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(2 of 5). I watched this group of deer for quite a while. They walked back and forth between little ponds, some took naps, some were fine with me there and some tried to get the group to leave every time I crept closer.
Throughout the day we spotted large groups of migrating geese. This bunch flew over while we were waiting for the train back. A magnificent sight :) (Thanks to both Wainwright Warrior and Kenjclark for pointing out my original miscount of 83)
Prior to my purchase of a Canon 500mm lens, I rented the Sigma 50-500mm lens and tried it out at the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. You know, it's not a bad lens! For sharp images, you should keep it around f9 and maybe bump up the ISO in low-light situations like early mornings. I wrote a couple of blog posts about this lens:
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Nikon D5100 DSLR
Nikkor 20mm f2.8 AF-D aspherical lens
Hoya Pro1 Digital Polarizer
B&W A1 KR-1.5 Skylight filter
Shortly after moving to upper Harlem, I discovered a small outcropping of milkweed that had grown up wild near the highway, my side of the east river across from Yankee Stadium. Despite my utter cluenessness about how to photograph them, I'm doubly glad I tried because the city cut down the bushes a few months later.
Difficult photography day! Summer Tanager at South Padre Island Convention Center on dark, chilly,windy rainy afternoon.
Two sandhill cranes flying over me.
I just wish I have a faster lens.
Spent 12/11/12 photographing the migrating Greater Sandhill Cranes while on their stop at the Goose Pasture in the Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in Medaryville, Indiana. The weather cooperated, it was cloudy but the sun was shining. The previous day, the area was overcast and I couldn't get any decent photo at all. So I went back early in the morning just before sunrise. The birds were coming in from their roosting places and stopping by to say hello to everyone.
I was alone among the birds (well, several hundred feet, but I was the lone photographer there). It was quite special.
Photo taken in Sheridan, Wyoming. The facial shape looks similar to a cardinal. Can somebody tell me what kind of birds these are? I'm not a bird expert.
The migrating birds coming from north to Bangladesh in winter. Photo taken from Jahangir nagar university area.
Shorebird migration is starting to happen big time right now. The yellowlegs is one of the more common species to find. In my typical fashion I found some out in a flood plane, took along slow stalk out to them, got "meh" photos from all the killdeer that blew my cover ( probably saw 150 of them ) only to have this guy, 15' from the road on my way out just stand about for photos.
Keep Geese off your lawn with Migrate Goose repellent from Bird-B-Gone. This is a non toxic liquid that is applied over grass areas to deter geese from grazing.
thousands of birds pass over every year - presumeably going somewhere warm. I think they stop off in Aberlady on their way
Birds. Grey Heron. Kruger National Park. South Africa. Feb/2020
Grey Heron
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to 1 m tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests
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Garça-real Européia ou Garça-moura-Européia
A Garça-moura-Européia ou garça-real-europeia (no Brasil) (Ardea cinerea) é uma garça da Europa cuja aparência é a de uma ave com dorso cinza e faixa superciliar negra que se estende até as longas penas nucais. Também é conhecida pelos nomes de galangundo (em Angola), garça-real ou garça-cinzenta (em Portugal).
Da mesma família das cegonhas, é a garça mais abundante e difundida da Europa. Possui um comprimento de cerca de 95 cm, uma envergadura de 185 cm e peso de 1,6 a 2 kg. Pode viver cerca de 25 anos. Apresenta pernas altas, pescoço longo e bico longo e afilado. Os juvenis apresentam cores mais claras, dorso cinzento acastanhado e ventre branco raiado de negro. Não possuem penacho. Atingem a maturidade aos dois anos de idade.
Fonte: Wikipedia
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of around 20,000 square kilometres in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 kilometres (220 mi) from north to south and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from east to west.
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Parque Nacional Kruger
O Parque Nacional Kruger é a maior área protegida de fauna bravia da África do Sul, cobrindo cerca de 20 000 km2. Está localizado no nordeste do país, nas províncias de Mpumalanga e Limpopo e tem uma extensão de cerca de 360 km de norte a sul e 65 km de leste a oeste.
Os parques nacionais africanos, nas regiões da savana africana são importantes pelo turismo com safári de observação e fotográfico.
O seu nome foi dado em homenagem a Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger, último presidente da República Sul-Africana bôere. Foi criado em 31 de Maio de 1926
Fonte: Wikipedia