Waite Bird Photos Inc

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Waite Bird Photos has been involved in the taking of bird photos, mostly of nests with high-speed strobes, with the goal of educating the general public about our feathered friends.

I am always looking for contributors to submit nicely composed and interesting photographs of birds. Here is a photo of ...
08/01/2021

I am always looking for contributors to submit nicely composed and interesting photographs of birds. Here is a photo of a Chestnut-backed Chickadee gleaning for insects in a Douglas Fir on Vancouver Island taken by George W. Bowron.

I have been photographing birds at the nest for 40+ years and my associate for the past 25. It’s very rare that either o...
07/07/2021

I have been photographing birds at the nest for 40+ years and my associate for the past 25. It’s very rare that either of us have witnessed predation of the young. Last year we lost nests to Wilson’s Warbler (Short-tailed Weasel) and a Black-headed Grosbeak (Cooper’s Hawk) and it was suspected that a Douglas Squirrel took an adult Varied Thrush because the squirrel was seen in the immediate area.
Both of us got in a great deal of trouble 15 years ago in the Okanagan Valley in the interior of BC for photographing a species that neither of us knew was at risk. We were both charged by the Canadian Wildlife Service with 9 criminal charges each with potential for fines of $450,000 or 5 years in jail. Those penalties have since been increased. I suffered 3 mental breakdowns and vowed to never attempt to photograph another bird.
We have certainly changed our methods of taking photographs over the years. We both usually work from a blind from a distance and fire the camera with a cable but often this isn’t necessary as the subjects quickly become tame. We always put down ground up moth balls to throw off our scent from predators.
We decided this year to simultaneously photograph subjects with a camera equipped with speed lights (high-speed strobe) to capture adult birds in flight, a specialty of the both of us, and with a movie camera.
Last week Damon lost 2 nests a short distance apart likely to the same predator. When I visited the second nest with only one chick I knew it was a pregnant situation and that the predator (I suspected a Cooper’s Hawk) would likely return. It did but was a Douglas Squirrel. It truly upsets me to see bird nests robbed but the predators have to live as well.
To see photos of Black-headed Grosbeak and Wilson’s Warbler predation photos scroll down to the appropriate link and look at people’s comments - globalbirdphotos.com

My bird associate Damon Calderwood just finished photographing this pair of American Dippers over an 11 day period in no...
06/18/2021

My bird associate Damon Calderwood just finished photographing this pair of American Dippers over an 11 day period in north Maple Ridge. I’ll leave it to Damon to tell his story about the highlights of the shoot in “Comments” at the bottom of the photo. I’d like to take this opportunity to invite bird photographers from around the world to contribute pics to the site for both scientific research and for sale. 14” x 21 “ 300 dpi (photo quality) files sell for $50. I’d like to ask birders to share this post. Go here to see site:
https://globalbirdphotos.com/photo-search/?family=522&species=523 #&gid=1&pid=7

These bird photographs (all taken at extreme low power with high-speed strobe are by associate Damon S. Calderwood) show...
07/21/2019

These bird photographs (all taken at extreme low power with high-speed strobe are by associate Damon S. Calderwood) shown in the below photograph.

Waite Bird Photos is dedicated to using photography as a means of educating the public about our feathered friends. Over...
07/01/2019

Waite Bird Photos is dedicated to using photography as a means of educating the public about our feathered friends. Over the years our photographers have used high-speed strobes to capture action in and around the nest. As camera and flash (strobe) equipment become more and more sophisticated this becomes easier and easier to achieve. Last year we photographed a Chestnut-backed Chickadee that was in a nest cavity 18 feet above the ground in a 3” in diameter dead fir. The strobes were placed 10 feet from the nest and the camera with 600 mm lens was about 15 feet. The team of photographers built a tree stand to safety code specifications in an adjacent tree. We look forward to hearing from other aspiring photographers who are contemplating nest photography with high-speed strobes. The Loggerhead Shrike bringing an Alligator Lizard to its ready-to-fledge young pic was taken in Burns, Oregon, in 2006. Currently, our web site is not online (for the selling of images). This will hopefully change over the next couple of months (to be similar to an air photo site). When it’s up and running, I’d like to invite photographers from around the world to share their experiences with the primary purpose of education. Over the past 35+ years I’ve taken bird photos to feed my soul and air photos to feed my body. Go here:
Globalbirdphotos.com
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I’d like to add a little more to the story. Damon and I photographed these birds over several days and one day I even invited the Burns biologist to spent some time in the blind. The pair of birds usually caught mice or voles and dismembered them on a “butcher block” (dead branch) immediately behind the blind. We could watch them cut up their prey into small pieces and then take them to the young. As the babies grew so did the size of the food. In this photo a parent is about to feed an Alligator Lizard whole to a ready-to-fledge young.
Www.globalbirdphotos.com
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Global Bird Photos is currently upgrading its site to online for the marketing of bird images from bird photographers ar...
06/30/2019

Global Bird Photos is currently upgrading its site to online for the marketing of bird images from bird photographers around the globe. It’s primary purpose is to have text to accompany the images to shed light on the behaviour of birds and methods used to obtain the photo. Here is a Chestnut-backed Chickadee that was taken 18’ up in a 3” in diameter dead fir. The photographers built a platform in an adjacent tree working within the safety guidelines of the Workmen’s’ Compensation Board. Because the nest was located in a shaded area, the photographers used 3 high-speed strobes at a distance of 10 feet from the nest.

06/23/2019

I’ve had a web site now for several years showing several bird photographers. I’m now taking the site online to market the selling of digital files from 6” x 9” @ 300 dpi to RAW files. Stay tuned. The site is:
Globalbirdphotos.com

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23233 Kanaka Way # 1
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