like a whipped puppy dog

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited March 25, 2006 in Wildlife
I slunk out of my house this morning. I awoke to a scene that instilled horror in me. My wife was engaged in a round of frenzied cleaning. This could only mean that the cleaning gal was coming in today. I will never understand why when we pay the gal to clean Linda goes manic and cleans like a whiz on the days she comes in. I mean if the house was clean we wouldn't need her, right? I know I'm thinking like a man now, never mind.

Anyway my house is no place for a red-blooded, all-American sloppy male on those days. My wife and the cleaning gal usually exile me to the back yard and will periodically glare at me and utter mean and nasty things. I did the smart thing and headed out to the water treatment plant and the Viera Wetlands

the ducks seemed happy to see me
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the killdeer made a rare appearance
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the comorant posed nicely
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The caracara was back and he was roosting in THE TREE :clap :clap :clap
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and for the first time I got close enough to the kestrel to get a decent shot
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Harry
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    :haha
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    pretty darn nice wife, I'd say :D

    What no Egrets !!!! :nono
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Great shots as usual Harry. Love the Caracara and Kestral shots. Isn't it great when you get to shoot birds that you don't get to see much.
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Super killdere shot and the kestral? Well they are just too CUTE!
    Clean house before the cleaning lady gets there? Why of courserolleyes1.gif
  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Jealous.....
    You know I really am jealous. Here in northern Illinois, it can't decide if it wants to be winter or spring, and there aint many birds aroundumph.gif

    Sometimes I wonder why I don't move somewhere else......headscratch.gif

    Nice shots Harry.....but it sure is easier when you have subject matter:D
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    wow very nice the kestrel thumb.gif all good but the K is very nice clap.gif
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  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    moving to Florida
    Alright, that's it for me, I'm packing my gear and I'm moving to Florida.
    I don't care too much for house cleaning so maybe I can move in next door and hire your cleaning lady, she can come work for me on a daily basis while I go out taking picture. rolleyes1.gif
    Nice variety, Harry. Excellent as usual
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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2006
    Nice series Harry, good to see some of the "other" birds. Love the Kildeer shot.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    bfjr wrote:
    pretty darn nice wife, I'd say :D

    What no Egrets !!!! :nono



    A great wife. The egrets are coming.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Nice shots, Harry!

    (I never cleaned before, or after, a cleaning woman......but then I am an artist: does that fly? No, I don't mean as in BIF.)

    And, yes, I used to be able to afford a weekly cleaning woman, with whom I left the kids, or whatever and went to whatever was equivalent for the "wetlands" in those days.) It would have been too embarrassing to just watch her clean, though I did nap sometimes.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    :haha

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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Great set, Harry. I love the angle on that kestral. thumb.gif Looks like you were above him. Sometimes I think you must fly like a bird. You seem to be "up close and personal" with them. The sign of a good photographer, you might say.clap.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    gluwater wrote:
    Great shots as usual Harry. Love the Caracara and Kestral shots. Isn't it great when you get to shoot birds that you don't get to see much.

    Hey Nick,

    Thanks for the kind words. The Wetlands were very active that day. They were much more active than last month.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Thusie wrote:
    Super killdere shot and the kestral? Well they are just too CUTE!
    Clean house before the cleaning lady gets there? Why of courserolleyes1.gif

    Cute????? NEVER!!!!!!!!

    Thanks for the kind words though. :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Jeffro wrote:
    You know I really am jealous. Here in northern Illinois, it can't decide if it wants to be winter or spring, and there aint many birds aroundumph.gif

    Sometimes I wonder why I don't move somewhere else......headscratch.gif

    Nice shots Harry.....but it sure is easier when you have subject matter:D

    Thanks Jeff and I find it a lot easier down here than I did in NYC. If I was you I would move. :D
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 10, 2006
    Superb series Harry. I love the clarity of the Kildeere and the Kestral also.

    Just excellent shots!!thumb.gif WOW!!
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    jwear wrote:
    wow very nice the kestrel thumb.gif all good but the K is very nice clap.gif

    Thanks Jeff. I was very happy with the kestrel shot.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    riddim_maker wrote:
    Alright, that's it for me, I'm packing my gear and I'm moving to Florida.
    I don't care too much for house cleaning so maybe I can move in next door and hire your cleaning lady, she can come work for me on a daily basis while I go out taking picture. rolleyes1.gif
    Nice variety, Harry. Excellent as usual

    Come on down Russ. You can even take pics on days when the cleaning gal isn't coming over. :D

    Thanks for the kind words.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2006
    Rohirrim wrote:
    Nice series Harry, good to see some of the "other" birds. Love the Kildeer shot.

    Thanks Steve. Its nice to have a variety of birds to shoot.
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited March 10, 2006
    Nice stuff Harry. I've never seen a killdeer before. thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Nice shots, Harry!

    (I never cleaned before, or after, a cleaning woman......but then I am an artist: does that fly? No, I don't mean as in BIF.)

    And, yes, I used to be able to afford a weekly cleaning woman, with whom I left the kids, or whatever and went to whatever was equivalent for the "wetlands" in those days.) It would have been too embarrassing to just watch her clean, though I did nap sometimes.

    ginger

    Thanks Ginger. We agree on getting out of the house while the cleaning gal does her number. :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2006
    snapapple wrote:
    Great set, Harry. I love the angle on that kestral. thumb.gif Looks like you were above him. Sometimes I think you must fly like a bird. You seem to be "up close and personal" with them. The sign of a good photographer, you might say.clap.gif

    Thanks Snappy. That kestrel shot wasn't easy. He is always roosting on that sign post but the road leads straight at it. I can't shoot through the front car window and when I got out of the car he flew off.

    I got fairly close to him in the car and I drove off the road and down the embankment which is at an approximately 45 degree angle until my driver's side window was parallel to him and then took my shot.
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  • luckydogluckydog Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2006
    Great stuff Harry. I like the Kildeer too. Especially since it's not a regular.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2006
    pathfinder wrote:
    Superb series Harry. I love the clarity of the Kildeere and the Kestral also.

    Just excellent shots!!thumb.gif WOW!!

    Thanks PF. I had some excellent light that day.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2006
    Angelo wrote:
    Nice stuff Harry. I've never seen a killdeer before. thumb.gif

    Thanks Angelo. You have to consider also that the killdeer hasn't seen you before either. :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2006
    luckydog wrote:
    Great stuff Harry. I like the Kildeer too. Especially since it's not a regular.

    Thanks. I was very happy to get the killdeer shot because they are rather shy.
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  • robert mccanerobert mccane Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2006
    very nice pic's:):
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