A visit to Lake Lochloosa in FL: In early March we did a tour with DV Wildlife looking for eagles, snail kites, ospreys and what ever else was flying. This was our 5th trip and we...

jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA

In early March we did a tour with DV Wildlife looking for eagles, snail kites, ospreys and what ever else was flying. This was our 5th trip and we spent most of the time with eagles and snail kites. This posting will be only snail kites. These were all shot with at Canon R5 with the RF 100-500 with a 1.4x converter. I tried to keep the ISO at 3200 which worked in most cases and the shutter was at 1/2000.

This young male had just gotten a snail.

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Every one of the snail kites in this lake are tagged by the FL DNR to monitor the population.

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Just finished his snack and flew right toward us.

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tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Very nice set.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent work, Jim!

jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN

Great work Jim. I've never seen these b4

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Nice Shots ! ......these guys still on my bucket list ! ......thanks for sharing

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Beautiful set

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

A really nice set.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

jimvanells wrote:

In early March we did a tour with DV Wildlife looking for eagles, snail kites, ospreys and what ever else was flying. This was our 5th trip and we spent most of the time with eagles and snail kites. This posting will be only snail kites. These were all shot with at Canon R5 with the RF 100-500 with a 1.4x converter. I tried to keep the ISO at 3200 which worked in most cases and the shutter was at 1/2000.

A beautiful trio, Jim

24Megapixseal Loc: Kansas

Nice job.. and the last kite, NO BANDS

Stlawrence

Very nice. I've never seen nor heard of a Snail Kite. Thanks for the introduction. Interestingly, their claws seem perfectly suited for holding snails...as opposed to grasping and killing mammals, for example. Thanks for posting.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

jimvanells wrote:

In early March we did a tour with DV Wildlife looking for eagles, snail kites, ospreys and what ever else was flying. This was our 5th trip and we spent most of the time with eagles and snail kites. This posting will be only snail kites. These were all shot with at Canon R5 with the RF 100-500 with a 1.4x converter. I tried to keep the ISO at 3200 which worked in most cases and the shutter was at 1/2000.

Fantastic set!!Jim

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Excellent photos, Jim!

jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA

tradio wrote:

Very nice set.

Thanks for looking and commenting tradio.

jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA

UTMike wrote:

Excellent work, Jim!

Thanks Mike