I should really be sleeping, but boy am I glad I clicked on this one. What a splendid technique!

One of the absolutely best tips I have heard. Can't wait to test it out.

Reakky helpful, love the tip about drilling food holes in the perch. I've just set up some perches in my garden so will try this.

You have in effect, created a bird studio. I love this idea. The end result speaks for itself.

Great Idea on the stick !!! fantastic pictures

Loved your set up, is it possible for you to tell me what settings you used on that day please, and what lens as the other chappie had a much different lens, whilst yours was enormous and on a gimbal, his what much smaller on a different type of head.

Nice idea of a small wooden support.Creating a comfortable seat for the birds.Good work

Thank for this great video ;) Very nice

I usually push a few sticks in the ground under my bird feeder. Reason being the feed drops to ground and birds that get pushed out go to the ground to eat instead. So they perch waiting their turn and that's when they look normal out in woods.

Perhaps PP does know exactly what I wished to capture, great practical idea indeed.

Great Video. Thank you for sharing

Kind of takes the fun out of it . It’s like the argument of restoring your classic car or buying one already done. Half the fun is the adventure .

This is great stuff 👏👌

Only video which is beneficial ..!!!

Great video!!! Thank!

Fabulous video.. thank you

Great Video for taking pictures of Tame birds , I would not try it with Birds of prey though, some settings information would be great too!! Nice tip on the glove wearing, I always wondered why they flew off just as I reach for the camera. !!!!

Superb video. Boy, this is reeling me in big time lol.

Brilliant!!!!

Some clicks are super duper. I like your video. You have done a great job. Also photography tips are very helpful.

This is a very nice video....thanks 👌🏼👌🏼

Really useful, will set this up and give it a go, Thank you

Excellent stuff

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

Good video, thanks. I have seen that done in a hide in Andalucia, but on a larger scale. I have set something similar in my garden at home, 3 metres from my kitchen window. I was interested in what lens you were using?

After watching this video I built and perch in my backyard and it worked. Not as fancy as yours but it worked. Thanks.

Nice work and good tips.

How deep is the hole you drilled? This is great, thank you!!!

This isnt wildlife photography but it is a good way to practice and also a treat for birds🙂🙂

Thanks for sharing your idea.

Thanks for the trips. I shoot black & white urban photography. Yet in need of a larger zoom so looks less invasive when shooting people out and about. Could you please recommend several good lens the would be suitable for using at a distance? that aren't too expensive.

Excellent video. Thank you. Still chasing that 'perfect' photo of a bird. :-)

good one

I shoot birds on a feeder at home, when I go out to shoot wild birds that’s what I want but my other great passion is birding. It’s not a right or wrong thing and I can see this being a great starting point until you learn where birds will naturally be and at what times. Tits and robins are also great birds to start with until you become more proficient.

Thank you!

That aaahhhhhaaaann moment 😂😂😂😂 thanks so much mate 🙏🙏

wow nice trick!

Wonderful video, this is how i used to capture small birds at Sandringham but i last did that on a Canon 350D, thats how long ago it was now!

Great tutorial. Seems like a well kept secret among bird photographers

This is great. I've just started birding for the first time.

Have to say Morten, one of your best. Great video and interesting to see all your camping gear. The photo of the 2 Muskoxen together was great. Well done!

Wonderful video nice

Please tell me what type of lens each of you are using and anything else that may be relevant

What kind of birds food can we use to fill the hole?

Which food birds like ?

