a few Rookery BIFs
Hi you'll,
Just some BIFs that I was lucky enough to catch during the visit to the rookery
Just some BIFs that I was lucky enough to catch during the visit to the rookery
Harry
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Really nice...
One thing I would like to see is some photos of the surrounding area, so I can get a better feel for these shots. Make sense?
I'm not complaining...I just want MORE.
seesh what a complainer. You want more area ok here's more area.
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...I'm talkin' about!!!!!
See the unfair advantage you have? This scene is almost unbelievable.
You made me happy.
...shooting BIFs in a barrel
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If so then my work here is done.
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I was just about on eye level with him when I took the shot.
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I do like that overall view, looks like a great area you lucky man
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I need to visit a rookery! Are the egrets always moving about as your images portray? Excellent series.
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Kirwin, not Kerwin
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If you're going to play basketball, it is not fair to put the basket at three feet high! How lucky you are to have such close proximity to these lovely creatures. I really must come to Florida and see how the other half lives!!
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Thanks for stopping by. There were so many birds in the air there that shooting BIFs was fairly easy. I think that's about the first time I could ever say that.
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you will have to help them with the nest next time Harry
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Getting BIFs at the rookery was very easy. You have all these birds flying around all the time. They are used to humans so they aren;t running away for a change. It was perfect.
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Hey Kirwin,
Everybody needs to visit a rookery.
I was speaking to Trish the other day and I said that even though I was happy with my shots I know I can do better on my next trip because I will be better prepared for the environment. It was a bit of an overwhelm on the first visit.
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There are rookerys and then there are rookerys. So even if I go to one alot, no one is drinking beer with me. They don't even like me much.
Now there is one right across the hiway from me, just saw it last weekend. It is in a developement, but it says they did the rookery in 1994. There is a wooded walkway into the area, in which we are to make no noise.
The only problem is that the rookery is surrounded by the trees. Yes the birds are close enough, and numerous enough to invite for a beer, but no place to drink one....................or to get a clear shot, "shot" get it.
There is a looksee that you can climb up to see "over" the trees, but the trees have been growing awhile..........etc. See my problem.
But looking into what I saw, it looks almost abscene. I didn't think they were birds at first. I thought they were giant white containers for the birds. Kind of like a condiminium they had built for the birds, but not too high.
Then I realized they were birds, most of whom were nesting. I have been busy on the d challenge and have not been back.
I don't know quite what I think of that "rookery".
What do you all think? I mean we are hunters with a camera........... Should I get a machete and take photos. Those birds are huge, I wonder if they are hand feeding them.
Should see birds tomorrow where I usually go. That would be two weeks since the egg dropped.
ginger
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Spoiled?
We were so close to some of the nests that I could have reached in and and grabbed enough eggs for an egret omlet.
Only come to Florida if you can handle a target rich environment.
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I would them but I'm retired now.
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Thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you liked the shots. The machete idea though a good one is no go. :nono In wildlife and nature photography we are there to capture what we can but never interfere with nature. Its sort of like the "Prime Directive" in Star Trek.
If your rookery doesn't float your boat take a drive down to St. Augustine. You'll have a balst down there.
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tell me, tell me! I'll have to make a trip over to the atlantic coast....
I'm due
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Now I'm really curious about this rookery. I'm not that far from you if you would like to get together sometime in the near future. Hopefully you wouldn't mind shootin' with a noob/amateur with a Lumix digicam.
Kirwin
Its the St. Augustine Alligator Farm http://www.alligatorfarm.com/ .
If you get over to the Atlantic Side give me a call.
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That would be great. I don't mind shooting with an amateur, heck I shot with Andy for a long time.
I'm going to be visiting my son and his family in Georgia next week but I'm planning at trip to St. Augustine and the Rookery the following week. Maybe we could meet up there.
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PM me when you get back from your family trip. I'm good during the weekdays if that works well for you. If someone else like Markjay or Trish would like to join the outing... I say more the merrier!:D Look forward to meeting you, and just so you know... my actual name is Kevin (not Kiven).
Kirwin
Actually, I was not serious about the machete idea. Good gosh, it is public property, belongs to the town, the development or something. The whole area is not that big.
It is one of those developements with houses, big and small and tiny yards, a walking offers all developement, so they offer a rookery. But I could not go in there with a machete, could not use one if I could legally, or even get away with it, which I couldn't. I am not strong enough.
I just don't like that rookery particularly. Was trying to delicately bring up the subject. I do like the one I have been going to, it is much larger........the whole area is acres big, the birds roost where they want. I saw them last fall. It is a conservation area. You know, don't kill birds or animals. That type of place. The one across the highway in the developement is IMO an attraction to say, "aren't we a nice place", buy here, and I would not mind living there, though bill says he would hate it, he thinks the yards are too small. That is funny as we live in a townhouse with a miniscule backyard. The roads are small, too, and I think that bothered him. And the rookery is small, he stayed in the van and didn't see it.
I suppose my point was something like, are they not interfering with nature?
For gain? And if someone without a rookery gets a great bird shot.........well, there are discussions about this stuff among "hunter" hunters, I was just wondering.
I do not go around with machetes, that would be work, I do not do work of any kind.............ever.
ginger:D
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