Bridges
With their vantage point above the water, bridges offer two vistas for the price of one, allowing you to capture swallows, swifts, and songbirds at eye level, or ducks, herons, and egrets below. Using a single long lens will force you to think more about strategy, including framing, tracking, and recognizing the decisive moment to take your shot.
Cemeteries
The patchwork of lawns and trees in cemeteries provide habitat for species such as robins, sparrows, finches, juncos, and flycatchers, while the strong lines, patterns, and contrasting highlights and shadows lend themselves to bold, graphic images.
Irrigation Ditches
While not necessarily the most scenic of spots, these small canals mimic wetland habitat and can attract wading birds and even wrens and other songbirds. Try using a short telephoto lens such…
