Moving birdbath 3' makes quite a difference

[HAB911]

I moved my birdbath 3' to have an angle to catch the full reflection in the water, and it paid off immediately with a Painted bunting. I'll now experiment with different color stones in the bottom that make a shallow support for them. This is dark slate, but I have some white marble somewhere to try.





BONUS BUNTING eating Firespike

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow, my dear HAB911! These are wonderful! So much color and detail!

[SheltieLover]

2. Breathtakingly gorgeous!

Ty for sharing!

[Walleye]

3. Spectacular!!

[Raven123]

4. Stunning. Great job. Thanks for sharing

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Nice! Thanks for sharing!!

[QueerDuck]

6. My favorite! Lucky lucky you!

Great photos!

[AKwannabe]

7. Hi. What region does a bunting live in?

First I’ve ever seen. So thank you. Very cool bird indeed. Rainbow 🌈

[erronis]

8. From Cornell Lab - All About Birds

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Painted_Bunting/overview

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Painted_Bunting/maps-range

[Grumpy Old Guy]

9. What a beautiful bird. I'm jealous.

Great shots!

We had to pull our bird feeder out because the rats were chowing down on the seed the birds were dropping.

[HAB911]

22. I know what you mean

The birds do leave a mess, but the squirrels clean up behind them. The feeder is on a 5' Pvc pole with a cone that keeps them from accessing the feeder, so they patrol the ground all day long and there is no waste.

[Callalily]

10. Your photos are amazing.

The painted bunting is beautiful.

[HAB911]

21. thank you!

[Vinca]

11. Gorgeous photos of a spectacular bird. Wow! Wish we had them in New England.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. 📌 🐦 Bookmark. TY, HAB911. ❤️

[TommieMommy]

13. Absolutely gorgeous

[HAB911]

20. thanks, glad you enjoy them!

[TNNurse]

14. Magnificent photos.

[HAB911]

17. Something a little special for you!

[liberalla]

15. Just gorgeous!

So, I'm curious... As the earth moves throughout the year (longer days, shorter days), the sunlight hits differently and shadows move....
Will you always be able to get the full reflection in the birdbath? Or will you need to move the birdbath again?

[HAB911]

18. right now

the sun is very low and I only get direct light on the bath for a couple of hours and even then it is dappled. I will get much more direct light as the sun moves north. Moving the bath not only gave me the angle needed, but moved it more into what light I have. So the answer to your question is, no I will not have to move it again, it only gets better.

I shot at a high shutter speed to catch the water droplets and high aperture for the depth of field to capture the reflection, so the ISO was an astounding 12,800, which made the photos very noisy.

[FakeNoose]

16. Nice! Thanks for sharing these great photos

It looks like that painted bunting was having some fun ...

[HAB911]

19. thank you!

[George McGovern]

23. Fabulous HAB911. Really like your first and fourth frames -- dry-head to wet-head!

And all in between and thereafter!

[HAB911]

27. thanks george!

i thought it told the story!

[Solly Mack]

24. Wonderful! Thank you!

[Deuxcents]

25. I have never seen this bird before..I'm sure if I had, it would have taken my breath away..just like your photos

Uniquely beautiful 🤩

[HAB911]

28. thanks!

I would imagine it to be North America's most colorful!

[MustLoveBeagles]

26. Thanks for posting

What gorgeous pictures.

[twodogsbarking]

29. What they all said. Have some ice cream.

[wendyb-NC]

30. That's amazing

Beautiful photos of the Painted bunting. Thanks for sharing them.

How lucky you are to have Painted bunting in your area, that frequent your bird bath. I'm sure they are around here in eastern NC, but I rarely see them in the garden outside.

[mike_c]

31. outstanding!

[tazcat]

32. Beautiful shots!