Thanks for sharing. I believe (although I am new to this) that one thing said in the video, but perhaps not clear to beginners is the fact that he said "birds are use to coming for food in this location". That makes the perch with food successful right away. Had this not been true, then a beginner should be aware to make the food obvious for several days or weeks. When the birds get use to coming there, you could make it less obvious. I wish he had discussed his experience with exposure of photographing colorful birds with bright white feathers and dark black feathers. These tend to confuse the camera and histogram and even sometimes blinkies. Thanks again for the video

Birds in your area seemed very friendly they play along even when you're near. I tried putting bird seeds in one corner of our rooftop and waited in vain but no birds seemed to care. I even put once a remote motion detector device to trigger my DSLR from distance, but no bird seem to approach the setup. I just realized birds here in my area are too shy to be photographed. I have more success in shoot birds from afar and in the trees using long telephoto than with a bird feeder.

which tripod head gimbal is he using?

they make it seem so easy...does anyone know how fast cheep cheeps are? hahaha! half the time, I don't even get them in the photo or they're a blur...hahaha, so, really do have to admire wildlife photography. I find that mourning doves seem to be somewhat easier to practice on for others who also recently started taking photos of animals. Robins are pretty good to try with too...in the wintertime when the chickadees are waking up in the morning, I find it easier to photograph them just before they start to whiz around the place bouncing off the trees at full speed practically. hahaha! Love chickadees. hehe. Amazing photos though

Great video. I sort of do this, but I tend to use existing bird tables at a local country park. The birds there are incredibly tame. My approach is slightly different, in that I personally prefer to capture an image of a bird with food in it's beak. I also prefer to capture them as they are about to land or are leaving the feeding station and are in mid - air. I always use my Olympus EM1 mark II set to ProCapture with my Olympus 12 - 100mm f4 lens. I find it better than my Oly 300mm f4 because of the wider field of view. Though my D500 is a brilliant camera, in my hands it cannot compete with my EM1.2 in this type of scenario. If you wish to make a bird table appear a little more natural, you can disguise the edges with lichen and moss - the birds won't mind. I also use ProCapture when photographing birds approaching/leaving hanging feeders, cropping the feeder out in LR. What I discovered early on, is that you cannot just choose a random location, put food out and expect birds to flock in. If you choose somewhere off the beaten track, you need to visit a few times and put food out, so the birds know where to find it and get used to visiting your chosen location.

Greetings from Africa sir, what's the lence you'd suggest for a beginner for bird photography?

Does this only work on winter?? I want to do this, this month on August but does it really work?? I have 400mm..

Hey, what seeds do you use?

What camera and lens is Simon using in this video

I've currently dressed myself as a giant sunflower seed and I now have 12 camera pointing at my from different angles and directions. Don't worry guys I'm beyond prepared.

Nice video, but would have like to know some settings.

Seems like a lot of work to get shots of small birds. Maybe I am missing something, but chumming seems unnecessary. But I live in the pacific northwest of the US and have not had any trouble shooting a variety of birds in the natural environment. I have a bird feeder on the back patio, which I use when testing a new lens or camera set up. But it is not very challenging. What pleases me is to go where the birds live and see if I can photograph them doing their natural thing. Different strokes for different folks.

I've just planted some fish on a river bank, hoping to get some Grizzly bears to look at the camera.

Nice video with some good tips. What I do not understand is why you are hoping that the birds do not have food in their beaks? I would have thought that a picture of a robin with some nesting material in its mouth would make a lovely photo.

Simon Roy, Good tips. What size lens is that.? 600mm maybe.? Do you use a converter.?

Great video. Would have liked to have heard more details like shutter speed, 1,000, etc., F number spot with what metering. Thanks away.

What lens do you use ?

which is ur camera and lens

Out of curiosity I would like to know what camera and what lens James Abbot is using. As these look to be the type of camera and lens the average photographer would have available.

Finding a spot like that requires a lot of experience and time outdoors. Most wild birds are very skittish and won’t even get close to humans. But very cool technique!

I didn't know that 'great tits' were birds, but now it makes more sense. I liked the video. It is wildlife photography as the birds are not tame but live in the wild, and I agree that this is a nice start. The hollowed log with food was a great idea. I'm gonna try that. Thanks. - Norwegian viking.

What lens was he using?

Great video. Whereabouts in North Yorkshire is this?

Camera setting are f stop that gives you enough light at the fast shutter speed your using. Remember lens will lay a part are ypu using 600mm 2.5 or 5.6 are you using a 70 to 200 1.4 or 5.6... manual or shutter priority. So asking camera setting are not going to help. Will say you need fast shutter speed f stop for distance on focus. Tripod and iso to help get speed.

