Monday, January 30, 2012
Eagle dipping for fish parts
The 'Fish Lady' at Portugese Joe's [local fish monger], tosses fish parts out onto the beach and 20 or so eagles enjoy a life of luxury living, dipping for fish. Your odds of being there at the right time are best from 3pm to 4:30 pm. The Tamron 70 - 300 auto focus gets about one in five of these shots in focus.
Eagle weather vane on a windy day
Quite a strong wind blowing today. He is resting after eating fish.
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Gull at risk
Young eagle is diving for fish parts and the gull with gall closes in closely following to pick up his share. Gulls can be eagle food....when there is no free fish around. Tamron 70 -300mm f4.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Hummer Gold 2
Well Waddyaknow, honeysuckle....mmmmmm king of nectars.
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Hummer Gold 4
Gotta get to the bottom of this.
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Hummer Gold 6
This is delicate work. Really tasty though.
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Eagle Angst 11
What the heck?
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Eagle Angst 10
Was that a pesky crow?
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Eagle Angst 8
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Eagle Angst 7
What is this fellow's problem?
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Eagle Angst 6
Something is causing angst to this regal eagle.
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Eagle Angst 4
On some passes the crow will actually hit 'Baldy' on the back. What nerve!
Most images using a Tamron 70 - 300mm & Canon T2i. Datestamp photos are Kodak Z980 point & zoom..24X
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Plover..Black fronted?
These are more common on the Pacific ocean [west], shoreline of Vancouver Island. A real treat to see them on this side. Snazzy looking birds.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Trumpters Galore
Serene looking, yet the Courtenay bypass is only dozens of yards away. These trumpeter swans winter over here every year and the traffic is gracefully ignored.
Swan Junior Lonesome
This young one came gliding along the shore line at Lafarge on the Courtenay delta all alone. No parents and no family in sight at all. The colouring seems different than the other young Trumpters. Hope he rejoined others eventually. Very calm and deliberate.
Red Horse frosty whiskers
This super alert attention is unusual for grazing horses. Someone honked a harsh sounding car horn 400 yards distant....thus the searching gaze.
Trumpter Junior
Junior is giving me the eye. He was with his parents in the river at Lewis Park in Courtenay. Similar to the young Trumpeter who slowly glided along the shoreline at Lafarge all alone,... no parents,.. no siblings.
Nature or returning to it
Comic relief? No, just and old workhorse about to be abandoned in a field. Must go back and get a photo with the grasses growing up through openings.
Mallard vs Green Teal
The beak is orange and grey while the Green Wing Teal is usually dark grey. When the Green under wing patch is hidden, they look quite similar.
Lontail Junior
Last year over the fall and winter months there were only one or two adults around this part of the Courtenay delta. This year there have been dozens in the Courtenay river mouth and out through the delta. Ratio is about one to ten adults to juniors.
Gull with odd beak
There,s that top banded beak again. Thre seems to be a colony of banded beak gulls around the Courtenay river delta. New trend? Of course, this is called the Robinson Gull after Tony R. who discovered this recent version...a gene from the Great Auk, no doubt.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Scoter and lady friend
This should be cropped, yet there may be reasons to leave poor quality alone. These guys eat clams in the shell... the whole clam. Big throat no doubt.
Glacier birds
Sort of far off. This is a starter photo. Closer trumpets or whatever will come by eventually, but this will do for now.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Senior Yellow Rump?
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