much success,

Steve Kaye

See the results of the House Finch Project:

Meet the House Finch

Here are the results of a similar project:

Seasons with a Black Phoebe

And here are other possibilities near home:

Visit Your Local Park

House Finch, Female Feeding a Juvenile

Did You Know?

The most effective way to help birds is to buy land.

Here are three organizations that excel at doing this.

1) American Bird Conservancy

2) The Nature Conservancy

3) The Trust for Public Land

Please visit their web sites to learn about the work they do.

Here’s an excellent book: The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation

You can help – Please share this blog with others.

Inspiring Respect for Nature, one bird at a time.

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