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Whiskeyman's March 2021 Wildlife Photo Chase
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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 754815" data-attributes="member: 13556"><p>Monday's shooting and travel are done, and the files are loaded onto my external hard drive. I'll look at the files briefly, but will wait until I'm back home to work them extensively in Lightroom. </p><p></p><p>That's the good news. The bad news is that The Circle-B-Bar is in bad shape compared to my previous visits. Add to that the cold night and steady winds that blew all day, and it ended up as a very disappointing day. I talked to a few people who are from the area, and they indicated that the reserve has been on a downward spiral for a while. For instance, there is a lot of overgrowth along the trails that blocks viewing, and there is also a lot of overgrowth in the field/water habitat area. Some areas were wet, but many were nearly dry or were dry. Many of the nests that were features of the reserve are gone, victim's of Hurricane Irma. In addition, two different people mentioned that in an attempt to get rid of some invasive species, the county applied pesticide to parts of the reserve. As a result, a lot of non-native food sources for some native birds (Limpkins) are either scarce or completely gone. I didn't see one Limpkin in almost five hours in the reserve. It is also likely that some native food sources were also impacted. I genuinely hope that this information is not correct, but it appears that it could be factual. Based upon what I saw today, I will no longer be such a strong vocal proponent of The Circle B Bar Reserve, either in-person or online. </p><p></p><p>Later in the day, my guide for tomorrow called and postponed tomorrow's Eagle and Osprey shoot until later in the week, which doesn't really work for me. With those issues, and the recent weather forecasts, I've decided to postpone the shoot planned for tomorrow until later this spring. Therefore, I'm cutting my losses and am going to head back home tomorrow. If I can get a good start, I will drive back home over backroads and will stop at a coastal wildlife sanctuary or two, weather permitting. Hopefully, there are good populations in those areas.</p><p></p><p>On a happy note to end this post, while I wasn't able to gather photographic evidence, I did add two new birds for my life list: the Male and Female Painted Bunting!</p><p></p><p>WM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 754815, member: 13556"] Monday's shooting and travel are done, and the files are loaded onto my external hard drive. I'll look at the files briefly, but will wait until I'm back home to work them extensively in Lightroom. That's the good news. The bad news is that The Circle-B-Bar is in bad shape compared to my previous visits. Add to that the cold night and steady winds that blew all day, and it ended up as a very disappointing day. I talked to a few people who are from the area, and they indicated that the reserve has been on a downward spiral for a while. For instance, there is a lot of overgrowth along the trails that blocks viewing, and there is also a lot of overgrowth in the field/water habitat area. Some areas were wet, but many were nearly dry or were dry. Many of the nests that were features of the reserve are gone, victim's of Hurricane Irma. In addition, two different people mentioned that in an attempt to get rid of some invasive species, the county applied pesticide to parts of the reserve. As a result, a lot of non-native food sources for some native birds (Limpkins) are either scarce or completely gone. I didn't see one Limpkin in almost five hours in the reserve. It is also likely that some native food sources were also impacted. I genuinely hope that this information is not correct, but it appears that it could be factual. Based upon what I saw today, I will no longer be such a strong vocal proponent of The Circle B Bar Reserve, either in-person or online. Later in the day, my guide for tomorrow called and postponed tomorrow's Eagle and Osprey shoot until later in the week, which doesn't really work for me. With those issues, and the recent weather forecasts, I've decided to postpone the shoot planned for tomorrow until later this spring. Therefore, I'm cutting my losses and am going to head back home tomorrow. If I can get a good start, I will drive back home over backroads and will stop at a coastal wildlife sanctuary or two, weather permitting. Hopefully, there are good populations in those areas. On a happy note to end this post, while I wasn't able to gather photographic evidence, I did add two new birds for my life list: the Male and Female Painted Bunting! WM [/QUOTE]
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