What Dam Birds Do At Night - A Photo Story
Jan 27, 2017 11:23:14 #
With no effort at artistic representation this time, here is a little picture story for your consideration about what dam birds do after dark. I got a chance to study this a little longer than usual last night because my truck broke down at the dam and I was stuck with only the birds and dark for companions while I waited for the repair guys to come fix things up for me.
The egrets do follow a similar pattern, much like last year. I briefly wished I'd had a flashlight with me to try and take some of them roosting after it was completely dark, but then I figured it was best I didn't, as it would probably scare them.
Suggestions, edits, ideas, comments of all kinds appreciated.
The egrets do follow a similar pattern, much like last year. I briefly wished I'd had a flashlight with me to try and take some of them roosting after it was completely dark, but then I figured it was best I didn't, as it would probably scare them.
Suggestions, edits, ideas, comments of all kinds appreciated.
Some of us fish until dark
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We gather on the utility poles and fences to discuss nightly matters
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At the signal, we launch, heading westward over the river
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We say our evening goodbys to our two-legged fishermen friends
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And we head for our favorite roosts along the backflow pond
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Jan 27, 2017 11:33:15 #
Fascinating and beautiful shots. The last belongs on the wall.
Jan 27, 2017 11:45:08 #
Very cool story, gives me a whole different appreciation of this location. Enjoyed a lot! (glad you made it safely to your own roost eventually too 
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)Jan 27, 2017 11:49:10 #
vicksart wrote:
Fascinating and beautiful shots. The last belongs on the wall.
Thank you. The last one may end up as a standalone. The birds have chosen the best view in the area for their roost.
Jan 27, 2017 11:50:38 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Very cool story, gives me a whole different appreciation of this location. Enjoyed a lot! (glad you made it safely to your own roost eventually too )
)Thanks, Linda. I feel like the dam birds have a home on FYC, and wanted folks to know a bit more about them "as people". They have personalities, habits, preferences, and relationships. It is a joy to watch their world unfold.
Jan 27, 2017 11:58:54 #
Frank2013
Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.
Well done minniev and I'll agree with vicksart about the last.....or at least throw it in your gallery.
Jan 27, 2017 12:02:23 #
I imagine the conversation included stories about the one that got away. All fishermen should have a beautiful sunset to head off into. There's something very peaceful about watching birds fly off into an evening sky.
Jan 27, 2017 16:47:10 #
Frank2013 wrote:
Well done minniev and I'll agree with vicksart about the last.....or at least throw it in your gallery.
Thanks Frank. I was hard put to find an opening in the thicket to let me get near the water, but I did want that cool sky.
Jan 27, 2017 16:48:54 #
R.G. wrote:
I imagine the conversation included stories about the one that got away. All fishermen should have a beautiful sunset to head off into. There's something very peaceful about watching birds fly off into an evening sky.
Agree. The egrets are so graceful, I love to watch them leave in a flock. Most of the time they work and move alone, but in the evening you see more unity in the group as they prepare to tuck themselves in.
Jan 28, 2017 06:45:15 #
As usual they are all great, Minnie. However, the last one is the show stopper/topper! Absolutely beautiful.
Jan 28, 2017 10:09:27 #
minniev wrote:
With no effort at artistic representation this tim... (show quote)
Nice shots, especially the first one.
Jan 28, 2017 10:49:22 #
A neat story with photo illustrations. Thanks for posting your evening with the dam birds.
Jan 28, 2017 11:38:50 #
Well you seemed to have turned lemons into lemonade. Particularly the last three. Maybe someone upstairs had something to do with your truck problems so your would have to hang around longer to get these shots.
Jan 28, 2017 12:23:40 #
neilds37 wrote:
As usual they are all great, Minnie. However, the last one is the show stopper/topper! Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you and glad you liked the sunset, which was a little different and crisper than our cloud formations usually are.
Jan 28, 2017 12:24:43 #
dsturr wrote:
Nice shots, especially the first one.
Thank you. That first one is more like the "regular" dam birds that have crowded everything else out of my portfolio and most of it out of my mind. Their unique world has me hooked.
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