Little Birds, Not so little Birds, and a true MONSTER!
Feb 14, 2021 10:38:28 #
phv wrote:
Very nice series! Love the courting cranes!
Thank you. I got about a dozen good shots of them!
Feb 14, 2021 10:59:31 #
Marg wrote:
What an awesome day you had!
Thank you Marg! Yes, it was an awesome day. And I rarely use that word.
We usually drive through twice each trip. It's a three hour round trip from where we are staying now so we try to make it worthwhile. And about an hour and a half for each drive through, so it's a pretty full day for us. We get good stuff each drive through but almost always the best stuff is on the last half of the second drive through. I don't know why, but that's a good incentive to go through twice!
That's why I always tell the people who ask me why I'm getting shots that they don't get ... they just have to commit to putting in the time.
I'm glad you liked this set, thank you again!
Feb 14, 2021 11:07:08 #
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.
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.
Beautiful captures CPO. The first two little ones are quite prevalent in Florida this time of the year before migration to the north. I’ve had the pleasure of catching a multitude of their photos in past years ( except this year, sadly said ). Both are in their plain non-breeding costumes. The first is a Palm Warbler and the second a Yellow-dumped Warbler.
Since for reasons beyond my control I won’t/cannot enjoy the pleasures of chasing all my feathered friends down there I am truly enjoying your beautiful posts. Keep them coming.
LittleRred (Ron)
Feb 14, 2021 11:13:03 #
Feb 14, 2021 12:28:00 #
LittleRed wrote:
Beautiful captures CPO. The first two little ones ... (show quote)
Thank you very much Ron! I thought I had the Palm Warbler, so thank you for that. I've been looking but couldn't ID the Yellow Rumped so thank you very much for that one too! Sorry to hear of the mobility issues. I'm beginning to experience some of that too.
Before I came down here to Florida I was chasing the smaller birds too but started concentrating on the bigger wetland birds for obvious reasons. I will start working on smaller birds more and will post what I find for you. I'm glad you are enjoying my photos, I am really enjoying the chase!
ps I got a Blue Grey Gnatcatcher a few weeks ago that I posted, really nice photo IMHO if you want to do a search for him. First I have ever seen. Feb 14, 2021 12:38:20 #
Feb 14, 2021 13:10:06 #
Feb 14, 2021 13:19:16 #
Feb 14, 2021 15:46:07 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Thank you very much Ron! I thought I had the Palm ... (show quote)
Your quite welcome CPO. Sometimes with the Yellow-rumps when it’s off breeding season they do not readily show their distinctive yellow tail light (we call them “Butter-bums” here up North). That’s especially true of the females. The split eyering along with its wing pattern helps to ID this species.
As for my mobility even though it’s decreasing every year a bit more that is not my main problem. The real problem is that they won’t let me (or any of my citizen friends ) into your country by car. I’m from North of the border (Canada) and the border has been closed to basically all of us from entering the U.S.A and has been for almost a full year. And as of today there appears that it will be staying that way for quite awhile. So instead of chasing Painted Buntings in Corkscrew Swamp I’m shooting Common Redpolls in a mini-blizzard! But I’m keeping my fingers crossed that next winter will be better and I can join you on the “Drive”.
Stay safe and catch a few more of the little ones.
LittleRed (Ron)
Feb 14, 2021 17:09:12 #
Feb 14, 2021 17:25:10 #
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.
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.
Very good images of birds. The gator is a plus for the landscape
Feb 14, 2021 17:54:39 #
Feb 14, 2021 17:56:25 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
Great series, Chief.
Thank you Earnest. As always, I appreciate it!
Feb 14, 2021 17:58:28 #
Feb 14, 2021 17:58:56 #
John from gpwmi wrote:
Beautiful and varied set, RCPO. Well done!
Thank you very much John. Yeah, I really like this set!
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