Sir i have canon 77d with 18-135 lens. Is it good for wildlife photography

Great tips...what gear and settings please?

im a newbie. should I buy new/used? what model what lens please help

Thanks a lot for making this video. Yesterday night I watched it and today I went to Audubon society office where I could take some pictures of local birds. I just followed your advice. Thanks a lot. I just posted them in my Instagram account, its @SastryKarra.

Ha ha ha!) With your snag is an idea)

Question from a newbie: I would like to take videos of birds in my backyard similar to this example on KZfaq: ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsijaqmFnMq8iZc.html ) where the camera is stationary on a tripod and pointed at one spot while recording birds landing and eating food ( not flying in the air ). I have am considering buying a Sony A7Siii and a Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS Super Telephoto Zoom Lens but don't know if that is the best option. I am concerned the SonyA7Siii does not have enough pixels and I am concerned the Sony FE 200-600mm will not work well at dawn or dusk which I read is a problem with that lens. Do you have any advice on which camera and lens to buy to take bird the type of bird videos I want to capture ? Thank you.

I tried that but the birds just ignored it, no matter how far I went away.

Can i ask what lens Simon is using, with thanks

Fabulous vid, thanks, guys. I belong to a wildlife photographic site, and there's a guy on there and every image he takes is perfect. He claims he takes them in his garden I asked how he got such amazing images every time and he had a rant at me saying I accused him of cheating, which of course wasn't true. This vid just proves my point. Another question, how do you get the plain background?

which camera is best please?

One more suscriber ;D

Take a lot of clicks and pick out the one you like.

How nice it would have been and I am sure more appealing to the majority of amateur photographers if you had used a kit lens. One needs only look at the lens you're using in this video to see it is of a four figure value. Something that is well out of most people's budgets. And it is possible to get good wild life shots with kit lenses. I guess it depends on who you're shooting for. Facebook, blog or personal collection and a kit lens will do fine. Only if you're after pro mag images need you be looking for a top of the range lens. And then, chances are, you will have a buyer from a pro publication that is prepared to pay for your images.

The next step should be: a hungry homeless in carnival bear costume eating a frozen salmon. Good luck folks!

Industrial strength tripod with a gimbal head gets my vote! Sawn off bit of wood..... Nooooooooooo, cut a slot on the wood. Slap on a big speedlight fitted with a flash extender and it's ISO 100, high speed sync heaven for pin sharp cropable perfection

Camera settings & lens info would have been useful

I guess I need to go find some branches and drill holes in the ends!

Good xideo....however, I would have used a broken more interesting stick with bark..........it was obviously cut ...nature doesn't do that!

A large blob of superglue on the stick works even better

I agree with Herald and clawer. This is not wildlife photography. Fortunately, there is a ethical shift in baiting for wildlife photo ops.

At least few words about equipments would have been nice?

this will not work with wild native birds of the aussie bush.... thanks anyways

This is only a good idea when taking photos of tamed birds (those that are used to being fed). Luring birds like owls with mice in an open field is significantly frowned upon in the birding and scientific community as it conditions them to be significantly reliant on humans for food, creating an independence towards humans making them less resilient.

Interfering with wildlife by drilling a hole in a bit of wood and then shoving food in there is not what wildlife photography is all about. The most amazing shots are those that happen entirely naturally in an animals habitat. E.g bears salmon fishing on a river in Alaska is natural behaviour you are just there to capture the moment. This is the same as putting out a load of salmon on the riverbank and getting a shot of the bear that comes to get it.

Woodglut plans are amazing!

I don’t see why photographing a bird with food in its beak is a no no?

let wildlife be wild. study patterns, enjoy nature, leave without a shot. 1000% better than baiting. birds have a bad enough time with assholes blasting calls on their phones.

Nothing to do with WILDLIFE photography...

The dumb comments about how this is done and whether its wild ate not must be made by people that have never used a camera and have never photographed wildlife.

This isn't the real wildlife photography

Looks like you were blocking a public pathway.