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Birds of Prey, 56k warning, many pics

GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
edited March 22, 2013 in Wildlife
Today I had a chance to go to an open house at a local wildlife refuge.

I got to photograph many of their educational birds. These are birds that cannot survive in the wild.

I hope you enjoy them.

American Kestrel

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A red Shouldered Hawk

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A Saw-Whet Owl

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A Great Horned Owl

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A Peregrine Falcon

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A Barred Owl

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A Short Eared Owl

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An Immature American Bald Eagle

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HEY! WHo You callin Immature!!!?

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Thanks for lookin.

Brian
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    MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2007
    Excellent portraits, full of detail and good color balance in all!
    Stephen
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    CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2007
    Very Nice, beautiful subjects !
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    KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2007
    Great set. I really like the lighting of the first two and the comp of the perigrine and the last one.
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    Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    Beautiful portraits, Brian. Love the feather detail on the second, and love the attitude of the eagle!!!
    And of course I love owls!
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    BIG BROTHERBIG BROTHER Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    An outstanding series of Head and Shoulder shots clap.gif

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    Jim
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    bigpixbigpix Registered Users Posts: 371 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    just great...... the last one stands out......
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    dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    I love the close crops of these beautiful birds. Excellent. thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    Very nice, Brian. clap.gif
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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited May 13, 2007
    Nice set of raptor portraits there, Brian. thumb.gif

    It might be my imagination, but they look almost a little sad, or at least a bit resigned to their fate. Regardless, it's nice to see them in such detail.

    Regards,
    -joel
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    GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    Thx for the kind words evryone.

    I had not thought of them as looking sad until now, but I guess I can see it. It helps to remember that these birds would all b dead if they were not in captivity. Staving to death is a rough way to go.

    I almost deleted the last eagle shot due to the missing eye. He got hit by a train no less. It's hard to believe a bird that can fly would let itself get hit by a train.

    I copied and flipped and pasted the eye from his left on to his right, and did a little blending etc. I think it looks ok.
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    Hikin' MikeHikin' Mike Registered Users Posts: 5,459 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    Great set!
    - Mike
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    Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    Nice opportunity! great Shots!
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    Jody MelansonJody Melanson Registered Users Posts: 416 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    Really nice portraits! :)
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    JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    Beautiful birds! What a wonderful opportunity to photograph them. thumb.gif
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    SleepingWolfSleepingWolf Registered Users Posts: 117 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2007
    great collection
    =)
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    rmkochrmkoch Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Nice Pics!!!!!!!
    Thanks

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    N-IceN-Ice Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Some really nice shots. I know of a visit that I'll put on my list when I travel to the US.
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    GrayPlayerGrayPlayer Registered Users Posts: 26 Big grins
    edited March 19, 2013
    Great set! Kudos to you and the people responsible for their welfare.
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    Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2013
    Some very nice closeup work and nice portraits of all the birds.
    Regards - Dennis

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    PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2013
    Wonderful close-ups of a great variety of raptors! Best, Pam
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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited March 22, 2013
    "Sherman, set the Wayback machine for 2007". :giggle
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2013
    kdog wrote: »
    "Sherman, set the Wayback machine for 2007". :giggle

    I was waiting to see how long it would take before someone finally noticed. rolleyes1.gif

    Brian last activity here was in 2011 but I'm sure he would appreciate all the comments.
    Harry
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