A morning at Cranberry Marsh and Pringle Creek

Harv

I hooked up this morning with a couple of buddies for a few hours. We started out with the Cranberry Marsh at the bottom of Halls Road in Ajax and ended up at Pringle Creek in Whitby.

All shots today taken with my 1D MkIIn and 400/5.6L mounted on the BushHawk Shoulder Mounted Rocket Launcher.

Just after arriving at the Cranberry Marsh, this guy/gal blew in over the treetops behind us and I barely had time for a couple of quick 'butt' shots. I'm thinking it might be an immature sharp-shinned but could sure use some help with the ID.





After a short while we wandered further down to come in from the lake side where this GBH made itself available for a few shots.



We then packed up and headed over to Pringle Creek. The morning was overcast so there is not a lot of punch in these shots, but at least there were some opportunities.

One flyover by a small flock of cormorants.





We were then fortunate enough to catch a few inflights of this GBH.











And of course, we need one 'cute' shot.



Thanks for looking.

thegridrunner

Cool pictures, you are really good at panning.

Harv

thegridrunner wrote:

Cool pictures, you are really good at panning.

Thanks a lot, Patrick. The BushHawk is a big help in the panning department.

Maestro

Very nice set Harv especially the GBH series! So that Bushhawk did a good job, uh? I have been thinking about one of those.

jonh68

I like the heron landings the best. Great shots all around!

Harv

Maestro wrote:

Very nice set Harv especially the GBH series! So that Bushhawk did a good job, uh? I have been thinking about one of those.

Thanks, Stephen. Yes, I find the BushHawk is a big help for in-flight shots. It takes some getting used to but it soon becomes second nature.

Harv

jonh68 wrote:

I like the heron landings the best. Great shots all around!

Thanks very much.

Dee

I really enjoyed the cormorant shots because I so rarely see photos of them in flight! And of course the other photos are excellent too!

Ric Grupe

My pick.



...this is one of the few moments that a GBH looks graceful IMO.

BBiggs

I think #6 and #8 are the best! I like how you caught the wings in motion in #6 and the landing shot in #8 is great!

dbaker1221

All good Harv!!!!! like the Heron shots best. excellent job

Harv

Dee wrote:

I really enjoyed the cormorant shots because I so rarely see photos of them in flight! And of course the other photos are excellent too!

Thanks very much, Dee.

Harv

Ric Grupe wrote:

My pick.



...this is one of the few moments that a GBH looks graceful IMO.

Thanks a lot, Ric. As always, it's appreciated.

Harv

BBiggs wrote:

I think #6 and #8 are the best! I like how you caught the wings in motion in #6 and the landing shot in #8 is great!

Thanks very much, Brenton.

Harv

dbaker1221 wrote:

All good Harv!!!!! like the Heron shots best. excellent job

Thanks a lot, Dave. Appreciated.