Bugs, Birds and a Bonus
Mar 27, 2023 06:08:33 #
A good down the garden path series... BUT...The last photo is a creature with a sly grin who wants the photographer to think it is a bird.... It sure is not a butterfly!!
Mar 27, 2023 06:31:31 #
Mar 27, 2023 08:08:04 #
kpmac wrote:
Great set, Chief. I am still trying to get a photo of a Meadowlark.
Thanks, Ken! I have plenty of Western Meadowlark shots, but these are the first of the Eastern variety. Beautiful bird! I wish I could have gotten closer!
Mar 27, 2023 08:11:41 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Great set Chief, the butterflies are a winner. Can't be in Florida with out a gator or two these days
Thanks, Jack! Yep, I liked the Butterflys. And what's not to like about a beautiful Gator or three?!!
Mar 27, 2023 08:16:33 #
dpullum wrote:
A good down the garden path series... BUT...The last photo is a creature with a sly grin who wants the photographer to think it is a bird.... It sure is not a butterfly!!
Thank you! Yep, the last critter speaks for himself, always! What can I say? I really like the cuddly beasts...at a reasonable distance! Mar 27, 2023 08:19:01 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Another fine set Chief! Good catch with the Meadowlark!
Thank you, Cloudhopper! The meadowlark photos were heavily cropped, even for the D850. But sometimes, you take what you can get!
Mar 27, 2023 08:34:30 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Black Point Wildlife Drive Saturday morning.
The Eastern Meadowlark are very deep Crops.
I hope you like!
The Eastern Meadowlark are very deep Crops.
I hope you like!
Fantastic set Chief
Mar 27, 2023 08:40:17 #
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Mar 27, 2023 09:24:53 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Great photographs. I like them all. Is the butterfly a skipper?
Dennis
Dennis
Thanks, Dennis! I'm not sure. I have a lot of money invested in bird books! I'm not going there with insects too!!
Mar 27, 2023 10:26:18 #
Mar 27, 2023 10:27:10 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Thanks, Dennis! I'm not sure. I have a lot of money invested in bird books! I'm not going there with insects too!!
Thanks. I have no book investments in either nor will I have. I just don't have time to look up everything.
Dennis
Mar 27, 2023 11:53:32 #
Mar 27, 2023 12:23:15 #
jederick wrote:
Excellent series...being a bird fan the meadowlarks would be my pick!!
Thanks, Jim. Yep, mine too! I just wish I could have gotten closer to them! Really difficult to get a sharp focus on them through the grass stems, even with single point focus! I think they are even more beautiful than the Western Meadowlark.
Mar 27, 2023 12:56:57 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Thanks. I have no book investments in either nor will I have. I just don't have time to look up everything.
Dennis
Dennis
Well, I like to know what I'm taking photos of, not just the names but the habitats and the ranges. But I have more than just Bird ID guides.
I have a "Parrots of the World" book that costs more than $100 and four Bird Guide Books that cost around $25+ each. A "Quails and Pheasants" of the world book that was about $75. "Finches and other Birds for Aviaries" about $100. "Incubation Techniques for Poultry and Game Birds" about $65 and a supplement to that called "Incubation of Parrot Eggs" about $40 and on and on!
Let it be said that I'm a Bird Nut, with no apologies! I just recently bought a Top-of-The-Line egg incubator which I will put to good use once we get out of the RV and into a house somewhere/some when.
Will you be in the market for a hand-raised/fed parrot in a couple of years? If so, keep me in mind?! My brother has a couple of my hand raised parrots at his home in New Jersey. He's had them for over 20 years now. Still happy and healthy and talking up a storm!
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