quick stop & a wallhanger...(long post)

traunerk

So those of you here will sympathize with my need to occasionally stop off on the way home (don't tell my wife, please!) at a watering hole just off the highway. On this particular day, it was mostly overcast with a sun trying to break through clouds and usually not succeeding (until it did at the right moment - but more on that later...)

So the first thing I see is a Least Sandpiper (I think?)...



And then I see a mallard, no big deal, but not a bad view...




I looked up for a second, and there was a yellow warbler (at high ISO)...



Then the sun peeked out on a Spotted Sandpiper...




Ah...but as the sun dodged the clouds, what was that speck out over the far side of the water??? Mr. Osprey, of course...



So I tried to quietly and slowly move in for a closer look....



And then I tried to sneak even closer when he landed...



But alas, no wallhanger, as I spooked him and he flew away. Dejectedly, I walked back towards the other end of the lake towards my car and decided to have one last look at a corner of the lake I couldn't see from my previous vantage point....

And just then, the sun came out, the subject rose off the edge of the water, and I got lucky...so here is my wallhanger for the past couple of weeks...



Worth a few minutes every now and then, no?

Hope you enjoyed...regards...Keith

PS - spared you the cormorant, gull with a fish in its mouth, and a few others - it was an unusually productive 30+ minutes.....

Allen

Wow, excellent series, only 30 minutes? I wish I could do that in a day.
AL

kdog

Keith,

A shoot like that on the way home must have really put you in a great mood for the rest of the evening. Great shots.

Regards,
-joel

Harryb

A great stop Keith and that last one is a wall hanger.

traunerk

Thanks, Allen, Joel & Harry...
Comments of all kinds always appreciated.

Harry...that heron is already on the wall...:D

Regards...Keith

Harryb wrote:

A great stop Keith and that last one is a wall hanger.