A Few Birds Photos I’ve Taken of North Texas Birds Over the Last Few Months

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I recently I’ve shifted interests in the type of photography that interests me. One of those interests is wildlife photography that mostly centered around birds. Since I get out and explore the back roads I decided to try my hand at bird photography. I’ve always liked birds and enjoy watching them on our feeders and looking for them while hiking. Today I have few bird photos I’ve taken of North Texas over the last few months.

A Few Bird Photos I’ve Taken of North Texas Birds Over the Last Few Months

Birds in the wild are the hardest to photograph. You can’t get very close and need a long telephoto lens. For me, all I’ve got is a 55mm to 210 mm lens. This may seem a long distance, it really isn’t. The longer lens can get up close and personal with the birds while you are safely hidden in a blind or out on the trail where the birds don’t mind you being there.

Shooting Birds at the Bird Feeders are different. Many of the birds on my feeders recognize me and only fly off if I get to close. A lot of times I can shoot the birds from the back porch from the patio furniture or from the kitchen window. On cooler days I leave the window open a shoot from the window. With these shots am less than a 100 feet from them.

Photographing Birds at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

For the most part the birds were shot at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. I ended up close cropping the images to get close and personal with the birds. Shore birds were shot from the car (use the car as photo blind – A tip from another photographer) or out on the trails. So far I’ve been able to photograph birds on Hallers Haven Trail and Harris Creek Trail.

Photographing Birds at Parkhill Prairie Park

When the weather is nice and I want to take short and quick hike, I go up to Parkhill Prairie Park and follow the trails and wonder around the ponds looking for birds. I’ve only seen bird on the trail and its a dickthissle. I was told by a birder that seeing a dickthissle where I did is rare.

Photographing Birds on the Bird Feeders

We have 5 different feeds within about 10 feet from each other and they are full of different types of seeds. The feeders are placed so I can easily take photos from the patio or from the kitchen window. I’ve taken images through the window or with the window up. The only birds that are to smart to be photographed are the red headed wood peckers and pair of mated cardinals. They do not like to sit in one spot for to long.

About the Bird Photos

The images were shot using my Sony a6000 and my Sony SELP18105G E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS with a K&F Concept Circular Polarizer or Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 Lens  by hand. I then edited the images with Adobe Lightroom CC and Topaz Labs Denoise AI and Topaz Labs Sharpen AI and DXO NIK Collection to crop, clean up the image, remove noise, and recover the lost details.