Alan’s Potpourri of Photography

[Alan]

Great Blue Heron on final approach at the river this morning.

 

[Alan]

Spotted this guy today. I think it is a Golden-crowned Kinglet. One more for the bird collection.

 

[piperbarb]

That little guy looks rather cold.

 

[Alan]

That little guy looks rather cold.

I thought the same thing as he was all puffed up. If it is a Kinglet the Cornell page said they can survive to -40. It was only about 10 when I took this.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

The river is a little icy.....

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A LITTLE icy? Sounds like an understatement.

Very nice shot though.

 

[Alan]

A LITTLE icy? Sounds like an understatement.

Very nice shot though.

Thanks Don. There is still some open water for the ducks so it's not completely icy.

 

[Mike D90]

I think it is a Golden-crowned Kinglet. One more for the bird collection.

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Nah! Can't be! It has to be a Warbler!! (poking fun at Marilynne)

 

[Marilynne]

Nah! Can't be! It has to be a Warbler!! (poking fun at Marilynne)

It would be a warbler only if it was your post Mike!!

 

[hark]

That's one big cow...... It is used by a local dairy, Turkey Hill, to do promos at local stores.

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LOL! I went to college in an area where one of these cows was used, but I never saw it decorated up like this one!

On a side note, one night some of the college students stole it and sneaked it onto campus. They tethered it to a gigantic tree in the quad!

 

[Alan]

Ready............




go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Alan]

A pair Hooded Mergansers in an open area out in the river.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

A pair Hooded Mergansers in an open area out in the river.

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Great shots as we have come to expect from you.

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[Alan]

Great shots as we have come to expect from you.

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Thanks Don. It might have been better if they were not so far away. Just watching them without any optical aids it was hard to tell what they were out there.

 

[Alan]

Here's one where he caught something but he was so far away I have no idea what it is.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Here's one where he caught something but he was so far away I have no idea what it is.

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I love the ice? In the background.


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[Alan]

I love the ice? In the background.


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Lots and lots of ice....

 

[Alan]

It was a good bird photography week. Added the Bufflehead, Greater Scaup, Golden-crowned Kinglet, male Hooded Merganser, male Common Merganser and today this male Canvasback.

The pond they were on.

 

[Alan]

Ice along the creek.

 

[Marilynne]

It was a good bird photography week. Added the Bufflehead, Greater Scaup, Golden-crowned Kinglet, male Hooded Merganser, male Common Merganser and today this male Canvasback.

What's your count now?

 

[Alan]

What's your count now?

I have 94 species that I shot in the wild. Many I have both male and female, some I need one or the other and some I have no clue. I have some from zoos, wildlife parks etc that I do not add to that count. I subscribe to a birding letter for this area and have a lead on a couple different ducks that winter here (that's how I found the Canvasback yesterday) and have been spotted on the river about 40 miles south of here over the last couple of days. I may be able to check them out early next week if they are still around.