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Wordless Wednesday 9/52

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017Posted in Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Life List Birds, Nikon, Photography, Project 52, Wordless WednesdayTagged Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Life List Birds, Nature, Nikon, Pacific Loon, Photography, Project 52, Shore Birds, Wordless Wednesday25 Comments

Pacific Loon

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm @460mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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Wordless Wednesday 7/52

February 15, 2017February 14, 2017Posted in Bird Photography, Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Birds of Prey, Hawks, Nature, Nature Photography, Nikon, Photography, San Jose California Nature Photographer, Wordless WednesdayTagged Birding, Birds, Birds of North America, Hawks, Nature, Nikon, Photography, Project 52, Red-tailed Hawk, Wordless Wednesday29 Comments

Red-tailed Hawk

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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American Kestrel-Male

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017Posted in birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of Prey, Falcons, National Wildlife Refuges in California, Nikon, PhotographyTagged After the Storm, American Kestrel, Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Birds of Prey, Foggy, January 2017 Storm, Male Birds, Morning, Nikon, Photography25 Comments

The American Kestrel is the littlest Falcon in North America and the most colorful. They’re quite fierce for the size. They often perch on wires, or poles to watch and wait for unsuspecting prey. ” Hunting for insects and other small prey in open territory, kestrels perch on wires or poles, or hover facing into the wind, flapping and adjusting their long tails to stay in place.”~AllAboutBirds.com

Gordon and I stopped at San Luis National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday morning before joining a Meet-Up group we’re in at another National Wildlife Refuge and while on the auto route where the Tulle Elk are we spotted this Kestrel on a post. It was just after a heavy rain storm so there was Tulle Fog all over the valley hence the white sky. I love the rain drops or dew drops on his breast feathers.

American Kestrel Male

We didn’t see any Tulle Elk in the paddock. Not one! They must have been deep in the trees until it warmed up. Thankfully for us this Kestrel was out and about looking for breakfast!

Nikon D700|Nikkor 200-500mm @ 460mm| Lexar Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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W.W. 3/52 I’ve got a song!

January 18, 2017February 28, 2017Posted in Bird Photography, Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, National Wildlife Refuge, National Wildlife Refuges in California, Nikon, Photography, Project 52, Wordless WednesdayTagged Birding, Birds, Birds in the Wild, in good voice, Nikon, Photography, Singing, Western Meadowlark, Wordless Wednesday40 Comments

Meadowlark Western – Male

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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Wordless Wednesday 2/52: Psst!

January 11, 2017January 10, 2017Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Birds of North America, Ducks, Nikon, Photography, Project 52, Wordless WednesdayTagged Birding, Birds of North America, Dipping Ducks, Ducks, Nikon, Northern Pintail, Photography, Project 52, Wordless Wednesday32 Comments

Northern Pintail- Male and Female

Northern Pintail-pair

Nikon D300s| 80-200mm @200mm + Tamron 1.4x TC| SanDisk Digital Film| Image made in 2011| PS CC 2017

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National Bird Day 2017

January 5, 2017January 5, 2017Posted in Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Birds of Prey, National Bird Day, Nikon, PhotographyTagged American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Birding, Birds in the Wild, Clark's Grebes, Clear Lake CA, National Bird Day, National Wildlife Refuge, Nikon, Photography, Snowy Egret32 Comments

My photo friend Jan Timmons over on flickr pointed out that today is National Bird Day 2017. You know how much I like birds so, to honor them on their special day here are some of my favorite birds. I made these images all in California during 2016.

Snowy Egret-Juvenile; pretty close to fledgling.

Snowy Egret- Juvenile

Clark’s Grebe w/chick and Fish-dawn

Clark's Grebe with Chick and Fish

The Elusive American Bittern- I’ve only seen these a handful of times.

American Bittern

and last but, not least our National Bird in the U.S.A. the Bald Eagle- Adult. I’m so happy this bird is making a comeback in California.

Bald Eagle-Adult

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017

Happy National Bird Day 2017!

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Belted Kingfisher-Female

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Birds in the Wild, Nikon, Pacific Flyway, PhotographyTagged Belted Kingfisher, Bird Photography, Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, California Pacific Flyway;, Nikon56 Comments

After several years of trying to get a decent image of a Belted Kingfisher I finally got one yesterday while out birding with Gordon and other friends in the Pacific Flyway. I was birding in the refuge rich area north of Sacramento, CA. They asked me to show them around the place and I was eager and happy to do it.

I’m sure Gordon will share many of his images too.

Belted Kingfisher

It was an amazing day of birding. We saw so many great birds. Most notable were the Belted Kingfisher, a Bald Eagle, American Bittern, Ring-necked Pheasants, Hawks, Falcon, Ibis, thousands of Snow Geese, some White Fronted Geese, northern pintails, shovelers, Egrets, Blue Herons, Night Herons, Sparrows, Wrens, Goldfinches, Hummingbirds, Warblers, maybe a Thrush of some sort. Need to work on getting an ID on it.

There were quite a few more types of birds seen. We even saw some other wildlife; skunk, deer, and hares, but for me getting this image means no more agonizing over all the butt shots, missed shots, blurry in flight shots, and how very skittish they are! 🙂 I finally got the shot!! 🙂

This one was quite content to sit on this branch looking at the pond below her while keeping an eye on us too. It was a gift!

Can you see me doing my “happy dance”? Yeah, I’m still dancing. 🙂 We had a GREAT day of birding.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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