JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

My wife and I took a ride today to the Venice Rookery to see what, if anything, we could see. In short, we saw a lot of birds sitting on nests along with a lot of action and squawking by the little ones. Just a few shots from what I took to show what we saw. Enjoy the downloads and please don't be afraid to critique. I need all the help I can get.

Note: the light was ever changing from bright sun to cloudy ..... hard to get good shots without some overexposure.
Nikon 7100, Sigma 150-600 Contemporary, settings usually 1/1250-1/4000, f5.6 and f6.3, auto iso

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Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Well done! I like them all!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Excellent. I see got one of the cleanup crew, too.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Absolutely wonderful set Jim

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Those egrets must have hatched within the past few days. I was there Thursday morning and they hadn’t hatched yet. Sadly I couldn’t make it back before leaving Florida, but I had some great luck at the Celery Fields in Sarasota and Circle B Bar in Lakeland.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Fantastic set!!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Nice, nothing has hatched around here yet!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

A lot of action going on in the rookery...excellent photos and series!!

tcthome Loc: NJ

Great set.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good series, Jim.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent set, Jim! I am guessing that you are not in Western Michigan now.

JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

That is correct. My wife and I are currently in Bradenton Fl until March end. Enjoying the weather here.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Nice set.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Beautiful!

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Outstanding shots, especially of the egret displaying 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