Friday Night Photos Feathered Friends Edition
Welcome to Friday Night Photos everyone. Your once a week break from the daily madness of the crazy world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music, or whatever else you find of interest that helps you escape the madness.
After a very dry month with very low humidity we finally got a little rain this week on Sunday and Monday. Little being the key word. .21in. total. It wasn't much but it did help get the wildfires in the county under control. If we're lucky we may get a little more rain early next week. It won't be a lot, probably less than what we got this week, but every little bit helps.
A mix of some of the year round residents and winter visitors at Santee Lakes.
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Double-crested Cormorant
Male Mallard
Osprey
Black Phoebe
Male Northern Shoveler
Male Bufflehead
Male Bufflehead
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Comments
Gorgeous as always!
Your ability to connect birds in flight with water is astounding! And the Bufflehead putting feet to the water before flight.......Awesome!
Thanks.
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Hi, Pricknick
It took a lot of years to learn the finer points of good bird in flight photography and I'm still learning. Even now, for every good shot there's dozens that end up in the recycle bin.
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Hi Pricknick
It's nice to see you.
"putting feet to the water before flight" is quite an illustrative description of Social's photo of the bufflehead. I remember, when you talked about, or shared photos, of some of your canoeing or kayaking down peaceful waterways.
Wishing you well
Excellent images as per usual.
Although it is not likely it appears from the angle as if the Blue Heron plans to have a duck for lunch.
Hi, humphrey
I don't think the Coot has to much to worry about, but you're right, it does look like the GBH is checking it out.
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Nice. Again
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Lake effect….
Guess we’re getting some atmospheric river effect for a few days. But it’s a bummer that the temps are going to be in the 40-50 range.
But Sam still has her little patch of snow to roll in under the big pine tree.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
Hi, snoopy
With the lack of rain so far this winter we could use an atmospheric river or two. Hope Sam's patch of snow last until the next snowfall.
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Hi snoopy
I hope it raises the water levels without any flooding.
Sam will just have to play in the rain!
Hi Social
Wonderful bird photos, thank you.
The Shoveler looks something like a totem to me.
I do hope you get rain, I can appreciate how precious it is. We had one good rain in the past hot month, and now it's dry, dry,dry again.
Enjoy the weekend Social
Hi, Janis
You mentioned it being dry got me to wondering, do you get wildfires there?
Enjoy the rest of your weekend as well.
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I'm not sure
I would call them wildfires, but any of the fires in my surroundings could have turned into one. They were fairly quickly, in 2-3 days contained to a relatively small area in a very vast area of bush/forest. Being close to the ocean, many helicopters were able to drop water, in addition to the fire department on the ground.
Whenever there's a fire
near Santee Lakes the helicopters will use it as a source of water to fight the fire. Great for fighting the fire. Not so great for the fish that get scooped up.
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May the bird of paradise fly up your lens
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(within focal length)
great avian shots
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Hi, Q
This Bird of Paradise was good enough to fly up my lens last May.
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wow, that is astounding!
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took me awhile to figure out it is either a
flower bird in flight or a flying bird flower
amazing color scheme
thanks.
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I'll go with flying bird flower
This one was at the botanical gardens. It's the only yellow one I've seen.
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I did stop on my way home to watch
helicopters dropping materials off for road re-building that's finally starting after exactly 2 years since two devastating rain storms.
That's a lot of power lines to navigate
Strange seeing above ground power lines. Since the 80's all the cable, phone, and power lines are installed underground.
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NZ is a bit behind
California ; ).