Tennessee Sandhill Cranes

bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
edited January 24, 2010 in Wildlife
I have been working 7 days a week for a while now so I haven't been around here much, or able to get the time to have any
photography fun ... The weather finally cleared and I was able to get over and visit our Tennessee wintering Sandhill Cranes ...
estimates put the population at a 20 to 30 thousand.

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Canon 1D Mark III
Canon 500mm f/4L w/ 1.4tc
ISO - 400
Shutter - 1/1250
f stop - 7.1
focal length - 700mm
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Maryville, TN.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2010
    nicely done, crisp and clean thumb.gif
    Benjamin
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2010
    Nice shots, Bob! clap.gif
    Glenn

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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2010
    Thanks for the kind words Ben and Glenn. Nice to get back taking some photos
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2010
    That working stuff brings back some bad memories. Please refrain from referring to that activity in the future. deal.gif

    Excellent captures. clap.gif

    However if y'all have 20,000+ sandhills how come you're only showing us pics of 2 of them? You're a few thousand short.
    Harry
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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Thanks Harry ... Your comments made me laugh. I will endeavor to get photos of each of the thousands of Cranes ... however they are very difficult to schedule ... I think they must have a very strong union!

    It is becoming very restrictive around here ... We cannot talk or post photos of "tree rats" and now we cannot mention the "W" word! We need to see a copy of the rule book! rolleyes1.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    bhowdy wrote:
    It is becoming very restrictive around here ... We cannot talk or post photos of "tree rats"
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Very nice, Bob! thumb.gif

    They sure have more of a silvery look than when they're up here. Where were these taken? When do they start back my way?
  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Thanks for posting the "Tree Rat" pic for me Ric ... I can always count on you to have my back!

    The Sandies here are all ranges of color, from the silver that one of my pics shows to almost a white (like a whooping crane) and then the darker gray models. The Cranes here usually start leaving by the end of January to mid month in February. We will have a few thru March many times. Oh these are from the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Dayton, Tennessee. It is a state of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency managed refuge.
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Very nice, Bob! thumb.gif

    They sure have more of a silvery look than when they're up here. Where were these taken? When do they start back my way?
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    489459173_zYxGa-L.jpg

    God is gonna kick your butt one of these days. :smack
    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!"
  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Ohhhhhhh .... Ric's in trouble! wings.gif
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2010
    awesome shots Bob
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2010
    Thanks Dave
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