{"id":7215,"date":"2009-06-23T19:48:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T03:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=7215"},"modified":"2009-06-23T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T03:48:08","slug":"safely-successfully-photographing-birds-at-the-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/safely-successfully-photographing-birds-at-the-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Safely &#038; Successfully Photographing Birds at the Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"smallertext\" align=\"right\">Reprinted from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/journal\/journalindex.html\"> BT Journal<\/a>,         Vol.1 Issue 2, May 1996<\/p>\n<h2>Spring is in the Air!<\/h2>\n<p>Spring has to be one of my favorite times of the year (but my nose hates it!).   After I get through sneezing and my eyes stop watering, I take off for the   shrubs and trees. I don&#8217;t set out to do any macro work, but to find nesting   birds. Nothing charges my rockets like photographing nesting birds. I like   the images I take and all that rot, but what I really enjoy the most is the   opportunity to spend &#8220;quality&#8221; time with a wild creature.<\/p>\n<p>Photographing nesting birds, no matter the species, can be done by anyone.   There are only a few rules (I hate rules, but these are important) you need   to remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No photograph is worth sacrificing the welfare of the subject!<\/li>\n<li> Never have the parents off the nest for more than twenty minutes!<\/li>\n<li>Have Fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get you thinking about nesting season, or better yet, get you out and doing   it, I want to print some excerpts from chapter 1, vol.II of Moose Peterson&#8217;s   Guide to Wildlife Photography (to give some of you a sample of what&#8217;s to come).   The entire chapter deals with photographing nesting birds-cup, cavity or ledge   nesters. There&#8217;s no reason why anyone can&#8217;t do it safely and productively.   Here are some guidelines to get you started in what I think is one of the most   enjoyable aspects of our profession.<\/p>\n<h2>Finding the Nest &#8211; Pre-Field Homework<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to photographing a nesting bird, the first place to start is   in books. I&#8217;ve always thought that&#8217;s what winters are good for, staying in   at night and prepping for the coming spring shoots. You might find all the   prep I do before going out in the field a bit much. But I&#8217;ve yet to have a   nest fail (knock on wood!) which I attribute to my actions and the homework   I do before entering the field. That zero failure rate is more important to   me than getting the photographs! I tend to work mainly with endangered species   where there&#8217;s no room for the slightest error. But even with common species,   there&#8217;s still no room or reason for errors. This is especially true for your   first shoot at a nest, if you do your homework first!<\/p>\n<p>The first things to discover about the species you want to photograph is the   time of year it nests. Many believe that just because it&#8217;s spring, nesting   birds abound. In grand generalities this is true. But in specifics, it&#8217;s way   off. For example, Great Horned Owls tend to nest very early, in the latter   part of winter. That&#8217;s because they don&#8217;t make their own nests, but use inactive   hawk nests from previous years. They nest early because hawks reuse their old   nests and don&#8217;t take kindly to finding an owl in their home! Hummingbirds are   another early bird (sorry, bad pun!). They can be sitting on eggs before New   Year&#8217;s in many regions of the country. Clark&#8217;s Nutcrackers nest in the dead   of winter in the high country. So don&#8217;t assume the nesting time or you could   be left holding an empty nest (figuratively speaking, of course).<\/p>\n<p>Researching and uncovering the answers to these questions can be frustrating.   In many instances, little has actually been published on a species&#8217; nesting   biology. True, some species&#8217; nesting biology is understood in great detail.   But for many common nesters, there are no published details about their biology.   Finding out what is known takes a little detective work.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- #BeginLibraryItem \"\/Library\/Top of Page.lbi\" --><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a class=\"topofpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/phototips\/nesting.html#\">top of page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><\/p>\n<h2>Published Resources<\/h2>\n<p>There are a number of great resources out there where you can start your sleuthing.   A good starting point is bird identification books. These provide one key piece   of information, the species&#8217; Latin name. This is quite often needed later in   extracting information from scientific sources. Bird identification books also   provide range maps. In a quick glance, these provide a rough idea of geographically   where a species nests. The written account for a species often provides further   insight about the nesting biology. The two bird identification books I find   indispensable are The Peterson Field Guides (either the Eastern or Western   guide to birds depending on your locale) and the National Geographic Field   Guide to the Birds of North America. (These should already be a part of your   personal library!)<\/p>\n<p>Another resource to check out while at the library (sorry, bad pun again)   are books. If your library is anything like mine, it has many old volumes,   some pre-World War II. Though old, they often have lavish accounts on species.   (You&#8217;ve hit gold if you find one pertaining to what you&#8217;re researching.) These   often can solve all of your research needs as they contain incredible amounts   of information. As it often turns out though, you might find one or two books   that only mention your species in passing, but every little bit helps. (To   avoid spending tons of my time in libraries, I started my own reference library   in my office long ago which makes research a more pleasant task. If you&#8217;re   serious about documenting lots of nesting birds, you might consider doing the   same. There are a number of natural history mail-order book outlets which make   finding titles simpler.)<\/p>\n<p>The one type of library that&#8217;s sure to aid you in your information quest are   research libraries. These are most often found at universities and museums   of natural history. A great treasure chest of information awaits you there   in scientific journals. The journals are typically published quarterly by different   ornithological organizations. They contain a collection of papers written by   scientists\/biologists on a variety of topics in avian biology. Accessing the   data you&#8217;re after is quickest by reading through the index that is published   in the last journal of the year. Here&#8217;s where knowing the Latin name for the   species you&#8217;re researching is invaluable. By searching the indexes for a number   of years, papers on the species your researching can be obtained. The one drawback   to research libraries is you&#8217;re typically not permitted to check out material.<\/p>\n<p>You might be wondering if there is a definitive source for information. There   is one book in my library I rely on constantly in the spring, A Field Guide   to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds by Colin Harrison.   In this one volume, basic information for each species on nesting habitat and   requirements, nest type, breeding season, eggs, incubation, nestling and nesting   period are listed. (This is the general list of the information you need to   find.) Now not every minute detail is available for every species, but it&#8217;s   pretty darn close. The one drawback to the book is it generically covers all   of North America. Some regional adjustments need to be calculated in for habitat   and time of year of nesting for your locale.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- #BeginLibraryItem \"\/Library\/Top of Page.lbi\" --><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a class=\"topofpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/phototips\/nesting.html#\">top of page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><\/p>\n<h2>Then Comes Spring<\/h2>\n<p>In the spring, trees and shrubs have on their new wardrobes of green. Birds   are returning from migration, filling the forests, meadows, grasslands and   marshes with sound. Males are doing their best at alluring a mate with song   after song. Most males also use their song to defend their territories from   other males trying to do the same thing. These are your first clues that the   nesting season has begun in earnest. It&#8217;s also time for your first step in   finding an active nest.<\/p>\n<p>Singing males mean there are females about. And where there&#8217;s two, well you   know what happens (a clue: the birds and the bee thing). Be aware that in some   species, males use more than song to attract a mate. Some species perform specialized   flights, dances and parades, all in an attempt to impress the opposite sex.   Swifts, terns, and shorebirds are just a few. Some species dance for a mate,   such as, prairie chickens. Some even have very specialized means of drumming   up a mate (bad pun again, sorry bad habit), such as, the Ruffed Grouse.<\/p>\n<h2>Finding Nest Building<\/h2>\n<p>Observing birds with nesting material is the quickest way I know of finding   a nest. Now this can vary some so when doing your homework, determine the principle   material used in nest construction. For example, hummingbirds collect spider   webs by wrapping them around their bill. Birds of prey often collect dead twigs   and branches and just before laying eggs, they collect green boughs. Song birds   often use the natural down of cottonwoods or thistles to line their nests.   Observing birds gathering, perching or flying with these materials are signals   that nest building is in progress.<\/p>\n<p>Using binoculars, observe where the bird is taking its nesting material. Now   if it&#8217;s a bird of prey, the nest will be rather obvious. It&#8217;s very size and   placement high in the tops of open trees or cliffs make them relatively easy   to find. On the other hand if it&#8217;s a hummingbird, it can be the proverbial   needle in a haystack. Narrowing down the search area from an entire forest,   to a corner, to a group of shrubs, to just a shrub and then finally to a branch,   is a chore. It&#8217;s a chore that&#8217;s lots of fun, but one that must be done with   the utmost care!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Care must be observed when approaching a nest! <\/strong> All preliminary   inspections should be done with binoculars and not the feet. The reasons are   many, the main one being natural predators. Foxes, raccoons, skunks and domestic   animals all tend to follow the scent of man. Your actions can lead one of these   predators right to the nest. Remember one very important fact. You depend on   the welfare and success of that nest! All your efforts in researching, discovering   and photographing a nest can be washed down the tubes in a matter of seconds   because of a careless act. Not only will all your efforts be wasted, but more   importantly, a generation of birds can be lost! If after all this work, you   cannot go to the nest without leading a predator to it, walk away to photograph   the bird another day!