[LRflex] At Tunkwa, today.

All:

Today was my first chance to get out to Tunkwa Lake with my new LeiCanon 30D.

So, there I was, minding my own business, sitting peacefully on the 
shore and trying to get a decent shot of some Red Winged Black Birds 
(no luck); when suddenly there was a huge splash, just behind me!

I turned around to see a huge Osprey, struggling to get airborne 
after missing a shot at his lunch. Because I was facing the wrong 
way, there was no hope of getting him in/near the water, but he made 
a couple of circles, and then landed on a nearby Pine tree, to rest 
and fluff/dry his feathers.

You'll notice the tree is turning red.. an abnormal colour for an 
evergreen.  The red is because the tree is dying, after an invasion 
of the Mountain Pine Beetles ... the first visible evidence of Global 
Warming (or so they tell us).  Normally, these beetles are kept in 
check by the cold winters... but we haven't had any really cold 
winters for many years now, and the beetles are thriving.    It is 
estimated that by 2011, some 80% of all the pine trees in BC will be 
dead.  Germany may have the "Black Forest", but we will have the "Red Forest"!

To see him, point your browser at http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/ and 
then click on "Featured Photo".

Sorry his image is not a bit bigger, but he was a LONG way away, and 
this is about 50% of the frame.  Still, it looks great as an 8x12" print!

Comments, flames, what-have-you, welcomed, as always.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers!



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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA

Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4

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