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7111 - 7144 & 7152 -- The sun was barely up and there was a little bit of a chill in the still air, and EVERYTHING was drenched in dew. The tall grasses were perfect, full of seeds, just starting to get their fall tints. Birds were waking up and scouting for breakfast from the reeds.... |
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7145 - 7198 -- I watched and photographed a Great Blue Heron at a distance for a while (7143 & 7144), and then as I walked further down the causeway and came to a break in the rushes, there was another one not 30 feet from me, still as a post, and so was the water. This guy was posing for me! I took a zillion photos. He finally started walking slowly and squawking mightily... |
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7199 - 7210 -- More marsh and reed photos... |
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| 7211 - 7212 -- I had been the first one at the preserve, but by this time the "professional" watchers were out in force. Evidently someone had spotted a green-winged teal there in recent days and they were hoping he was still there this morning (he was, they told me). At the time, I didn't know that a green-winged teal is a type of duck, so when I was looking for it too, I ignored the ducks and scoured the area for something else green.... DUH! |
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7213 - 7240 -- The birders were being pretty quiet, so this pair didn't see or hear them, OR me! They were ambling along the causeway coming straight towards me! I was 75 yards beyond the throng watching the teal, so I was closer. I had them in view and in my camera eyepiece for a good 3-4 minutes. Mama finally saw/heard the throng. She stood dead-still for a long time, watching the throng behind me (I was off to the side near the reeds so she may not have seen me)...... and then she bolted, and baby bolted with her, white tails flashing! |
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7241 - 7265 -- These photos were taken from the top of the lookout tower at the edge of the parking lot, using my Meade ETX telescope as a camera lens. Included in the group of photos is the gaggle of birdwatchers, now looking like they're standing in the middle of the reeds instead of on the causeway because of the angle I was at. |
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7268 - 7272 -- These 5 photos show the scale of my lenses for the camera. All 5 of these photos were taken from the top of the tower, using the same placement of the tripod, and aiming at the same thing - the mutant white Canada goose in the flock on the marsh. The first one (7268) was taken with the Meade ETX telescope as my camera lens (~1250 mm lens equivalent)... 7269 was taken with my 75-300 mm lens set at 300 mm... 7270 was taken with the 75-300 mm lens set at 75 mm... 7271 was taken with the stock 18-55 mm lens set at 55 mm... and 7272 was taken with the stock lens set at 18 mm. |
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| 7273-7276 -- A four-image panorama or the entire marsh area as seen from the top of the tower... |
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