Little Birds, Not so little Birds, and a true MONSTER! Not sure about the first two little birds. Courting Red Wing Blackbird. Courting Sandhill Cranes. GBH with a Fish. American...

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Not sure about the first two little birds. Courting Red Wing Blackbird. Courting Sandhill Cranes. GBH with a Fish. American Bittern.
And the biggest Gator I have ever seen! I'm thinking about 14 feet!!
The Snowy Egret is several feet closer to the camera so he looks relatively pretty big but even at that you can see that the Gator is a Monster!
These all come from Lake Apopka yesterday.

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Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Retired CPO wrote:

Not sure about the first two little birds. Courting Red Wing Blackbird. Courting Sandhill Cranes. GBH with a Fish. American Bittern.
And the biggest Gator I have ever seen! I'm thinking about 14 feet!!
The Snowy Egret is several feet closer to the camera so he looks relatively pretty big but even at that you can see that the Gator is a Monster!
These all come from Lake Apopka yesterday.

#6, that bittern in camo pose... tops the series for me!
Dave

Ourspolair

Great captures as usual. That gator looks, as you say, like a monster. Thanks for sharing. Please stay safe.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Great set, Chief. I like the crane image best.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Retired CPO wrote:

Not sure about the first two little birds. Courting Red Wing Blackbird. Courting Sandhill Cranes. GBH with a Fish. American Bittern.
And the biggest Gator I have ever seen! I'm thinking about 14 feet!!
The Snowy Egret is several feet closer to the camera so he looks relatively pretty big but even at that you can see that the Gator is a Monster!
These all come from Lake Apopka yesterday.

The Sandhill cranes and red wing blackbird are my favs.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent set, Chief! Tack sharp. The birds around that gator are either confident or very fast.

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Uuglypher wrote:

#6, that bittern in camo pose... tops the series for me!
Dave

Thank you. We were hoping for a least Bittern but will certainly settle for this guy.

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Ourspolair wrote:

Great captures as usual. That gator looks, as you say, like a monster. Thanks for sharing. Please stay safe.

Thank you. Yeah, a Really BIG Gator!

Sharing is my middle name.

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kpmac wrote:

Great set, Chief. I like the crane image best.

Thanks, Ken. I really like that one too!

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photophile wrote:

The Sandhill cranes and red wing blackbird are my favs.

Thank you. Hard to pick a favorite.

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UTMike wrote:

Excellent set, Chief! Tack sharp. The birds around that gator are either confident or very fast.

Thanks Mike. I think the birds have it figured out or they would have been food a long time ago!

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Retired CPO wrote:

Not sure about the first two little birds. Courting Red Wing Blackbird. Courting Sandhill Cranes. GBH with a Fish. American Bittern.
And the biggest Gator I have ever seen! I'm thinking about 14 feet!!
The Snowy Egret is several feet closer to the camera so he looks relatively pretty big but even at that you can see that the Gator is a Monster!
These all come from Lake Apopka yesterday.

I see an e-gret who's gonna have a re-gret

Excellent shots, and I especially like the one giant bird dancing with his wings spread. If that doesn't get him some sack time, I don't know what will

JohnnyDW Loc: Richmond and Sunshine Valley British Columbia

Beautiful set! Favorites are the Sandhills and Bittern.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

joecichjr wrote:

I see an e-gret who's gonna have a re-gret

Excellent shots, and I especially like the one giant bird dancing with his wings spread. If that doesn't get him some sack time, I don't know what will

Thank you joe. That's what I was thinking too!

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

JohnnyDW wrote:

Beautiful set! Favorites are the Sandhills and Bittern.

Thank you Johnny. Hard for me to pick a favorite.