2nd chance w/ a eagle

[windoze]

tehy say its better the 2nd time around....
http://windoze.smugmug.com/photos/17963757-M.jpg

[Harryb]

tehy say its better the 2nd time around....
Not bad Troy but you got to get out of the zoo and see them in real life
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17181873-L.jpg

[windoze]

easy for you to say... everywhere you go theres a egret or a heron or a something with wings.... Ya know what I got? PIGEONS and GULLS! Id love to get them in the wild but with the Zoo so close to my job ( I leave work at 3:00 and Im in the Zoo at 3:08 ) its the next best thing for me right now! I do have a trip in the works tro Alaska in the making however!!!!



troy

Not bad Troy but you got to get out of the zoo and see them in real life
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17181873-L.jpg

[jwear]

you are a show off :thumb troy the zoo may be cheating :dunno [6 of my 15 are zoos ] but a great shot is a great shot after going to the seminars with some national geo guys i think 50% of their shots are more than cheats .A shot of a cowgirl plus a few others running thier horses into a river this guy had them doing it over and over the horse was beat and cowgirl was ready to kick photo boys butt [more than a bird butt would have have takin 4 of 10 kicks ]and in the end a full page great shot :thumb :clap Jeff

[bfjr]

Like I said wait for a classic pose, well done :thumb :thumb

[Harryb]

easy for you to say... everywhere you go theres a egret or a heron or a something with wings.... Ya know what I got? PIGEONS and GULLS! Id love to get them in the wild but with the Zoo so close to my job ( I leave work at 3:00 and Im in the Zoo at 3:08 ) its the next best thing for me right now! I do have a trip in the works tro Alaska in the making however!!!!



troy
Hey Troy just busting your chops and getting you back up to the top of the page. When I lived in NYC I had a different position:rofl

[David_S85]

they say its better the 2nd time around....
http://windoze.smugmug.com/photos/17963757-M.jpg

:thumb

Troy, if this is the "better second time around" shot (which is so good it should be emblazened on the back of a US coin), then I can't wait to see the results of your "third time is a charm" shots.

[Kirwin]

Hi Troy,

I know how you feel. Before moving down to Florida... pickins were pretty limited for decent bird pics. Rather difficult to make a drab brown sparrow look majestic. The birds down here are so flippin' unafraid of the camera compared to the way it was up north. Great shot and thanks for sharin'.

[windoze]

THANX!!! Im willing to get up early and even go in the woods, but im thinking the only thing im gonna find are tics.....ive never seen a owl in my neck of the wooods.......



troy

Hi Troy,

I know how you feel. Before moving down to Florida... pickins were pretty limited for decent bird pics. Rather difficult to make a drab brown sparrow look majestic. The birds down here are so flippin' unafraid of the camera compared to the way it was up north. Great shot and thanks for sharin'.

[Dixie]

THANX!!! Im willing to get up early and even go in the woods, but im thinking the only thing im gonna find are tics.....ive never seen a owl in my neck of the wooods.......

troy
Troy, don't know what part of New York you live in, but I lived in New York for almost seven years and use to shoot up around Bear Mountain Bridge and had pretty good luck with the wildlife. The Appalachian Trail goes right through there so plenty of access to get out the animals.

I also did well in the Allegheny National Forest just south of Jamestown (mostly in Pennsylvania), the Adirondacks north of Albany, the Catskill Mountains (nw of Newburgh), and last, but not least, around the fingerlakes, especially around Seneca and Cayuga Lakes.

...and spring is the best time to hit them. :thumb

Good shooting.

[windoze]

actually, im quite near bear mountain - are u saying they have eagles there??? I really should get more involved w/ wildlife ........



troy

Troy, don't know what part of New York you live in, but I lived in New York for almost seven years and use to shoot up around Bear Mountain Bridge and had pretty good luck with the wildlife. The Appalachian Trail goes right through there so plenty of access to get out the animals.

I also did well in the Allegheny National Forest just south of Jamestown (mostly in Pennsylvania), the Adirondacks north of Albany, the Catskill Mountains (nw of Newburgh), and last, but not least, around the fingerlakes, especially around Seneca and Cayuga Lakes.

...and spring is the best time to hit them. :thumb

Good shooting.

[Dixie]

actually, im quite near bear mountain - are u saying they have eagles there??? I really should get more involved w/ wildlife ........

troy
Troy, it's been almost 25 years since I left, but there were when I lived there. I lived right outside Newburgh at the time, not far from Washington's winter encampment back during the RW.

Sometimes you can get too involved with the wildlife. I was trying to shoot turtles in a pond right outside of Newburgh. I was laying in tall grass being very still waiting on the turtles to climb up on a log sticking out of the pond. Next thing I knew, I felt something brush against my chest (I was up on my elbows) and my worst fear was a snake so I must have gone six feet straight up in the air. I don't know who left the longer brown trail, me or that poor chipmunk who was just trying to find some shade.

[Dixie]

Here is a link to where eagles have been spotted in NY during the last few years. Maybe it will help you find some. ...and yes, some have been spotted in the Newburgh, Highland Falls, West Point areas around the Hudson River north of Bear Mountain Bridge.

http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/directory/NY.html