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A few from the summer

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited October 4, 2008 in Wildlife
Hi Y'all,

Just a few captures from this past summer

a young least bittern
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as soon as he realized that he wasn't obscured he remedied that immediately
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a black-necked stilt chick
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a Stilt parent with a two day old chick
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the whole family, the chick on the far left was one day old
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a couple of BIFs
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Harry
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    IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2008
    Nice set, Harry! thumb.gif Good job on getting that Least Bittern out in the open.
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    kgarrett11kgarrett11 Registered Users Posts: 525 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2008
    Good job Harry, I like #6 and 7 the best.
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    MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2008
    Nice set Harry. The last stilt image has great leg and wing positioning and the spoonbill bif is very good! thumb.gif
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    CatoCato Registered Users Posts: 287 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2008
    Love the shots! The birds seem so exotic to me. The 2nd least bittern shot is amazing to look at clap.gif, and both BIFs & last stilt are great for study. thumb.gif
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2008
    IraRunyan wrote:
    Nice set, Harry! thumb.gif Good job on getting that Least Bittern out in the open.

    Thanks Ira. Its always luck with the bitterns. I've seen them so many times but they were rarely out in the open enough for a capture. I don't know how many hours I've spent watching them and waiting for a photo op.
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    NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2008
    Love the spoonbill and the skipping stilt. But they're all excellent thumb.gif
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    Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2008
    Can't pick just one...great set, Harry! thumb.gif

    I am partial to the Stilt reflection with the chick though. :D

    Then again...that Spoonbill...okay I'll stop now.rolleyes1.gif
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2008
    kgarrett11 wrote:
    Good job Harry, I like #6 and 7 the best.

    Thanks Keith. How have you been?
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    dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2008
    excellent Harry:ivar wings.gif
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    DocdppDocdpp Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited September 27, 2008
    Looks like you had a great summer Harry. Excellent series.

    doc
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2008
    Maestro wrote:
    Nice set Harry. The last stilt image has great leg and wing positioning and the spoonbill bif is very good! thumb.gif

    Thanks Stephen, I was real happy with that stilt he put on a fine show and assumed some nice poses.
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    evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2008
    Hey Harry, congrats on the bitternbowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif

    As we have come to expect from you, they're all good, but sheesh, you did an outstanding job on that bitternclap.gif
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2008
    Cato wrote:
    Love the shots! The birds seem so exotic to me. The 2nd least bittern shot is amazing to look at clap.gif, and both BIFs & last stilt are great for study. thumb.gif

    Thaks Cato
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2008
    articblooms wrote:
    Love the spoonbill and the skipping stilt. But they're all excellent thumb.gif

    Thanks much Dan.
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    GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2008
    Hi Harry
    Nice shots
    The little chicks are so cute:>))
    Best Regards
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Can't pick just one...great set, Harry! thumb.gif

    I am partial to the Stilt reflection with the chick though. :D

    Then again...that Spoonbill...okay I'll stop now.rolleyes1.gif

    Hey Ric,

    Thans for the kind words. Glad you enjoye dthe pics.
    Harry
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2008
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    excellent Harry:ivar wings.gif

    Thanks Dave
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    Docdpp wrote:
    Looks like you had a great summer Harry. Excellent series.

    doc

    Thanks Doc, summer in Florida are usually pretty good for photography.
    Harry
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    evil eggplant wrote:
    Hey Harry, congrats on the bitternbowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif

    As we have come to expect from you, they're all good, but sheesh, you did an outstanding job on that bitternclap.gif

    Thanks Rich. You have to understand that I took around 50 shots of that bittern to get decent captures out of that batch. I'm a big believer in the law of averages. :D
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    HarvHarv Registered Users Posts: 1,105 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    Excellent set, Harry. I love the second image of the least bittern. It's a scream. I actually laughed out loud here.
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2008
    Gale wrote:
    Hi Harry
    Nice shots
    The little chicks are so cute:>))

    Thanks Gale, I'll be giving you a call soon. The banquet is tonite and I'll have my life back again. clap.gif
    Harry
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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2008
    Harv wrote:
    Excellent set, Harry. I love the second image of the least bittern. It's a scream. I actually laughed out loud here.

    Thanks Harv, bitterns are fun to shoot when you're lucky enough to find them in the semi-open.
    Harry
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