A photographic study of powerlines

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited August 11, 2006 in Wildlife
Hi y'all,

Lets get one thing straight before we do the pictures. You will see power lines. If these power lines offend stop right now!!!!!!! Do not go any further.

I don't want to hear any of those "oh, the shot would be better w/o the power lines" comments. These damn birds love the frigging power lines and there's nothing I can do to change their minds. He have a gazillion trees around here but they like power lines. Consider it a statement of how caracaras are adapting and learning to live with man's intrusion into their environment.

Now that we have that straight here are the shots:

I was driving to the wetlands when I came upon a parent and a juvenile caracara sitting on a power line
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The juvie seem to be chewing off the parent's ear
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They spent a lot of time just looking out
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The parent knowing they had to look respectable since they are the national bird of Mexico took some time to groom itself.
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The juvie like all teenagers had no sense of decorum
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the juvie started to get restless (typcal teen)
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time to hit the road
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Naturally he flew a bit and joined his other parent who was sitting on another section of the frigging power line.
Harry
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2006
    Harry those powerlines would have looked much better without those pesky birds on them rolleyes1.gif. Great shots. The light looked lovely in the first three shots, had a nice yellow glow.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2006
    gluwater wrote:
    Harry those powerlines would have looked much better without those pesky birds on them rolleyes1.gif. Great shots. The light looked lovely in the first three shots, had a nice yellow glow.

    Darn it, Nick.....you took my line! nod.gif:D
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2006
    Birds gotta perch somewhere! I get tired of hearing the same old tired rhetoric too.

    Great shots again, Harry. :D

    I like it when you can get them just before takeoff.
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2006
    Lets get one thing straight before we do the pictures. You will see power lines. If these power lines offend stop right now!!!!!!! Do not go any further.
    Harry can you please pm me and tell me what the picture was ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif was it an eagle or a NH [a good one] maybe a kingfisher ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif the power lines shocked me so I missed the shot :cry :cry you will hear from my attorney :D
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  • mushymushy Registered Users Posts: 643 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Nothing wrong with a bird using the urban jungle as a vantage point, love the last one by the way, perfect timing as he turns and launchesthumb.gif
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  • gildcogildco Registered Users Posts: 179 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Very attractive set, Harry. That 500mm lens sure does capture the details. I wonder how many Social Security checks I would need to get me one (but Canon, of course)?
    Gil
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    They are very elegant birds, and you photographed them very well! clap.gif
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Awesome captures Harry. The Caracara is a beautiful birds.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Harry,

    Glad you got them! Beautiful!!! I only see them in the pine with the horrible backlight!
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    gluwater wrote:
    Harry those powerlines would have looked much better without those pesky birds on them rolleyes1.gif. Great shots. The light looked lovely in the first three shots, had a nice yellow glow.

    Thanks Nick. It was early morning and the sun was rising to the right of the birds and they were lit up with that warm early light.
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    If I can't comment about the powerlines......... I'm taking my electrifying comments and going home. thumb.gif
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  • CharlaCharla Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Beautiful power lines Harry! clap.gifclap.gif

    Oh yeah, the birds are nice too... mwink.gifmwink.gifmwink.gif
  • SteveFSteveF Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Beautiful birds - too bad about the power lines.



    Oh hold it - wrong thread. rolleyes1.gifmwink.gif
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  • NappaloniaNappalonia Registered Users Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Nice story to go along with great shots!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    Great as always i really love this bird since you posted its 1st shotiloveyou.gif
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2006
    And here I thought....
    Oh, how nice, Harry's doing a photographic essay on power line configurations in Florida -- Yay, no birds for once. You can imagaine my disappointment. I was looking forward to some Harryb artistic intepretation of powerlines!:cry
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  • ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    You're quite the innovator, Harry.
    I've gotten bitched out quite a few times in my life, but never BEFORE looking at a post! :soapbox
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    I really like the birds but why did you *BZZZZT!* Ow! shoot them on the BZZZT! SNAP! Ow! power lines? :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Birds gotta perch somewhere! I get tired of hearing the same old tired rhetoric too.

    Great shots again, Harry. :D

    I like it when you can get them just before takeoff.

    Thank you Ric. I think the next time someone has a bird in a tree I'm going to say "nice shot but it would have been better if the bird was on a power line, no leaves to block the subject you know" rolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    jwear wrote:
    Lets get one thing straight before we do the pictures. You will see power lines. If these power lines offend stop right now!!!!!!! Do not go any further.
    Harry can you please pm me and tell me what the picture was ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif was it an eagle or a NH [a good one] maybe a kingfisher ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif the power lines shocked me so I missed the shot :cry :cry you will hear from my attorney :D


    I was afraid of this. rolleyes1.gif Some folks just can't deal with this kind of shocking material. biggrinbounce2.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    mushy wrote:
    Nothing wrong with a bird using the urban jungle as a vantage point, love the last one by the way, perfect timing as he turns and launchesthumb.gif

    Thanks but I moved down to Florida to get away from the urban jungle. :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    gildco wrote:
    Very attractive set, Harry. That 500mm lens sure does capture the details. I wonder how many Social Security checks I would need to get me one (but Canon, of course)?

    Thanks Gil. The 500 is an outstanding piece of glass. I took a few shots with my 80-400 before I set up the tripod and the 500 and it didn't come close to the 500 except for one shot.

    It would take quite a few SSA checks to get the Canon version.:uhoh
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    Yeah Yeah nice well exp Power Lines !

    Oh the Vultures are well, ROCKIN !! showOff rolleyes1.gif

    Limpkin and Caracara are not fair to us Westies, and where is that KF ne_nau.gif :wow rolleyes1.gif :hide :uhohrolleyes1.gif

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    They are very elegant birds, and you photographed them very well! clap.gif

    Thanks Glenn. They do look pretty good for carrion eaters.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2006
    Dick on Aruba wrote:
    Awesome captures Harry. The Caracara is a beautiful birds.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Dick.

    Thanks Dick wave.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
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    Trish323 wrote:
    Harry,

    Glad you got them! Beautiful!!! I only see them in the pine with the horrible backlight!

    Thaks Trish. You got to get out to the wetlands in the early morning :eek1 (I know that's not esy for you :snore :haha). The last 3 times I've seen them was in the morning on Wickham hanging out on the power lines.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    If I can't comment about the powerlines......... I'm taking my electrifying comments and going home. thumb.gif

    Thanks for stopping by wave.gif and I'm sorry that I denied you the opportunity to express your thoughts about power lines. :bs
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Charla wrote:
    Beautiful power lines Harry! clap.gifclap.gif

    Oh yeah, the birds are nice too... mwink.gifmwink.gifmwink.gif

    Thanks Charla. Those were the prettiest power lines I've seen for a good while. :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    SteveF wrote:
    Beautiful birds - too bad about the power lines.

    :pissed :rambo
    Oh hold it - wrong thread. rolleyes1.gifmwink.gif

    "wrong thread" - damn straight "wrong thread". :whip
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Nappalonia wrote:
    Nice story to go along with great shots!

    Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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