PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

SET UP TO CAPTURE WONDERFUL GARDEN WILDLIFE

01 CREATE A PERCH

Giving the birds a place to land enables you to control the composition to an extent. I added an old gatepost to the garden and placed it in front of some foliage, but you could also set up some gnarly old logs for a more natural look too.

02 KEEP IT CLEAN

You’ll discover quickly that any feeding table or perch will soon get covered in white bird poo. This looks unslightly, so if you can,

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