Tag: snowy egret
Snowy Egret Descending Into Darkness
Snowy Egret In Flight With A Bokeh I Adore
Two Perspectives On Snowy Egrets In Flight
The Significance of Catch Lights In Bird Photography
Snowy Egrets In Flight (and a Long-eared Owl at Bear River)
Snowy Egret – How The “Little Things” Can Make Or Break A Shot
Several Birds Of Two Species Battling Over A Fish
Snowy Egret – A Twisting, Turning Takeoff (and a defense of “common species”)
Black-crowned Night Heron With A Chip On Its Shoulder
Reflections – They’re Not Quite What They Appear To Be
Snowy Egret – “Golden Slippers” Running On Water
Pied-billed Grebe Feeding Behavior And An Invasive Species
A Mother’s Day Tribute To Two Women Who Saved Many Of Our Birds
Snowy Egrets are spectacularly beautiful birds that we came very near to losing. In the early 1800s birds in North America were so numerous that John James Audubon insisted that no act of man could ever wipe a species out, including the Snowy Egret – yet by 1913 the Snowy Egret was flirting with extinction. The cause? – lady’s hats.
A Birthday Bounty Of Bear River Birds
Wednesday of this past week was my “medicare birthday”. I’m sure older readers will understand why my psyche needed some bolstering and I felt justified in burning up some extra gas and putting even more miles on my pickup for a trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to help take my mind off of my advancing age. It was worth the trip! While I didn’t get any truly spectacular shots it was a wonderful morning with excellent weather and light, lots of cooperative birds and great company – thanks to Mia. The only downside was that I had 35 gigs of images to cull when I got home… A couple of notes about my techs: a), regular readers are probably aware that I nearly always shoot with the 1.4 tc attached to my 500 mm. On this morning I got so close to many of the birds that almost half of the images I’ve posted here were taken without the tc and b), many of these images were taken with a very high shutter speed which is typical for me since I’m usually set up for action shots after firing off a few times on more traditional poses. All photos are presented in the order they were taken. 1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc On the road to the refuge we came across a pair of Short-eared Owls cavorting in the air right after the sun came up. One of the owls was “sky dancing” but by the time I got the pickup…
Snowy Egret Descending Into Darkness
Snowy Egret In Flight With A Bokeh I Adore
Two Perspectives On Snowy Egrets In Flight
The Significance of Catch Lights In Bird Photography
Snowy Egrets In Flight (and a Long-eared Owl at Bear River)
Snowy Egret – How The “Little Things” Can Make Or Break A Shot
Several Birds Of Two Species Battling Over A Fish
Snowy Egret – A Twisting, Turning Takeoff (and a defense of “common species”)
Black-crowned Night Heron With A Chip On Its Shoulder
Reflections – They’re Not Quite What They Appear To Be
Snowy Egret – “Golden Slippers” Running On Water
Pied-billed Grebe Feeding Behavior And An Invasive Species
A Mother’s Day Tribute To Two Women Who Saved Many Of Our Birds
Snowy Egrets are spectacularly beautiful birds that we came very near to losing. In the early 1800s birds in North America were so numerous that John James Audubon insisted that no act of man could ever wipe a species out, including the Snowy Egret – yet by 1913 the Snowy Egret was flirting with extinction. The cause? – lady’s hats.
A Birthday Bounty Of Bear River Birds
Wednesday of this past week was my “medicare birthday”. I’m sure older readers will understand why my psyche needed some bolstering and I felt justified in burning up some extra gas and putting even more miles on my pickup for a trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to help take my mind off of my advancing age. It was worth the trip! While I didn’t get any truly spectacular shots it was a wonderful morning with excellent weather and light, lots of cooperative birds and great company – thanks to Mia. The only downside was that I had 35 gigs of images to cull when I got home… A couple of notes about my techs: a), regular readers are probably aware that I nearly always shoot with the 1.4 tc attached to my 500 mm. On this morning I got so close to many of the birds that almost half of the images I’ve posted here were taken without the tc and b), many of these images were taken with a very high shutter speed which is typical for me since I’m usually set up for action shots after firing off a few times on more traditional poses. All photos are presented in the order they were taken. 1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc On the road to the refuge we came across a pair of Short-eared Owls cavorting in the air right after the sun came up. One of the owls was “sky dancing” but by the time I got the pickup…