[birdky] Re: Sandhill Flickr Album Is Up from Tuesday a.m.
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- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:14:07 -0500
Hi Jim, your images are all wonderful...nicely done and bravo for arriving
so early.
I went today as well and found about 50 birds behind the fire station and
then the second driveway beyond that where the manmade pond is, was loaded
up with Sandhill Cranes. Another wonderful find, while at the Fire
station, was 5 gorgeous Red-tailed Hawks flying over the field. I too drove
out
Hwy 86 West to the second turn off to the right and found loads of birds out
that way also. My images will be shared from last Monday's visit to
Cecelia, and those today on my blog this coming Friday.
tingsgrove.blogspot.com
Everyone have a great remainder to your week~
(Mary Howell Cromer
LaGrange, KY
Oldham County)
In a message dated 2/3/2015 3:08:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
moyerjd@xxxxxxxxx writes:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmoyer/sets/72157650216918570/
I went to Cecilia on KY 86 in Grayson County this morning, in search of
the sandhill cranes. The firehouse was easy to find, but there was not a
bird in sight. I went west on KY 86 to KY 1375, and eventually found them
about a mile or a mile and a half south of KY 86. The were in farm ponds on
both sides of the road. The farm ponds were largely frozen over, and my
initial photos had the challenge of shooting into the rising sun. It was just
past sunrise, around 7:45 a.m., when I started to photograph.
After photographing for about 10 minutes, I discovered that a slightly
smaller group was to my back, across the road, in another pond. This allowed
for some nicely lit photos with a very blue sky. It was 17 degrees, so it
was clear and humidity was low, aiding the photography.
I had to leave Louisville a little after 6 a.m. to make this work. I did
have a gasoline stop on the way down, but if I had been 15 minutes later, I
would have missed the sunrise liftoff of the birds.
As I've mentioned, I'm a beginner, so this was quite an exciting outing.
Cheers,
Jim
--
Jim Moyer
Louisville, Kentucky USA
_moyerjd@gmail.com_ (mailto:moyerjd@xxxxxxxxx)
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