Morning Drive

[Harryb]

Hi you'll, :wave

We have had very unFlorida like weather for this past weekend, cold and rainy. :confused I couldn't shoot at all. This morning it was still chilly but it wasn't raining so I had an hour this morning so I hopped in the car and drove down to the wetlands and it was a beautiful morn.

[Harryb]

the joint was jumping

[Harryb]

a Creasted Caracara was perched on the observation platform

[Harryb]

as always a heron was around (tricolored heron)






It was a fine morning

Harry

[GREAPER]

Chilly huh... Drop below 80? :rofl

[Michiel de Brieder]

Harry my friend,

I am really in awe of your use of the 'magic morning light' The Caracara is outstanding, the Egret overwhelming and the landscape photos are also very appealing. I especially dig the sharpness of the first one. The richness in colours in these photos is superb. There's a lot to learn from ya ol' man :wink

:clap thanks for sharing Harry!

[Shakey]

Aye Caracara ! er I mean Aye Carumba this is a great photo.

Nice work as usual Harry.:bow

Tim

[Harryb]

Chilly huh... Drop below 80? :rofl
It was terrible! We went below 60 degrees F.:eek1 I had to wear long pants AND a long sleeved shirt.:yikes Oh, the humanity.

Harry

[Dee]

It was terrible! We went below 60 degrees F.:eek1 I had to wear long pants AND a long sleeved shirt.:yikes Oh, the humanity.

Harry

Dropped to the 50s during the day, brrrrrrr. Had to bring one plant in. At least it got back to 60 yesterday and it was a nice day. I think my blood has thinned after almost 20 years away from the NY/NJ area. But I still don't like the heat either, LOL.

[USAIR]

Great to see your photos
Really liked the last two very nice

It's 10 degs here going to 6 tonight
My Mom and Dad have a house in St.Petersburg ...it might be a good time for a visit

Thanks
Fred

[jwear]

all are great MR H but the heron is just perfect crop background the shot is great HARRY I have benn tying to find a bird in the heron or crane fam. the bill is thicker not so slim and pointed do have any idea oh yea and large not a small one JEFF :bow :clap

[ian408]

The Caracara is an interesting looker. But it's the tri-color that I like.

Ian

[Harryb]

Harry my friend,

I am really in awe of your use of the 'magic morning light' The Caracara is outstanding, the Egret overwhelming and the landscape photos are also very appealing. I especially dig the sharpness of the first one. The richness in colours in these photos is superb. There's a lot to learn from ya ol' man :wink

:clap thanks for sharing Harry!
Sounds you've been hanging out with Andy with this "ole man" stuff. :wink

I love shooting in the morning. The light this morning was particularly sweet coming after two days of rain. Thanks for the kind words.

Harry

[Harryb]

Aye Caracara ! er I mean Aye Carumba this is a great photo.

Nice work as usual Harry.:bow

Tim
Thanks Tim. I was happy with the Caracara shot because you usually can't get that close to them. If I had blown the shot I would have been a very unhappy camper.

Harry

[Harryb]

Dropped to the 50s during the day, brrrrrrr. Had to bring one plant in. At least it got back to 60 yesterday and it was a nice day. I think my blood has thinned after almost 20 years away from the NY/NJ area. But I still don't like the heat either, LOL.
I have lost my tolerance for cold weather. A year ago I was shooting in NYC by the river when the wind chill was below zero degrees. Now I think it's chilly if it goes below 70 degrees.

Harry

[ginger_55]

It was terrible! We went below 60 degrees F.:eek1 I had to wear long pants AND a long sleeved shirt.:yikes Oh, the humanity.

Harry
Here in the "south", you know, South Carolina, semi tropical southeast coast, it went down to the 20s. I did not go out yesterday, but I understand the temps were a high in the 40s. No cloud cover, that is why. Nothing to keep the heat in. The whole week is set to be cold.

So, your week probably will be, too.

