This is bird note.

When Day Scott teaches people how to take pictures of birds,

she emphasizes observing birds carefully

before picking up the camera.

Sometimes that means choosing whether or not to even attempt a photo, like the time there was a rare bird in her area, a painted bunting. The bird kept visiting a friend's backyard. We knew where the bird was landing every hour,

but I was not guaranteed to get a good picture,

and I did not want to set myself for disappointment.

And I went over there and I set for hours and I had to make a decision do I want to try to get a photo or do I want to look through my binoculars.

A camera takes an image that lasts forever but in the moment day would only see the bird with one eye through the viewfinder.

In contrast, her binoculars would give her a high definition view of the bird in real life. Finally the painted bunting appeared. I chose to see the bird

out of the binoculars when it came and I at the biggest small in my face because I had never seen a painted bunting and I saw it very clearly.

For Day being an observer of nature is what lets her take great pictures.

I learned how to observe first and if you get to know that species in this behavior,

you have a really good chance of catching it in the behavior that you want to photograph.

I teach right from the heart of my photography.

For Bird Note, I'm Joni's Franklin.