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What’s Up? With help from several blog regulars, especially Ryan Sanderson and Joe Subolefsky, I continue to learn more about my Canon loaner gear, the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM lens with the Canon Extender RF 1.4x, and the highly touted 45MP Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Digital camera body. I had planned on publishing […] What’s Up? Not much. It is cloudy here today at ILE and a big cold front will be arriving tonight. I am publishing this just before noon and will be doing my swim right after I hit Publish. I have been doing my slow half-mile (44 lengths) every day since I got back. I […] What’s Up? On Friday morning, our only session at DeSoto, I worked exclusively with my loaner Canon rig, the R5 and the RF 100-500 almost always with the RF 1.4X teleconverter. On Saturday and Sunday morning Anita North and I decided to head back to Lakeland. The American White Pelicans that typically loaf on […] Very Brief Initial R5/RF100-500/1.4X TC Thoughts I used the loaner Canon gear to create 1408 images at DeSoto on Friday morning. DeSoto was good but not great, though we had an amazing finish to the morning after the R5 battery died (too soon for me). As we were having trouble getting an AirBNB for the […] Thanksgiving at ILE Kudos to Anita for preparing a sumptuous feast that was enjoyed by my daughter Jennifer, her husband Erik, my right-hand man Jim Litzenburg, me, Anita, and Olivia — Jen’s wonderful rescue dog. Olivia has an amazingly sweet disposition and thrills at chasing the Cuban Anoles around inside the pool cage. We dined […] What’s Up? Anita North and I drove over to Lakeland early on Wednesday morning to photograph the American White Pelicans. They were there in force, but we quickly spotted a Great Blue Heron nest atop a Cyprus tree and concentrated on the activity there as the male was very active. He brought a stick to […] What’s Up? After resting up for two days from the rigors of the recently concluded road trip (to Denver and back), Anita North and I opted to rest on our first two mornings back at ILE. The fact that both Sunday and Monday dawned cloudy-dark just might have had something to do with that 🙂 […] What’s Up? On Friday, we left Lakewood, CO at 3:21am Mountain time, drove for 18 hours and 45 minutes, and checked into a Hampton Inn in Nashville, TN at 11:06pm Central time. We were in a single lane (construction zone) on I-24 about an hour outside of Nashville when traffic stopped suddenly. After a few […] What’s Up? We pulled out of the driveway at 3:21am Mountain Time. The sun rose at 6:33am. About thirty minutes after we crossed into Kansas, we lost an hour as we entered the Central time one. Yes, Dorothy — there are two time zones in Kansas! I posted this at 12:14pm somewhere in Kansas. We […] What’s Up? We spent our first day near Denver, CO photographing White Pelicans, Green-winged Teal, and Cackling Goose (a small race of Canada goose). After careful consideration, Anita North and I have – for a variety of reasons — decided to forego the remainder of our planned road trip and head back to Florida […] What’s Up? On Saturday morning past, we enjoyed another fine photography session in the shallow bay just past the Convention Center on South Padre Island. Once again the American White Pelicans and the Franklin’s Gulls were the stars. We headed back to the jetty at Isla Blanca Park that afternoon. After two great afternoons, this […] What’s Up? As we get to know the bay behind the Convention Center on South Padre Island better and better, we are having more and more success each morning. There are lots of birds, including a nice flock of southbound Franklin’s Gulls, all set in still blue water with perfect reflections. Similarly, we are doing […] What’s Up? We had a good morning in the bay behind the Convention Center on South Padre Island on Tuesday. There were lots of birds and lots of slick sticky slippery mud. On Wednesday morning we headed early to Laguna Atascosa NWR. There were no birds (and no fence-posts) on the highly touted road to […] What’s Up? On Saturday, we spent our fourth straight morning at the great raptor blind on the Laguna Seca Ranch with Gene Gwin. The day began with some fog so we started with the 600 f/4 lenses in the low light conditions. Yesterday, we paid our first visit to the raptor blind at the Santa […] Bosque Bad News? It’s official. Because of the drought, neither crane pool at Bosque del Apache NWR will be filled with water this season. Photography-wise, that is an absolute crippler. Ed KranePool, the southern-most of the two (former) pools — which has been filled in recent years, has been consistently very good to fantastic in […] What’s Up? Still uncertain as to whether or not we will be visiting Bosque, Anita and I decided to spend some extra time in the Rio Grande Valley and possibly head back up the Texas coast for a bit. On Sunday and Monday we spent two great days in the songbird blinds at the Santa […] What’s Up? Anita North and I spent Saturday morning exploring the oilfield roads around High Island, TX. We lucked out by running into a guy named Christian Taylor. He promptly and graciously invited us onto his property. Sandwiched between the Gulf and Anahuac NWR, his large tract of land is filled with numerous ponds filled […] I-Phone group-selfie courtesy of and copyright 2020: Alan Murphy. Click on the image to view a larger version. Image #Zero: The hopeful raptor photographers on Friday morning. From your left to right: Alan Murphy, Anita North (in ghillie sui with glasses), Bill Carpenter, and yours truly (in ghillie suit). The back of […] What’s Up? On Wednesday morning, we met with blog regular James Saxon. James, who lives in Beaumont, TX, has kindly provided bird photography road trip guidance for Anita and me for the past several weeks. We photographed from our two separate vehicles while socially distancing but had plenty of time to chat. James inspired us […] What’s Up? First off, we decided to forego our Rockport plans and stay at Anahuac until Saturday and hope for a big cold front this time with lots of raptors … At least that is the plan. We have been getting out to Anahuac NWR early each morning for the past three days well in […] |
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