Winged Wednesday 5/5/2021

Douglas Sherman

Douglas Sherman

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Ben Egbert said:
Beautiful set Eric. I actually went out for birds last week at Bear River NWR in Utah. Trying out my new RF800 f11 lens. My birding skills got rusty. Here is one.

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That doesn't look very rusty to me, Ben. Nice image.
Eric Gofreed said:
The only thing my Wing Wednesday are they have wings and they were photographed from a bout on Lake Pleasant, Arizona on the same margining

Great horned owl
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Same Great horned owl nest from a slightly different angle
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Great egret pestered by gnats
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Snowy egret
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Clark's grebe
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Neotropic Cormorant
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Double-crested Cormorant
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Great set, Eric. I love the great Egret amongst the Tamarisk branches and the Double-crested Cormorant that looks like a punk rocker.
 
Ken Rennie

Ken Rennie

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A cold day last week out photographing waterfalls when I spotted the kestrel hovering. By the time I had clambered out of the stream and fitted a long lens it had moved much higher. Lots of fun trying to photograph it in a hail storm. I ended the day beside another waterfall with the dipper catching larvae for its brood spotlit by the late afternoon sun. Much warmer as I sat in the sun but I was not tempted to remove my wooly hat and down jacket, it still feels like winter here with fresh snow on the hills. Ken
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Eric Gofreed

Eric Gofreed

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Ken Rennie said:
A cold day last week out photographing waterfalls when I spotted the kestrel hovering. By the time I had clambered out of the stream and fitted a long lens it had moved much higher. Lots of fun trying to photograph it in a hail storm. I ended the day beside another waterfall with the dipper catching larvae for its brood spotlit by the late afternoon sun. Much warmer as I sat in the sun but I was not tempted to remove my wooly hat and down jacket, it still feels like winter here with fresh snow on the hills. Ken
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great set, Ken. What country? The dipper is an call, I'm thinking Merlin for the other bird.
 
Ken Rennie

Ken Rennie

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Eric Gofreed said:
great set, Ken. What country? The dipper is an call, I'm thinking Merlin for the other bird.
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Eric images from the English Lake District about 30 miles from home. The small hawk is a kestrel, slightly larger than a merlin and common here whereas Merlins are not. Kestrels do a lot of hovering with spread tail and rapidly beating wings. Ken
 
Debbie Stahre

Debbie Stahre

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Eric Gofreed said:
The only thing my Wing Wednesday are they have wings and they were photographed from a bout on Lake Pleasant, Arizona on the same margining

Great horned owl
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Same Great horned owl nest from a slightly different angle
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Great egret pestered by gnats
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Snowy egret
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Clark's grebe
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Neotropic Cormorant
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Double-crested Cormorant
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Wonderful! Great! Fantastic Eric!!!
 
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