Posts for: Katydid
Nov 9, 2018 19:52:42 #
lev29 wrote:
Katydid,
That’s most nice of you to make that offer to JHS, and truly, your last statement is so SPOT ON!
That’s most nice of you to make that offer to JHS, and truly, your last statement is so SPOT ON!
Thanks a bunch, lev29. I really meant it, too!
Nov 9, 2018 19:15:58 #
JHS, I wanted to add my own two cents. Being a female, I can readily identify with your post! I have had this worry most of my life, as it seems females, both young and old, can be and are preyed upon. We don't just face the threat of attack in our dotage.
But I wanted to add a few suggestions. I have found out that auto tours are really the way to go. On an auto tour, the birds and animals are not so frightened away. But just open your car door, take a few steps from behind the car, and they are gone. However, from the car, I get lots of closeups and get to use my Nikon 200-500 lens, which is so heavy I could never carry it on a hike--or if I could, I couldn't keep it steady enough anyway. I use pool noodles taped up and slit halfway through to cushion the lens on the window.
So I see you are in Carmichael, not far at all from us, about 25 minutes. We go to the Yolo Bypass Area very often. Right now, it is particularly awful due to the drought and hunters flying through in their trucks way too fast, in a hurry to kill ducks in the lower 40, with lots of dust and the birds mostly away from the road. But once it rains (soon I pray), you can bet we will be back there almost daily. So much to see there if you are patient and go often. Try to avoid weekends as there are too many folks driving through and walking around scaring off birds. I have seen many, many lone women in their cars with their cameras and binoculars, so I assume it is safe. I have never heard of any problems there.
There are also great auto tours through Colusa NWR and Sacramento NWR that seem perfectly safe to us. Both don't allow walkers on the tour route and you can get great opportunities from your car. Both are about an hours drive from us, maybe a bit longer for you.
Another place that seems very safe, in the southern part of the state, is Big Morongo Canyon, great in the spring. On one vacation, hubby wound up working alot and he drove me there and left me for the morning. Trails are less than a mile, in a bunch of different types of terrain. It is fantastic birding in spring. And you WILL see Vermilion Flycatchers in the nearby park (very safe). Part of the fun of staying in this area is the hot springs hotels nearby in Desert Hot Springs which have pools of all different temperatures to relax in during the windy, cool evenings.
We go often to all three auto tours and if you'd like to come along with us for the day, message me privately.
Hope this gives you some new options--without having to pack a gun!
But I wanted to add a few suggestions. I have found out that auto tours are really the way to go. On an auto tour, the birds and animals are not so frightened away. But just open your car door, take a few steps from behind the car, and they are gone. However, from the car, I get lots of closeups and get to use my Nikon 200-500 lens, which is so heavy I could never carry it on a hike--or if I could, I couldn't keep it steady enough anyway. I use pool noodles taped up and slit halfway through to cushion the lens on the window.
So I see you are in Carmichael, not far at all from us, about 25 minutes. We go to the Yolo Bypass Area very often. Right now, it is particularly awful due to the drought and hunters flying through in their trucks way too fast, in a hurry to kill ducks in the lower 40, with lots of dust and the birds mostly away from the road. But once it rains (soon I pray), you can bet we will be back there almost daily. So much to see there if you are patient and go often. Try to avoid weekends as there are too many folks driving through and walking around scaring off birds. I have seen many, many lone women in their cars with their cameras and binoculars, so I assume it is safe. I have never heard of any problems there.
There are also great auto tours through Colusa NWR and Sacramento NWR that seem perfectly safe to us. Both don't allow walkers on the tour route and you can get great opportunities from your car. Both are about an hours drive from us, maybe a bit longer for you.
Another place that seems very safe, in the southern part of the state, is Big Morongo Canyon, great in the spring. On one vacation, hubby wound up working alot and he drove me there and left me for the morning. Trails are less than a mile, in a bunch of different types of terrain. It is fantastic birding in spring. And you WILL see Vermilion Flycatchers in the nearby park (very safe). Part of the fun of staying in this area is the hot springs hotels nearby in Desert Hot Springs which have pools of all different temperatures to relax in during the windy, cool evenings.
We go often to all three auto tours and if you'd like to come along with us for the day, message me privately.
Hope this gives you some new options--without having to pack a gun!
Nov 9, 2018 17:45:49 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
I have been going through many images that I had intended to post somewhere back in time, but never quite made it.
Corky, your photos are wonderful! Every one of them.
Nov 9, 2018 02:43:48 #
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Nov 7, 2018 02:20:55 #
I am often disappointed by black and white photos but this one is wonderful!
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Really fine catch!
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