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- #BeginLibraryItem \"\/Library\/Top of Page.lbi\" --><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a class=\"topofpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/phototips\/nesting.html#\">top of page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><\/p>\n<h2>First Trip to the Nest<\/h2>\n<p>When you believe the pair is on eggs, make plans for your first physical inspection   of the nest site. Give the pair a couple of days buffer from when you believe   they first started incubating before making your first visit. Now I&#8217;m assuming   you found the nest from all the birds&#8217; activities. But what if you haven&#8217;t,   this first visit could be hazardous for the birds.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, take care in the path you walk to the nest. Use large, high   steps to avoid beating a path to the nest. We don&#8217;t have a firm understanding   of how birds select their nesting sites. It&#8217;s not unreasonable to believe that   the foliage surrounding the nesting site is as important as the actual bush   or tree they&#8217;ve selected. If there are any large downed trees you must cross   to get to the nest, take care not to break off any branches. And if there are   branches extending into the nesting bush itself, take great care not to step   on them. You could adversely affect the nest by tearing at branches attached   to the nest.<\/p>\n<p>Every time you take a step towards the nest, watch to see if the birds flush.   They can fly out in any direction from the nest, so keep a keen eye out. You   shouldn&#8217;t have any camera equipment with you at this time, just binoculars.   Proceed cautiously and carefully, especially if you aren&#8217;t sure of the exact   location of the nest. If you get to the shrub or tree and no birds are observed   flushing, you&#8217;re doing great. If a bird did flush, hold still and wait twenty   minutes. If they don&#8217;t come back in that time, leave the area and watch with   binoculars. If it takes them five or ten minutes to come back to the nest after   you&#8217;ve left, find another nest as this pair is too sensitive to tolerate your   presence. If they come right back after you&#8217;ve left, you&#8217;re probably going   to be OK.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve successfully approached the bush, now how do you find that nest? The   best method is to use just your eyes. Position yourself if possible so the   bush\/tree is backlit with the light shinning through its branches. This reveals   the location of the nest by silhouetting it, its size and shape, making it   stand out from all the branches. By slowly moving up, down and sideways, you   might be able to find its location without physically touching the bush.<\/p>\n<h2>Preparing for the First Shoot at the Nest<\/h2>\n<p>Here it is, the exciting day you&#8217;ve earned with all of your diligent efforts.   Now&#8217;s not the time to lose your cool and go off half cocked. (Get it, film   advance? Ha, it&#8217;s a joke.) You want to head off to the nest with a song in   your heart and checklist in your head. You need either a physical or mental   check list of all the equipment you&#8217;ll need at the nest. You need to arrive   at the nest site ready to go. Once at the nest, you&#8217;ll need to stay put until   it&#8217;s time to go home. You don&#8217;t want to make a couple of trips back and forth   from the nest to gather all needed equipment. You want to be able to work lightly   and quickly. What follows is my checklist of equipment for a basic nest setup.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- #BeginLibraryItem \"\/Library\/Top of Page.lbi\" --><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a class=\"topofpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/phototips\/nesting.html#\">top of page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><\/p>\n<h2>Nest Site Equipment Checklist<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Camera bodies (most often two)<\/li>\n<li>Tripod lens for photographing the nest<\/li>\n<li>Cable release (min 10&#8242; long)<\/li>\n<li>M acro lens<\/li>\n<li>C hair<\/li>\n<li>F ilm (min five rolls per session)<\/li>\n<li>W ater \/ munchies<\/li>\n<li>F lash(s)<\/li>\n<li>M icro-cassette recorder<\/li>\n<li>E xternal battery packs for flash<\/li>\n<li>H at (if required by sun)<\/li>\n<li>A ll needed flash cords<\/li>\n<li>B ranch clips<\/li>\n<li>F lash bracket<\/li>\n<li>Rubber bands<\/li>\n<li>B inoculars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You want to assemble your equipment away from the nest. This means not only   having film in the camera and the camera turned on, but also having it mounted   to the tripod and flashes in place. This also means having all cords attached   and ready at hand, plus the ties for the branches readily accessible. The last   thing you want to do at the nest is take time assembling your equipment and   gathering yourself. Not going in ready not only limits your productive time   at the nest, but also creates unnecessary busyness which can keep the parents   away. You want to travel light and work fast when photographing a nest. This   means having a battle plan for dealing with the branches and your lighting   all ready thought out.<\/p>\n<p>Holding the branches back out of the way for photography can be a little tricky.   You obviously can&#8217;t hold them with your hands the whole time. You cannot cut   them away either, right? For my method, I utilize some homemade devices made   out of heavy duty binder clips (obtainable at office suppliers). I attach a   heavy cord connecting two small clips which I can use to tie back a group of   leaves or twigs. I can either clip the two clips together to form a circle   or safely clip them to a branch without injury to the plant. I have the medium   and large sizes set up in the same fashion, but I also carry single binder   clips. I use these to hold back just one branch if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Setting these up the first time at the nest takes time (referring to minutes   rather than seconds here), but after that visit, it&#8217;s a snap. The first time   takes so long because you must use such care when moving those branches for   the first time. Remember, they could very easily be attached to the nest itself.   