I had a little talk with another photographer the other day, ran into him while I was shooting. Got lots of info. He says the birds are scarce right now. So we know where the birds are, and we know why. They don't like the cold either.

I assume they come back. I know they do, actually. And some pass through, etc. If a yr ago you were still in New York, what do you hear about your bird population as we get warmer and you do too?

I like your Car..... bird, by the way. I love herons, and yours is a particularly nice one, but the other one is unusual......I haven't seen one.

ginger

[Harryb]

Great to see your photos
Really liked the last two very nice

It's 10 degs here going to 6 tonight
My Mom and Dad have a house in St.Petersburg ...it might be a good time for a visit

Thanks
Fred
Fred, get away from that cold weather and get your butt down to Florida. Its a lot warmer and it has a lot of photo ops.

Thanks for stopping by and for thos ekind comments.

Harry

[Harryb]

all are great MR H but the heron is just perfect crop background the shot is great HARRY I have benn tying to find a bird in the heron or crane fam. the bill is thicker not so slim and pointed do have any idea oh yea and large not a small one JEFF :bow :clap
Thanks Jeff, glad you liked the pics. Could you give me a bit more info on the bird ID such as coloring, color of legs and bill, also when you say pointed is there a curve or is the bill straight?

Harry

[Steve Cavigliano]

the joint was jumping
Holy cow!!!

I don't see this many waterfowl, in a month :cry And they were all just sittin there waiting for Harry to come visit.....LOL

So you had cold and rain, I feel for you. Having to go out in 60 degree temps....brrrrrr:lol J/K, the weather has been lousy here too. But, if I knew there were like 20 egrets and herons waiting for me, I'd be wrapping the 20D in a gallon sized baggie and hittin the road:rofl

Nice pics Harry. You live in paradise and by god you've earned the right :thumb


Steve

[cmr164]

as always a heron was around (tricolored heron)


It was a fine morning

Harry
Outstanding

[Harryb]

The Caracara is an interesting looker. But it's the tri-color that I like.

Ian
The tricolored are fun to shoot. They are very expressive and not as shy around humans as some of the other herons.

Harry

[Harryb]

20 degrees, please I don't want to consider the possibility. We have an active bird population year round. In nYC the birds weren't active until the spring but that was ok because I wasn't too active in the winter either. :D

The Caracara is an interesting bird. They are vulture like hawks getting most of their meals from carrion.

Harry

[Harryb]

Holy cow!!!

I don't see this many waterfowl, in a month :cry And they were all just sittin there waiting for Harry to come visit.....LOL

So you had cold and rain, I feel for you. Having to go out in 60 degree temps....brrrrrr:lol J/K, the weather has been lousy here too. But, if I knew there were like 20 egrets and herons waiting for me, I'd be wrapping the 20D in a gallon sized baggie and hittin the road:rofl

Nice pics Harry. You live in paradise and by god you've earned the right :thumb


Steve
Hey Steve,

The funny thing is that I probably passed more birds on the way to the wetlands than I found in the wetlands. They were all over the local ponds and lakes. It just didn't seem right to shoot one with a big house in the background. Just didn't have that "wildife" feel.

Its a good thing I'm a dedicated photograoher or I don't think I would have gone out in those frigid conditions. :roll

Harry

[ehughes]

Excellent Stuff Harry, I had never seen a Creasted Caracara before, great capture.

All of our Birds here seem to have migrated to your place for the winter, all I've seen lately are crows.

Have you spotted that Eagle lately?

Ed

[Harryb]

Outstanding
Thank you Charles.

Harry

[Harryb]

Excellent Stuff Harry, I had never seen a Creasted Caracara before, great capture.

All of our Birds here seem to have migrated to your place for the winter, all I've seen lately are crows.

Have you spotted that Eagle lately?

Ed
Thanks Ed. We have a family of Caracaras that hang out by the Wetlands. I've never even heard of them before I moved down here.

I saw an eagle just the other day. He had the poor taste to be backlit so Icoldn't get a decent shot of him. :cry

Harry