[obol] Re: quiz for the day and and interview with this month's OBA photo contest winner....
- From: Susan Deagle <sdeagle@xxxxxxx>
- To: stephaniehazen17@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:34:26 -0800
One of my top five favorite birds!
This is a female…she’s got the pretty rusty red band that the male lacks. Isn’t
she beautiful?
She got my vote!
Susie Deagle
> On Mar 1, 2015, at 8:35 PM, Stephanie Hazen <stephaniehazen17@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> http://www.orbirds.org/index.html <http://www.orbirds.org/index.html>
>
> OK, photo fans, quiz for the day…what is the sex of bird in
> the winning photo in the February OBA photo contest?
>
> Click on link above to see the great photo of a belted
> kingfisher submitted by Doug Beall.
>
> I asked Doug to tell us more about how he got the shot,
> and here is what he wrote:
>
>> "Kingfishers are a very wary bird that usually takes off quickly
>> when any human movement is occurring within 60 yards.
>> The unique colours, behaviors and feeding habits have always
>> fascinated me and I have spent many hours observing and attempting
>> to obtain a quality photograph. I finally found several birds that are
>> less wary and they fish near a highway at the coast and allowed me
>> to set up with proper lighting and distance which I obtain began
>> approaching verrrrrry slowwwwly [50']. The bird sporadically yammered
>> at me but allowed the tripod and the Canon 1D MK IV- 500mm+1.4 lens to
>> remain.
>> Photo taken Feb. 4pm slightly overcast.”
>
> See Doug’s website at:
>>
>> http://abirdsingsbecauseithasasong.com/recent-journeys
>> <http://abirdsingsbecauseithasasong.com/recent-journeys>
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Stephanie
>
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