[missbirdphotos] Re: Osprey Today
- From: "Judy Howle" <howle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- 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>
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>
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 Howle
Southern Exposures
http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com
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From: missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Vigne
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:58 PM
To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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