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ByClyde Wilson

“Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?” Matthew 6:26 (ASV)

The more I study the birds the more deeply I know God cares for each us in ways we haven’t even thought about. I know we all have days that it seems like God is a million miles away when the truth is He never left.

Each bird is so different. Each species has its own

call, unique markings from the tip of its beak to the tip of its tail, a built-in GPS system — you name it and it’s unique. Over 10,000 species in the world.

Each new find is a thrill, and we don’t have to travel the seven seas. Seven dif-ferent places around you, and you will find seven new species. They are there. We only have to observe with our eyes and our ears.

What do they say to you? No, I’m not talking new age stuff. I’m saying, what do you get from your observations?

I am awestruck each time I see one in a different way. Whether it’s perched

on a limb, feeding or in flight, God is telling me how awesome He is. The more awesome I realize He is, the more I understand just how much He cares about each and every one of us. He says we are more valuable than the birds, yet look at how magnificent the birds are. Wow. That’s my sermon for the week.

Back to the birds, it’s a challenge to find some-thing new and interesting each week. But hey, I’m up to it. The challenge is more difficult when your pictures don’t turn out the way you want. Like I spent an entire day and saw seven eagles, four

American Kestrels, Wood Ducks, Mallards, A Pied-billed Grebe, hundreds of Tree Swallows, 14 Turkeys and 30 other species, and at the end of the day, I discovered none of my pic-tures turned out. Except for one, and it wasn’t great.

Somehow or another I pushed a wrong button, which affected my auto mode, and my days’ work was down the toilet as far as pictures go. Sometimes we have to go through the valley to get to the moun-taintop. Good things can come out of the valley.

Now I needed help with my camera. I pushed more buttons to try to correct it, but it got worse. So who do I call? Someone in a past email wanted me to give the camera settings for my pictures, and I replied I put it in auto and shoot.

Auto is not a great place to get stuck in if you get my drift. Some of us have been stuck in auto for years and just need a little encouragement to get out and reach the next and new level.

Justin Kerns asked me to help in a photo shoot over at the dam with him and Robert Harris of Robert Harris Photography. Robert sent me a complimentary pic for my use as long as I gave him the credit. The great picture of me in the

Kayak was taken by him. So I called Mr. Harris

and explained my dilem-ma. We made an appoint-ment, and he not only got my camera settings back right again but gave me a valuable lesson on how to get out of auto mode and take charge of the settings to get the detail I looking for.

Like a kid with a new toy I was now armed and dan-gerous. I took my camera to the soccer tournament to bird watch in between games, and no auto mode for me. In auto mode a bird in flight turned out to be just a disappointing blur (unless he’s flying right at you, then auto is fine).

So enjoy this week’s pics of “Birds in Flight” caught not in auto mode but with a shutter speed from 1/5000 to 1/8000 of a second and ISO of 1000 to 1250.

Now I still had to delete a lot of pics, but you have to take a lot to get a few. Enjoy.

Birding notes & quizzesYou can now view past

articles of Backyard Birds & Coffee online at www.backyardbirdscoffee.com.

Kerr Lake Bird Club meets monthly. Next meet-ing is Oct. 23. Social 6-7 p.m. Meeting 7-8 p.m. Topic: “Birding by ear.” Like us on Facebook, Kerr

Lake Bird Club. Come join us, it’ll be a hoot!

Eagle Tour this Friday, Oct. 16. See our website www.backyardbirdscoffee for details.

Virginia Beach trip with Virginia Society of Ornithology on Dec. 4-6. See virginiabirds.net for details.

Last week’s quiz: What was the date the first arti-cle of Backyard Birds & Coffee appeared in the South Hill Enterprise? The first article was published on May 13. Bill Linenmuth was the closest with May 20. Bill is now a two-time winner. Stop by Bill for more great coffee. It’s nice to know folks are collect-ing Backyard Birds & Coffee articles.

Also thanks to the Lawrenceville reader for her call to say she enjoys the articles.

This week’s quiz, “What bird is this in flight?” See pic.

Email your comments, questions, quiz answers and birding encounters to joinclyde@gmail.com.

Backyard Birds & Coffee in Bracey is now open Monday-Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop in and smell the autumn coffees. Also visit us at www.backyard-birdscoffee.com and email me at joinclyde@gmail.com.

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Are you stuck in auto mode?

Pictured above is this week's quiz, what bird is this? Pictured at right is a Northern Mockingbird.

Clyde shoots near the dam. (Robert Harris Photography)