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HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited January 21, 2010 in Wildlife
Hi Y'all,

Things have been fairly slow at my favorite shooting site,the Viera Wetlands for a siome time. I would spend the day there and return with around 200 captures whixh is a fairly low number for me.

Today I got the work around the house done around 2:30 and we had some nice light so I figured I would bop down to the wetlands and take a few shots.

When I arrived back at the house a few hours later I came home with close to 700 captures.

I started out at the click ponds and found them awash with cormorants and wood storks.

I found a cormorant enjoying its catch
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A few yards down the road I got this anhinga to pose for me.
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While I was working with the anhinga a northern harrier flew by
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When I entered the wetlands I found this green heron
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When I turned into the next road I met up with a caracara enjoying a fish
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A short while later I found a GBH with some vegetation
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Now this mean that heron love is in the air and I found 3 gbh couples engaged in nest building. :barb

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as sunset approached I got this capture of a great egret
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To make the day even better the sunset was pretty neat
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Harry
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2010
    Harry you are making me jealous! rolleyes1.gifI had about 30 minutes of light drizzle to get some shots before it started pouring!

    Great set! The GBH pair with the branch is awesome! clap.gif
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 7, 2010
    Wow. :wow

    Now there's a day that most wildlife photographers could only dream about. Good shooting there, Harry. bowdown.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2010
    Helluva Day and you deserve it thumb.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    One of "those" days!mwink.giflust

    Felt good....didn't it?!

    Wonderful set with the Anhinga being my favorite, Harry.:D
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    Here's to your excellent day. Serves you right Harryclap.gif
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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    what a great day! I haven't even got a shot off in two weeks.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Harry you are making me jealous! rolleyes1.gifI had about 30 minutes of light drizzle to get some shots before it started pouring!

    Great set! The GBH pair with the branch is awesome! clap.gif

    Thanks Glenn, that's the advantage of living 10 minutes away from the wetlands. I just hang around and sooner or later some good weather and light comes around. :cavig
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    kdog wrote:
    Wow. :wow

    Now there's a day that most wildlife photographers could only dream about. Good shooting there, Harry. bowdown.gif


    Thanks Joel, from the number of fish I saw get munched down by various birds it looks like their food supply is good and if there's food there will be birds.
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  • Wicked_DarkWicked_Dark Registered Users Posts: 1,138 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    the GBH pair is a sublime image. I love the feathers curling.
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  • RhapsodyRhapsody Registered Users Posts: 15 Big grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    All of the images are beautiful! I'm jealous of the time/conditions you had to get out and capture these shots. It's been wet and sloppy where I am - Not a good time for me to venture out with my camera.
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2010
    Nice shots Harry.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2010
    bfjr wrote:
    Helluva Day and you deserve it thumb.gif


    Thanks Ben and I did deserve it. :D
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2010
    What a wonderful day you had Harry! Green Heron thumb.gif even if the bg is a bit noisy!
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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,373 moderator
    edited January 10, 2010
    Fabulous! I loved seeing the colors on the anhinga.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2010
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    One of "those" days!mwink.giflust

    Felt good....didn't it?!

    Wonderful set with the Anhinga being my favorite, Harry.:D


    Thanks Ric. It was an outstanding day.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2010
    dlplumer wrote:
    Here's to your excellent day. Serves you right Harryclap.gif

    Thanks Dan, I felt like a kid on christmas morning that day.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2010
    Mark Edell wrote:
    what a great day! I haven't even got a shot off in two weeks.

    Thanks Mark and here's hoping that you get a chance to do some shooting real soon.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2010
    Wicked_Dark wrote:
    the GBH pair is a sublime image. I love the feathers curling.


    Thanks, one of teh advantages of the current cold and windy conditions w ehave down here is that you get some interesting feather effects.
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  • flygirlflygirl Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2010
    Harry it looks like Viera is making a come back! Wonderful images Harry!
    All the best:thumb
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  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2010
    Verty good assortment of critters.
    Well done
    That Harrier is outstanding. Tough bird to shoot
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  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited January 13, 2010
    Outstanding captures on a great day of shooting!thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2010
    Rhapsody wrote:
    All of the images are beautiful! I'm jealous of the time/conditions you had to get out and capture these shots. It's been wet and sloppy where I am - Not a good time for me to venture out with my camera.

    Thanks and here's hoping your conditions improve.
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  • IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2010
    As is the norm, you have a terriffic set of captures here, Harry. By far, in my opinion, the Northern Harrier has to be one of the best that I have ever seen. thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    davev wrote:
    Nice shots Harry.

    Thanks Dave wave.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    BigAl wrote:
    What a wonderful day you had Harry! Green Heron thumb.gif even if the bg is a bit noisy!


    It was a great day Al.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2010
    denisegoldberg wrote:
    Fabulous! I loved seeing the colors on the anhinga.

    --- Denise

    Thanks Denise, its mating time for the anhingas so they are looking spiffy.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2010
    flygirl wrote:
    Harry it looks like Viera is making a come back! Wonderful images Harry!

    Thanks Nancy, Viera was definitely coming back but when I shot there yesterday I saw that there had been another major fish kill that included 3 cells and the click ponds. If it has a major impact on the food supply things might start to slow down again. :cry
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