The words above were muttered by my mother, a veteran photographer of decades, as she captured this image of a male cardinal.

As we trekked through East End Park, it became increasingly apparent that photographing birds ain't no cakewalk. It took a couple of hours to capture just a dozen or so pictures of a few different birds.

However, I believe that the hours spent searching for birds was well beyond rewarding and look forward to continuing a pursuit of an understanding of my local wildlife.