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Birding With Caleb: September 2014
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Sunday, September 21, 2014. On September 15th it was my golden birthday and I turned 15. I ended my 14th year with 316 life birds and was pumped! Once we were done looking at all of the songbirds and a Bald Eagle we headed down to the lake shore to look for the shorebirds, waterfowl, and hopefully some gulls or terns. While my Mom and I walked along the shore a Semipalmated Plover flew by us calling and landed not to far, that's when I took this photo. The bird was my lifer Sabine's Gull! However, there ...
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outdoor photography: Birding and Photography Ethics
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Thursday, March 5, 2015. Birding and Photography Ethics. Great Horned Owl Nestlings. The park rangers were kind enough to put up an orange fence around this tree to keep people at a safe distance. If you follow the signs and barriers, you can be confident you're not causing harm. Black-Necked Stilt in Distraction Display. These kinds of displays are a good sign that you're close enough to a nest or young to cause stress. Best behavior is to give the bird more distance. Lark Sparrow with Bird Seed. So I t...
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outdoor photography: Great Egret
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Friday, October 19, 2012. Great Egrets are one of the many white herons/egrets that are commonly found in the U.S. They are the largest of our white egrets, and they can be distinguished from the others by their yellow bills and black legs. I seem to find them frequently with food. October 19, 2012 at 11:13 PM. Maybe yellow bill and black legs? October 20, 2012 at 8:45 PM. Nice catch. I fixed the text :-). October 21, 2012 at 12:36 PM. Great study of the Great Egret! October 24, 2012 at 10:01 PM. This is...
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outdoor photography: Horned Grebe
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012. January 10, 2012 at 7:06 PM. They are such interesting looking birds. I hope to get my first sighting of one soon! January 10, 2012 at 7:13 PM. Thanks, Tammy; I hope you do too. If you go to Merritt Island, I suspect youll have a good chance of finding one. Ive seen several on Blackpoint Dr. and one on Biolab Rd. January 15, 2012 at 2:52 PM. My what red eyes we have! I have never seen ine of these. I adore the little Pied-Billed Grebes.Thanks fir sharing! Feel Free to Comment:.
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outdoor photography: Cliff Swallow
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. This past June I finally took some presentable photos of Cliff Swallows. There is a place in Orange County where they're known to breed, so one early morning I drove out there hoping one would be cooperative. I actually found at least three there around two nests. Of course, they were nesting under a bridge, which was quite a bit darker. My photos of them pearched around the nest area were not as good, since I don't use flash. But I figured I'd share one just for fun. Seminole ...
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outdoor photography: Pied-Billed Grebe
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Saturday, October 29, 2011. October 29, 2011 at 7:21 PM. The other day I saw a Pied-billed Grebe swallow a fish that looked much larger than its own throat, but it got it down. Amazing critters! October 31, 2011 at 2:30 AM. Love it. I hear we have them where I live in small number, however I have never seen one. Wow what an awesome bird and beautiful photo. Thanks for sharing. May 24, 2012 at 2:40 AM. Feel free to comment to leave feedback. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Feel Free to Comment:. Donal...
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Birding With Caleb: January 2015
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015. A fun family trip to California. You will have to read to find out! As I continued looking around I was able to get a few more birds but no FOYs. We then went off to get lunch at a local restaurant when I spied a familiar shoulder from across a main road. It was Mr. Red-shouldered Hawk! These two birds brought my year list up to 299. But once I looked to the right of the BOGU I could see another gull that was not just my 300th bird of the year but a lifer! After spending seve...
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Birding With Caleb: April 2015
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. When the Ponds Recharge in Glendale. There was also a one-day-wonder Red-breasted Merganser that I identified. He was hanging with his ruddy's not his peeps. RBME don't hang with peeps! Red-breasted Merganser-1st winter male, note the dark green forehead. The impressive Snowy Egrets seemed to be showing off their awesomeness but the Great Horned Owls seemed unimpressed (like always). Great Horned Owl- Adult on left fledgling on right. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. The first two th...
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Birding With Caleb: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. A Blast From the Past: Deep Within the Jungle. Okay, so the title of this post might make you think "Oh my gosh, did Caleb go to Panama? Did he go out of the Country? We then stealthily swam down the stream a little ways when we looked up about twenty feet above our heads and there it was, my lifer Yellow-billed Cuckoo! Yellow-billed Cucckoo- Find Waldo! I then saw a promising grove of sycamores, willows, and cottonwoods so I hobbled over to the middle of the stand and just stare...
