Greetings,
Being the non-morning person that I am, I got a late start, about 11:00,
at Huntley and spent about two hours before going over to Dyke Marsh for
another two hours or so.
I enjoy watching and photographing wildlife interacting, especially
hunting and eating. I have to say I was quite pleased today when I
started out at Huntley with a Green Heron catching and eating a dragon
fly, then a Great Egret doing the same plus a couple of fish. I also
got a shot of the Belted Kingfisher with what looks like a crayfish.
Off to Dyke Marsh where the Osprey were doing quite well in the fishing
department, one of them was nice enough to catch a colorful bright
orange fish and fly over for a close up. Not to be outdone, even the
dragonflies were successful predators today.
I'll be putting some of the better shots up on my site as I edit them.
It might take a while I took about 200 today.
My list for today (not including a few unidentified birds that I didn't
get shots of)....
Huntley
American Goldfinch x 2
Downy Woodpecker x 2
Grey Catbird x 1
Great Egret x 4
Great Blue Heron x 1
Green Heron x1
Cardinal x a few
Barn Swallow x 2
UI Dragonflies x a zillion or so ;)
Dyke Marsh ( I never really left the picnic area other than to walk to
the edge of the marina for about 10 minutes)
Osprey x 5-6
DC Cormorant x about 8
UI Ducks x a bunch
UI gulls x a bunch more
Cardinal x about 6
Great Crested Flycatcher x 1
Barn Swallows x about a dozen but they are hard to follow with a lens...
Thanks all folks :)
Jim
Fairfax, VA
http://www.pbase.com/jimpoor
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