[missbirdphotos] Re: Osprey Today
- From: Robert Smith <rsmithent@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:30:34 -0400
Sounds like a fun outing & looks like you got some cool shots too!
Robert Smith
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From: howle@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [missbirdphotos] Re: Osprey Today
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:51:16 -0500
Nice butt shot Bob ;-) Sorry, I couldn’t resist! Very nice shots. That looks
like a good lens. I don’t have any shots of osprey that close as there aren’t
many around here. The only nest I know of is in the river in very shallow water
due to silting at the merging of the waterway channel with the original river
channel. Bill Kidd took me in his boat to see it but when the depth finder said
0 ft. we couldn’t go any closer. I got a few shots of the nest, some with
babies, on 2 trips up-river with my 100 – 400 lens, in 2010.
http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com/p12014625 This is the first trip in May.
You might enjoy seeing the rest of the images along the Tenn-Tom Waterway near
Columbus and the lock and dam if you haven’t seen it before. A few weeks later
in June we went back again on a 96 degree day and nearly burned up. The osprey
were all panting. You can see the babies in this album
http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com/tombigbeebirds The light wasn’t too good
in some of them. I hoped Bill would take me last summer but he was very busy
and hit a stump the first or second time he put it in the water and damaged the
boat. I hope we can go this summer if they are still using the nest. Judy
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[mailto:missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Vigne
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:58 PM
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Subject: [missbirdphotos] Osprey Today Hi Everybody,
I was out today looking to see if I could find the Painted Redstart or possibly
the Great Horned Owl that I heard was in the same vicinity. Well I had no luck
finding them, but I did spot this Osprey couple. I saw a bird in a tree which I
thought was just a sea gull. Then I spotted this huge guy flying overhead and I
took some shots of him (Osprey-1). Then he started to fly away. I thought that
was all I would get of him so I looked down at my camera to see how I did. Then
the next thing I see is this bird flying over what I thought was a gull, and I
got a few Discovery Channelesque shots of the couple (Osprey-3). Once I got
home I checked out the field guide and figured out that the birds I saw were
Osprey. So I was very excited about my sighting and hope you enjoy the photos.
If you are interested I have a few other cool shots but I didn't want to fill
up everybody's email. Bob
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