Been busy

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited September 11, 2008 in Wildlife
Hi y'all,

I can't wait for the election to be over so I can get some free time. Here's few captures from recent shoots.

Recently the click ponds were busy
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the big attraction was the draining of the pond which left a lot of fish high and dry
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this is the white morph of the GBH
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The action was OK at the ponds but then some dolt complained to the plant's office about the smell of the dead fish so they closed off access to the ponds. I mean, if you don't like the smell don't go there. :bash
Harry
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2008
    rolleyes1.gif Nice shots Harry
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2008
    Someones always complaining about something...it's a human condition. deal.gif

    I'd take a little stink for a chance at these shots, Harry! Very nice.:D
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2008
    hey Harry , you shoulda shoved your knuckles up his nose that would have stopped the smell for him.....rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

    Great captures Harry.:ivar
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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    Very nice Harry ... to those of us that like to photograph birds what's a little smell, along with the heat, gators (in your case) and mosquities?!!! Great shots as always sir! bowdown.gif
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    Nice, Harry. The osprey ROCKS. I tried all summer to get an eagle with it talons extended and just couldn't get it done. Good job thumb.gif

    We lived in Washington State back in the early 90s when all of the Californians were migrating north. Half a dozen or so of them bought there little pieces of heaven in the form of small farms in our community. After a few months they decided the neighboring dairy farms smelled offensive and they tried to get the whole area re-zoned to shut the dairies down. I guess they wanted it to smell like L.A. Go figure...
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    I love the wood stork, snowy and osprey just before hitting the water! Good stuff! I don't understand either the people who complain about the obvious. It's like people who move close to an airport and complain about noise.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Major grins Rockledge, FL on the Space CoastPosts: 0 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    Very nice Harry. Love the Wood Storks, too bad they all decided to take Labor Day off and go away.:cry
  • jonh68jonh68 Registered Users Posts: 2,711 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    Great osprey shot!
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  • CatoCato Registered Users Posts: 287 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2008
    I really like all the shots, my fave is the osprey. Pretty incredible.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited September 4, 2008
    You're always busy, Harry. :D

    I really like this series. Of course, I'm a sucker for a good wood stork landing shot.

    But what's up with the egret doing the skimmer imitation? rolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    rolleyes1.gif Nice shots Harry

    Thanks Dan
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Someones always complaining about something...it's a human condition. deal.gif

    I'd take a little stink for a chance at these shots, Harry! Very nice.:D

    I was born in NY and us NYers have made bitching a fine art but there is a limit. This was a voluntary stink. To get to it you have to exit the water treatment plant which is not an olfactory delight on its best days. Then you have to turn onto a dirt road next to the Duda farm, this turn is usually filled with water or mud, then drive onto a stretch of grass, drive on the grass around two click ponds and do about a 270 degree turn drive around the ponds to get to the stinky part. Its not like you are going to drive past it by mistake. You really have to want to go there.
    Harry
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2008
    Great set, as always Harry clap.gif The osprey shot is certainly a winner clap.gif
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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2008
    Oy vey..

    Harry, you're simply too much.

    Very nicebowdown.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    hey Harry , you shoulda shoved your knuckles up his nose that would have stopped the smell for him.....rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

    Great captures Harry.:ivar

    Thanks Dave and fortunatelyI don't know which bozo filedd the complaint.
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    bhowdy wrote:
    Very nice Harry ... to those of us that like to photograph birds what's a little smell, along with the heat, gators (in your case) and mosquities?!!! Great shots as always sir! bowdown.gif

    Thanks Bob and we have all of those fringe benefits. Fortunately I'm one of those lucky people who mosquittos don't bite. I've never had a mosquito bite in my life.
    Harry
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Harryb wrote:
    Thanks Bob and we have all of those fringe benefits. Fortunately I'm one of those lucky people who mosquittos don't bite. I've never had a mosquito bite in my life.

    WOW, there could be money to made there Harry. We suck out your skin juices, clone the stuff, bottle it and sell it to the world. rolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    articblooms wrote:
    Nice, Harry. The osprey ROCKS. I tried all summer to get an eagle with it talons extended and just couldn't get it done. Good job thumb.gif

    We lived in Washington State back in the early 90s when all of the Californians were migrating north. Half a dozen or so of them bought there little pieces of heaven in the form of small farms in our community. After a few months they decided the neighboring dairy farms smelled offensive and they tried to get the whole area re-zoned to shut the dairies down. I guess they wanted it to smell like L.A. Go figure...

    Thanks Dan I was lucky that the osprey decided to hit the water close to where I was working.

    I always get a kick out of those folks who move somehwere in order to get away from where they were living. They then turn around and make the place they moved to into the place they moved from.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2008
    kdog wrote:
    You're always busy, Harry. :D

    I really like this series. Of course, I'm a sucker for a good wood stork landing shot.

    But what's up with the egret doing the skimmer imitation? rolleyes1.gif

    That's one of the snowy's favorite hunting techniques

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    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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