Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Sad to see this, but they have been rescued (Saving an Eagle's Eye for the Fourth of July | Palm Beach Zoo)

Sitting on her nest

Proud papa

Our local zoo has three rescued Eagles.They have successfully bred and raised several babies that have been released into the wild. Great that birds that would have died if left in the wild are able to help build the wild populations back up.

 

[wthorson]

Preparing dinner for the kids

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You can barely see the babies - I didn't when I took this shot

You can see one eyeball and lots of fluffy feathers

Highly cropped to show kiddies

Those are VERY great photos. Did you get really close or do you have a telephoto lens?

 

[Marilynne]

Those are VERY great photos. Did you get really close or do you have a telephoto lens?

Thanks Wendy. I'm not good at judging distance. This bird island is somewhere between 30 - 50 feet away. The D7100 has the 1.3x option which gives my 55-300mm lens up to 600mm (according to the FXIF data) so no teleconverter is needed.

 

[Marilynne]

Our local zoo has three rescued Eagles.They have successfully bred and raised several babies that have been released into the wild. Great that birds that would have died if left in the wild are able to help build the wild populations back up.

Yes Don, it is great that they are alive and reproducing, but it is still sad to see them caged up.

 

[Marilynne]

Never saw any wildlife in the swampy area of Green Cay until yesterday and it was alone.

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[Marilynne]

Wood Thrush

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[Marilynne]

Gone to seed

 

[Marilynne]

First you start with this

Then you get this

A few days later

Old and new

The end

 

[Marilynne]

 

[Marilynne]

European Starling - never saw them in my neighborhood before

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[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Gone to seed

For a minute I thought you are talking about me.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

First you start with this

Then you get this

A few days later

Old and new

The end

I really like this series.

 

[Marilynne]

Thanks Don. PS - I was talking about you!!

 

[Marilynne]

Had a picnic lunch at the park with the remote controlled stuff. I had just finished eating when huge drops of rain started hitting the picnic table. We headed over to the air field which has the only cover in the park.

Missed the landing, but not the crash - white spots = the rain

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[Marilynne]

This guy managed to not crash

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[Marilynne]

Drying time

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[Marilynne]

Under cover

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[Marilynne]

Rain stopped

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[Marilynne]

 

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