Rajat Kapoor and his son Phillip drove over from Melbourne early on Monday morning. The baby cranes were right where they were supposed to be and continued to be amazingly cooperative. I took them on a grand photo tour of ILE. Working from my SUV, we got to photograph the surviving crane colt, now half as large as its parents. Next was a Great Egret and then a handsome perched Turkey Vulture that graced us with an elegant wing stretch. The large flock of Cattle Egrets that we had seen earlier dispersed, but we did get to photograph a single bird foraging. Last up on the list of new subjects was a preening adult Sandhill Crane. We paid the baby cranes a final visit and headed back to my place for some quick scrambled eggs. <\/p>\n
After striking out on spoonbills on Friday morning past, I was thrilled that Rajat was able to make it to ILE. <\/p>\n
I am staying over for a second night at Vero Beach to ensure a decent internet connection for the Wednesday evening webinar. Aside from tying up a few loose ends, my work on that program is done. <\/p>\n
Today is Tuesday 5 April 2021. I will be leaving ILE at 5:25am to meet up with IPT veterans Morris Herstein and Mike Gotthelf for three sessions of In-the-Field Instruction at Stick Marsh. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope that you have a great day.<\/p>\n
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\n| \n | This image was created in Katchemak Bay, Homer, AK. I used the hand held Sony FE 70-200mm f\/2.8 GM OSS lens<\/a> (at 112mm!) and the AF King, the Sony Alpha a9 II Mirrorless Digital Camera body.<\/a>. ISO 1000. Exposure determined via blinkies with ISO on the Thumb Dial: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/3.2 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n Center Zone AF-C performed perfectly. Click on the image to view a larger version<\/p>\n |