A bit late on post today as my Internet has been down at home. Here’s another from the Venice Rookery in Florida where it is almost too easy to capture shorebirds in flight, usually with something dangling from the front of their beaks. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/8 at 1/4000th of a second.
——- This dazzling ship , sails filling in
——- The breeze extends a nautical
——- Sprit aerodynamically to be
——- Laid upon the homestead pile
——- That ungainly architects might
——- Complete their domicile ,
——- Blessed are the builders.
Awesome shot of a great egret in its green breeding plumage, Sean! I like this photo as it reveals the bird apparently flying at near-eye level to the photographer. A major reason the Venice Rookery is on my bucket list. There are lots of egrets & great blue herons in my backyard – am only about 5 miles from the Hookton Slough rookery. So, I have captured a fair number of birds carrying sticks & branches to their nesting sites. The birds here, however, tend to fly well overhead as they target their nests which sit probably 80-100′ high. Having never been to Florida, & having read lots about gators there, do you experience a kind of paranoia when out photographing, Sean?
I don’t, but I do remember one time at the Venice Rookery when the town alligator patrol had to come out to remove a rather large alligator from the pond surrounding the rookery for fear that someone might get hurt. Like most beasts, they don’t become dangerous until they are harassed or otherwise threatened. But the fact that people feed them (like bears) can make them dangerous as they get a taste for human food.
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Is he making a nest?
Yes. They fly back and forth all day perfecting their nests. A great place to see the action up close.
——- This dazzling ship , sails filling in
——- The breeze extends a nautical
——- Sprit aerodynamically to be
——- Laid upon the homestead pile
——- That ungainly architects might
——- Complete their domicile ,
——- Blessed are the builders.
Well stated Peter, lovely.
Awesome shot of a great egret in its green breeding plumage, Sean! I like this photo as it reveals the bird apparently flying at near-eye level to the photographer. A major reason the Venice Rookery is on my bucket list. There are lots of egrets & great blue herons in my backyard – am only about 5 miles from the Hookton Slough rookery. So, I have captured a fair number of birds carrying sticks & branches to their nesting sites. The birds here, however, tend to fly well overhead as they target their nests which sit probably 80-100′ high. Having never been to Florida, & having read lots about gators there, do you experience a kind of paranoia when out photographing, Sean?
I don’t, but I do remember one time at the Venice Rookery when the town alligator patrol had to come out to remove a rather large alligator from the pond surrounding the rookery for fear that someone might get hurt. Like most beasts, they don’t become dangerous until they are harassed or otherwise threatened. But the fact that people feed them (like bears) can make them dangerous as they get a taste for human food.