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Birds in sequence

by: JulieWaters

Sat Mar 13, 2010 at 18:42:03 PM EST


This was a good week to be photographing hawks (among other birds).  This red-tail gave me some good looks at it:

This red-tailed hawk was much more willing to let me photograph it, but it still did not seem amused by my presence

This red-tailed hawk was much more willing to let me photograph it, but it still did not seem amused by my presence

This red-tailed hawk was much more willing to let me photograph it, but it still did not seem amused by my presence

This red-tailed hawk was much more willing to let me photograph it, but it still did not seem amused by my presence

This red-tailed hawk was much more willing to let me photograph it, but it still did not seem amused by my presence

JulieWaters :: Birds in sequence
This mallard was doing a mating display:

One nice feature of having a very fast camera (mine can do over five frames per second) is that you can get a nice series of shots such as this mallard doing its mating displays

One nice feature of having a very fast camera (mine can do over five frames per second) is that you can get a nice series of shots such as this mallard doing its mating displays

One nice feature of having a very fast camera (mine can do over five frames per second) is that you can get a nice series of shots such as this mallard doing its mating displays

One nice feature of having a very fast camera (mine can do over five frames per second) is that you can get a nice series of shots such as this mallard doing its mating displays

One nice feature of having a very fast camera (mine can do over five frames per second) is that you can get a nice series of shots such as this mallard doing its mating displays

The other red-tail I spotted was having none of it when I tried to photograph it:

Red-tailed hawk, as soon as I pulled over to photograph it.

Red-tailed hawk, as soon as I pulled over to photograph it.

Red-tailed hawk, as soon as I pulled over to photograph it.

Red-tailed hawk, as soon as I pulled over to photograph it.

Red-tailed hawk, as soon as I pulled over to photograph it.

Red-tailed hawk, as soon as I pulled over to photograph it.

Red-tailed hawk, as soon as I pulled over to photograph it.

Other birds included this flock of canada geese:

Canada geese in flight

And this rare Greater White-Fronted Goose (visitor from across the ocean which sometimes pops up around here in migration times):

Greater white fronted goose (first I've ever seen) with canada geese

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It's great to see the birds getting down to their spring thing! (4.00 / 1)
It kind of makes you look forward to mud season.  

Sadly, our next door neighbor just felled a huge black walnut tree that has always played host to the birds and beasts that like to visit our yard. Apparently, it was in his way.  I mourned it like a lost friend.


Geese (0.00 / 0)
Heard/saw my first few Canada geese flying over my house this morning -- for them we might be "almost home" (depending on where in Canada they might be going).

Where the snow is gone, some ground is crunch-collapsing. Other places covered with moss are starting to slip-slide if you're not careful walking.

Raccoons are raiding our suet feeder (although we seem to have one they haven't figured out how to open yet).

NanuqFC
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. - MLK, Jr.


The red tails are definitely back in force (0.00 / 0)
I think we saw 7 on a trip from Essex to/from Middlebury last weekend.  To be honest, we lost count.  We were even training the other teens in the car how to spot them, and one of them did!

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