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Which is the Stronger Image? All are invited to leave a comment and to let us know which of today’s two featured images they think is the strongest, and why they made their choice. What’s Up? The thunderstorms at DeSoto on Friday morning –scattered or otherwise — never materialized. There was no feeding spree in […] What’s Up On Thursday morning, the forecast for Lake Blue Cypress was for a light southeasterly breeze — very good for flight photography. It turned out to be a light southwest breeze — terrible for flight photography with the birds turning away from us and the light to land. We did find some handsome large […] What’s Up? I did much better than expected on Wednesday morning. I made a few nice vertical frames of one of the stilts on clean green vegetation when I went to check on the plain nest; it now has a complete clutch of four eggs. The last time I checked, the beautiful nest had two […] Your Favorite? Which of today’s two featured images do you like best? Why? What’s Up? Same old, same old. Conditions were perfect on Tuesday morning, but there was not much to photograph. Both pairs of Black-necked Stilts are incubating their clutches now. The pretty nest has a second egg. With one adult sitting on the […] What’s Up? Despite absolutely perfect conditions, Monday morning was close to a bust. For about two weeks, I had been creating between 850 (on a bad day) and 2800 images (on a good day) in a single session. On the last morning of May, I headed down in hopes of creating a few killer head […] What’s Up? As alluded to in the This Just In item in yesterday’s blog post, I had a great 90 minutes in the marsh on Saturday morning. See below for the whole story. I was back home early working on images and catching up on the NBA Playoffs and Jeopardy on Tevo. I swam early […] What’s Up? To some degree, our morning luck at DeSoto ran out on Saturday. I headed out with the 600 and both TCs and Clemens did the same, me with my SONY a1, and he with his Canon R5. There were no wading birds in the washover pool, no feeding spree, and with a decent […] What’s Up? Well, there was no feeding spree on Thursday morning. But there was zero wind; the runover tidal pool was as still as glass, a deep mercury blue. And there were a few birds along with their perfect or close to perfect reflections. We started with a lovely young Tricolored Heron. When it flew […] What’s Up? On Thursday morning, Clemens Van der Werf and I enjoyed a spectacular wading bird feeding spree at Fort DeSoto. The highlights for me were several one year old Tricolored Herons fishing up a storm. Then we spent two hours sitting in four inches of warm saltwater photographing Marbled Godwits, Short-billed Dowitchers, Sempipalmated Sandpipers, […] What’s Up? On Wednesday morning, I thought at first that two of the three Limpkin chicks were lost. But after a great morning, I saw all three with two adults. I got some good stuff on a single Limpkin chick, possibly from a different pair, with and without the adult. I found a Black-necked Stilt […] What’s Up? Tuesday was another gorgeous morning at ILE. I got a few nice frames of one of the crane babies on the short grass on someone’s front lawn. Then, I was off to sit on my milk crate in the marsh. Again, a pair of Black-necked Stilts copulated right in front of me. Working […] What’s Up? On a gorgeous Monday morning, I concentrated on the two large colts and the two growing chicks. A rather late visit to the marsh to the left of the pier revealed that at least one pair of Black-necked Stilts might have a nest … I ran down at sunset for a short sunset […] What’s Up? I had a very good session on Sunday morning. I photographed the crane colts and the crane chicks. The latter are getting large enough to be visible above the grass. Recognizing the wind and light conditions, my best images were of an Osprey landing with some chunks of reddish bark for its nest. […] What’s Up? Saturday morning was gorgeous, dead clear with a gentle northeast breeze. I was set-up on the edge of the marsh by 6:45am, but the Black-necked Stilts were nowhere to be seen. None showed up, nothing flew by, and nothing swam by. At 7:15, I left to drive around. There was an Osprey atop […] What’s Up? Anita and I were down at the lake early on Friday morning. She paid a final visit to the two crane families while I worked on the Black-necked Stilts off the flattened tripod in thee inches of water. It was a still, gorgeous morning, with water like glass. The more ground level stuff […] What’s Up? Thursday morning was my least productive outings in many weeks. Clemens headed home after the morning shoot and Anita spent most of the day packing for her flight home today. Speaking of today, it is Friday 21 May 2021. The forecast is for partly cloudy with a brisk northeast wind. We will be […] What’s Up? Ye of little faith … On Wednesday morning, in perfect conditions, Anita, Clemens, and I made our way into the marsh at 6:40am. We did not see a single Black-necked Stilt anywhere. It seemed as if we were in a dead zone. I said, “I’m outta here,” and headed north for the two […] What’s Up? Clemens Van der Werf, Anita North, and I sat in the marsh on a gorgeous Tuesday morning. The courtship behaviors and the number of squabbles have gone way down but we had some good chances with several Black-necked Stilts feeding in still blue water tinged by the reflections of some grey clouds in […] What’s Up? Paradise Lost On Monday morning, Anita North and I returned to our favorite Black-necked Stilt spot. For the most part, the birds did not cooperate. I took a walk with my tripod-mounted 600 GM/1.4X/ai and my milk crate and found a cooperative stilt in a nice setting and worked low with the legs […] What’s Up? On Sunday morning we sat in the marsh again and enjoyed another great day with the Black-necked Stilts. Again, they landed right in front of us and copulated. Twice. In addition, we got some great stuff on Boat-tailed Grackles grabbing snails. Toward the end of the session, I did some ultra-low-level shooting off […] |
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