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30th September 2012., Clinton, Connecticut, USA
Seen during the "Connecticut street rod association's" charity event at Hamonnasett state Park on 30th September 2012
More information on the club, can be found here ...
Seen during the "Connecticut street rod association's" charity event at Hamonnasett state Park on 30th September 2012
More information on the club, can be found here ...
On 10/19 I took my camera to Hammonasset, not knowing what I would find. I was surprised to see THOUSANDS of Tree Swallows flying everywhere. I guess they were in migration from farther north. It was in the 30s at 9 a.m., so I don't know how many insects they were finding in the air, although as time went on I did see insects closer to the ground. For a while I tried to capture the action, but the birds flew too fast and too erratically for me, so I just stood there and watched and listened. I could hear the snap of their wings as they passed, sometimes so close to me I could have reached out and touched them (if I could have moved my arm fast enough!). As I walked to the tip of Meig's Point I came upon a large Cedar in which hundreds of birds were taking turns resting. There was a lot of coming and going. From a distance, so as not to disturb them, I took these photos (at 1/2000 of a second). The close-ups are not very clear because they are massively cropped. In the 5th photo you can get a sense of how far away I was standing. By late morning the activity had died down, probably because they had continued their journey south.
At Hammonasset State Park
“Loafing” is a term behaviorists use to describe a bird that isn’t doing much of anything; many seabirds spend long hours this way.
On 10/19 I took my camera to Hammonasset, not knowing what I would find. I was surprised to see THOUSANDS of Tree Swallows flying everywhere. I guess they were in migration from farther north. It was in the 30s at 9 a.m., so I don't know how many insects they were finding in the air, although as time went on I did see insects closer to the ground. For a while I tried to capture the action, but the birds flew too fast and too erratically for me, so I just stood there and watched and listened. I could hear the snap of their wings as they passed, sometimes so close to me I could have reached out and touched them (if I could have moved my arm fast enough!). As I walked to the tip of Meig's Point I came upon a large Cedar in which hundreds of birds were taking turns resting. There was a lot of coming and going. From a distance, so as not to disturb them, I took these photos (at 1/2000 of a second). The close-ups are not very clear because they are massively cropped. In the 5th photo you can get a sense of how far away I was standing. By late morning the activity had died down, probably because they had continued their journey south.
Friends of Hammonasset presents Hammonasset Festival, a celebration of Native American culture and spirit, honoring the environment and her ecology.
After two rainy days, this past Wednesday was gorgeous... most of the day. I decided after work I would head to Hammonasset to try out my recently repaired Tamron 150-600. It began clouding up as we left the house... and the first raindrops hit the windshield as we pulled off the exit in Madison. I decided I could still take photos from the relative shelter of my car window. Well, duh! Raindrops do impact photo quality. So I don't know but what maybe the lens repair made it worse (!). I'll have to try it another day.
Glossy Ibises live year-round in Florida and the Caribbean Islands, but some of them come as far north as Connecticut in the summertime. They use their long bills to probe for aquatic insects.
Friends of Hammonasset presents Hammonasset Festival, a celebration of Native American culture and spirit, honoring the environment and her ecology.
A Northern Harrier flying over the pine trees at Hammonasset State Park Madison, Connecticut on a cloudy day.
Seen at Hammonasset in Sept 2013, on its way south to its wintering grounds in Mexico. Word is the Monarchs are now on their way back north again. If you have a garden, I hope you'll have some Milkweed (Asclepias) for their arrival!
Meigs Point in Hammonasset State Park near Madison, CT. Taken with other members of Ye Olde Greater New England Photography Meetup Guild.
A very foggy morning at Hammonasset, but that didn't stop the birds. Wow, what a day! Picked up 4 life birds, including this guy, and saw lots of others. I should have known it was going to be a good day when the first bird of the day was a glossy ibis in a puddle in the West Beach parking lot across from the pond.
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus)
Hammonasset State Park
Madison CT
LB 2012
5/29/12
06
Taken at Taken at Hammonasset State Park, in Madison, CT.
A beautiful park with beach, nature center, and marsh trails in Madison Connecticut.
Shot at two stops down exp comp.
See my "video" - 15 still photos, set to the first 32 seconds of "Kingfishers Catch Fire" by John Mackey (which I found in Youtube by searching for the word "kingfisher"). Mackey's work presumably was inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem "As Kingfishers Catch Fire." What a lot one can learn from Internet search engines!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEdCCvMCAXA
"With its top-heavy physique, energetic flight, and piercing rattle, the Belted Kingfisher seems to have an air of self-importance as it patrols up and down rivers and shorelines. It nests in burrows along earthen banks and feeds almost entirely on aquatic prey, diving to catch fish and crayfish with its heavy, straight bill. These ragged-crested birds are a powdery blue-gray; males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and a chestnut band." - www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Belted_Kingfisher/id