[wisb] Re: Photos from Florida I (No Sightings)
- From: "Mike Duchek" <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Wisconsin Birders" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:28:41 -0500
Wow great photos Mikko. The head on frontal shot of the black skimmer is
really cool, especially.
Speaking of birds that Mikko saw in Florida, I had an Oystercatcher here in
Milwaukee today too. OK, it was at the zoo. But the MC Zoo is not a bad
place to look for (wild) birds either. I had a redhead and a pair of
buffleheads today and have also spotted brown creepers, warblers,
flycatchers and other halfway decent birds there as well. Plenty of nice
woods on the zoo grounds and other assorted places that interesting birds
might show up. And there are some cool birds in the aviary as well!
-Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mikko Home
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 6:49 PM
To: Wisconsin Birders
Subject: [wisb] Photos from Florida I (No Sightings)
Hi Folks,
Company decided to have its annual sales meeting in Orlando a couple of
weeks ago and I decided to stay over there for few days afterwards and photo
local birds. As this was my first bird photographing trip to Florida, I went
"little" crazy and took 17,061 photos during 5 days (yes you read it right
and it is a new personal record). Out of this amount I’m deleting probably
about 99.9% and hope that I find some worth keeping (it is all about odds
boys and gals).
I spent two days in Fort Desoto photoing Egrets and Herons, Skimmers and
Terns, one day in Kissimmee area photoing Caracaras, one day at the Viera
Wetland's and my final day before flying out again at the Gatorland rookery
in Orlando. I chose all the above places based on recommendations I got from
the birdphotographers.net. And I might be preaching to the choir here but
how unbelievable places are those all to study these species, in case they
someday wander to Wisconsin. Like for example Gatorland in Orlando. Its
rookery is full of Tricolored Herons, Snowy Egrets and Great Egrets nesting
just a few feet away from you. You do not need long lenses in this place in
order to take great photos and a normal point and snap camera can easily
fill the whole viewfinder. Nowhere in my global travels have I ever been in
a place like Gatorland.
This first batch of photos are from the Fort Desoto area. Some of the
highlights include; 7 species of Egrets and Herons, several shorebirds like
Willets, Oystercatchers and Marbled Godwits, 6 different spices from the
Laridae family (who ever says that seagulls are flying rats have never seen
a gorgeous breeding plumage Laughing Gull).
Don’t forget to use the “slideshow†function to see the photos in
original size.
http://www.mikkoviljamaa.com/Latest/Florida-Trip/16289750_uxWzn#1224051867_erJz3
Cheers and hope you enjoy,
Mikko (Outagamie County)
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