Blurry Birds at Core Creek

Walt and I visited Core Creek Park, near Newtown, PA, today. A few birds - just enough for me to take some blurry photos.

Here's a hairy woodpecker. Lesson learned: always set up the camera before heading out in the field.

Another lesson: it's tough to use automatic focus in wooded areas. The camera may not focus on what you want it to.

Here's someone who didn't want his/her photo taken. I'm guessing that it belongs to the Warbler family.

I finally did have some luck with taking photos in the woods - although now Walt is blurry!! In all fairness, I just aimed the camera over my shoulder.

After the Park, we headed towards New Hope, PA. Stopped along the side of the road when we saw egrets and herons. I managed to take a non-blurry photo!

Welcome to the Blurry Bird blog!

I'm slowly learning how to use my new camera. All of my life, I've either had point and shoot cameras or sophisticated cameras which I set on "P" (Programmed).

Now comes the challenge of learning about f-stops, shutter speeds and the myriad of settings I can select.

Onward and upward we go!