Saturday, June 2, 2007

How to make birds come close to you?

I have spent a week trying to find out how to get birds come close to me so I could take his/her photo or perhaps shoot a video. Nothing seems to help. Someone told him, stick some fruits like Banana, orange, or even sing like birds. Wear Green shirts. Green Pants, mingle with the natural surroundings. Nothing works. Someone suggested that I create a Blind. I got the biggest box and put my whole body inside and looked outside through a tiny hole. It didn't work. So far, they do seem to like music, and food and water. I am experimenting scattering food on the ground at the exact time everyday and giving them water in a big bowl. Nothing is happening so far. Seems like a daunting task to get them close to you without the big lenses. Will wearing a black sun-glasses help ? Wish I could shrink to the size of a bird - I need their photos so bad!!

I tried this and so far I have only made them sing but not come closer. Recorded birds sound using cellphone. Then I played it in "Repeat" mode. Birds seem to go wild now, fly around, sometime in circle motion. Any bird master drooping some thoughts would make my heart sing. And anyone telling me to head for a zoo will make my heart cry... I want live, active, real, natural photos of birds that are in the wild and I want to get them in my camera or video without lavish lenses, etc... Anyone Here with ideas?

If you are interested, here is what is happening so far. See the video below...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Only SOME birds will come near you. Geese will come near you, if you feed them.. Robins will come near you if your quiet and still.

Being a child helps, because your generally smaller and the birds have instincts about people too. You can be the nicest, and nature loving person in the world, and have animals not think your safe, and you can be just a regular person and have them all over you. They're like people you don't know, they won't generally go near you, unless they want to be your friend, and you seem nice/friendly to them. ( And not friendly in actions. )

Hope this will help!

Elora

Anonymous said...

Only SOME birds will come near you. Geese will come near you, if you feed them.. Robins will come near you if your quiet and still.

Being a child helps, because your generally smaller and the birds have instincts about people too. You can be the nicest, and nature loving person in the world, and have animals not think your safe, and you can be just a regular person and have them all over you. They're like people you don't know, they won't generally go near you, unless they want to be your friend, and you seem nice/friendly to them. ( And not friendly in actions. )

Hope this will help!

Elora

Anonymous said...

Only SOME birds will come near you. Geese will come near you, if you feed them.. Robins will come near you if your quiet and still.

Being a child helps, because your generally smaller and the birds have instincts about people too. You can be the nicest, and nature loving person in the world, and have animals not think your safe, and you can be just a regular person and have them all over you. They're like people you don't know, they won't generally go near you, unless they want to be your friend, and you seem nice/friendly to them. ( And not friendly in actions. )

Hope this will help!

Elora