Solitary Sandpipers
If these aren’t Solitary Sandpipers, let me know and I’ll change it!
Great Egret out of the dark
Just when I was thinking it would be nice to have a candle in a little lantern on the canoe incase it got too dark on the river, I realized the opportunity to get these bright white birds on a dark background. My favourite look for photographing horses, finally I would have the opportunity with wildlife. While others looked on wonder what the heck I was photographing in the dark, I created these. The wonders of shooting on manual.
Great White Egret at sunset
Paddling in the evening … I love it
River Otter
I was so surprised when this big fellow barked at me I almost dropped my camera, it’s a wonder that I got a shot at all because he dove and was gone in a flash!
Bald Eagle Chicks
I haven’t seen much of the Bald Eagles in the valley this summer, so I had thought they had left. I was so happy to go canoeing with my son and find that they are indeed back and raining two chicks again this year. This makes it three years in a row that they have anger to raise two, usually one eats the other if there isn’t enough food …
