Crex Meadows, in Wisconsin.

davev

Went to Crex Meadows over the weekend.
Here are some shots.


This is a Harrier Hawk








Sandhill Crains




Bittern


Blanding's turtle.

photodoug

I like the comp and clarity on #1 and I like the exposure and expression on the turtle

GREAPER

Great set. Well done.

Ric Grupe

Dave,

I really like the turtle and the crains.

Harryb

Love the sandhill shots and good capture of the elusive bittern.

raptorcaptor

Nice shots Dave!

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful shots Dave

dbaker1221

those are great shots!

davev

Thanks Guys.

There was still quite a few sandhills around, maybe a few hundred. The Harriers were everywhere. Had to be 5 or 6 of them flying in my general area.

The bittern scared the crap out me.
I was shooting the hawk shots, and this large bird flies about 5 feet over my head. This was the first time I had seen one, so I didn't even know what kind of bird it was.
Nobody told me taking bird pics was going to be dangerous.

Thanks again for looking.

Dick on Aruba

Beautiful series Dave. I like the 5th the most.

Don't you fing that the turtle watching you a bit unfriendly?

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

JohnDC

Nice shots!
Dave --- I especially liked the bittern and the larger group of flying cranes. Great pics! --- John

davev

Thanks again guys.

I'm hoping to get up there again this weekend.
I've heard reports that the sandhills are just moving in. It seems kind of late for that to happen, but I'll be in the area, so I'll check it out.

Here are a couple more from the last trip.

The morning clouds with some sandhills in the distance.



It was a breezy day, when the cranes came in for a landing, it looked like they were walking on air.

Skywalkers.



After a long day, it's time to fly off into the sunset.



Thanks again everyone.

gluwater

Really nice series Dave. I just love Harriers and your sandhill shots are excellent.