Pulling on the wrong branch or twig could upset the nest and its contents.   It takes a few minutes to unravel the maze of twigs around the nest, but it   can and must be done carefully without any harm to the nest. (Remember when   you leave, you must put back all the branches, twigs, and leaves just the way   you found them to protect the nest. When you remove the clips and ties, ease   everything back into place. Do not let the branches snap back into place because   this could upset the nest!)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- #BeginLibraryItem \"\/Library\/Top of Page.lbi\" --><\/p>\n<h2><a class=\"topofpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/phototips\/nesting.html#\">top of page<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><\/p>\n<h2>First Sitting at the Nest<\/h2>\n<p>As soon as you&#8217;ve reached the nest site and the adults leave the nest, the   clock is ticking. Your activities should not keep the adults off the nest for   more than <strong>TWENTY MINUTES! <\/strong>If the adults don&#8217;t come back to   the nest after twenty minutes, pull yourself out but leave your equipment.   Pull back to a distance from where you previously observed the nest with binoculars   and watch the nest. If within the next five minutes, the adults come back,   great. If not, go get your equipment and pull it all out including any branch   ties. (Take care of the path you&#8217;re creating this whole time.) We have few   scenarios to work through now. Obviously if the adults came in, then skip down   a few paragraphs.<\/p>\n<p>If you leave the nest with your equipment still set up and the adults come   back in five minutes, you have a couple of options. Whatever you do, you need   to wait a while. The parents need time to tend to the eggs which they just   came back to incubate. They should have at least fifteen minutes to secure   the eggs&#8217; temperature and any turning of them that is required. After this   time, you can slowly approach your gear. The birds will probably flush again,   but hopefully return within twenty minutes. If that&#8217;s the case, you&#8217;re in like   Flynn!<\/p>\n<p>Now if they don&#8217;t return again, attach a cable release to the camera and move   back ten feet from the camera. Remember you need to be holding still during   all of this. You can&#8217;t dance about from nervousness, being cold or needing   to go to the bathroom (that sure can make one dance). Once you&#8217;ve moved back   ten feet and the adults come back in five minutes, good. If they don&#8217;t, move   back to your previous position and watch. When they come back to the nest,   provide them with the appropriate time then walk back to the ten foot mark.   If they stay at this distance, do some remote shooting and try getting to your   camera the next trip to the nest. If at this attempt the adults leave and don&#8217;t   come back in twenty minutes, go get your camera gear and try again the next   day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- #BeginLibraryItem \"\/Library\/Top of Page.lbi\" --><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a class=\"topofpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/phototips\/nesting.html#\">top of page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><\/p>\n<h2>You&#8217;re There!<\/h2>\n<p>Wow, you&#8217;ve made it to the nest and you&#8217;re sitting with camera and flash on,   waiting to take that first photograph. The first time the adult returns to   the nest, don&#8217;t fry its feathers with a blast of flash! Take a deep breath   and soak in the moment; you&#8217;re sitting next to a wild creature, sharing a very   important time together. You&#8217;ve probably had to work hard to get to this point,   so did the birds. Just sit for a while and take in all that&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n<p>I can almost guarantee that the first time you do fire that camera, the birds   will flush. It&#8217;s not so much the light from the flash that bothers them as   much as it is the noise of all the operations. They will come back, and within   literally a few frames, ignore the whole picture taking process. But in the   beginning, take it slow. You&#8217;ll always have to remain calm, making all movements   very slowly and smoothly. This is especially true for focusing the lens. Hand   movement around the lens barrel tends to make most birds nervous.<\/p>\n<p>Observations of the parents made on the first visit to the nest now become   invaluable. Sitting at the nest, you tend to grow blinders to the many things   going on about you. The direction from which the parents come and go to the   nest and the duration of their absences are all important factors to your photography.   These are things you should have learned from your preliminary visits to the   nest. When the adults leave the nest, for whatever reason, it&#8217;s important to   be aware of how and when they come back. During their returns to the nest,   it will be like the first time every time. They&#8217;ll watch you like a hawk (oh   sorry, another of those bad puns)! Any movement you make, will possibly cause   them to stay away from the nest that much longer. Since you only want to stay   at a nest site for a couple of hours Amax, time away from the nest is photographs   lost.<\/p>\n<p>Now this is the abridged version, but it should give you a direction and the   basics to begin photographing nesting birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reprinted from the BT Journal, Vol.1 Issue 2, May 1996 Spring is in the Air! 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