BACKYARD BIRDS -Nikon 300mm F4.5 AIS MF lens-Click pictures to make them bigger

We are waiting to see what the storm, Hanna, does.  We don’t know whether it will pass us or come across Florida and hit us.  We wait and watch and this month will have many storms. Most come across the Atlantic from Africa and gather strength as they move.  We hope that GUSTAV does not hit [...]

ANHINGA WITH WINGS DRYING

While on the subject of Anhingas   here’s one I got recnetly of an Anhinga standing on a rock by the water with his wings drying. You can see the interesting pattern on the wings.
I got this with the old Nikon 75-150 AIS manual focus lens.
The water looks green because of the reflection of the Mangrove [...]

‘FLY OVER’ by WHITE IBIS

To my surprise the White Ibis came back… Here they are with one of them flying over the others.  He must have known something the others didn’t know

OLD NIKON 28MM F2 AIS MF LENS-BACKYARD SCENE

I found this old AIS Manual Focus lens and put it on the Nikon D3.  Went out back and got this picture just as the sun was starting to go down.  To the left of this scene is where I find all the birds.  This lake overflows when we have lots of rain and then [...]

CORMORANTS’ QUARTET -Nikon D300 Nikon 200VR + Nikon 1.4 TC

I didn’t hear these birds sing but I know that’s what they were doing.  I got these happy Cormorants at the Water Treatment Area STA 5 with the Nikon D300 DSLR camera and the Nikon 200mm F2 VR lens and the Nikon 1.4 teleconverter… That made it 420mm that I used for this picture.  The [...]

ANHINGA WITH FISH IN HIS (ooopps HER) THROAT :-)

This Anhinga is happy in the tree trying to swallow the big fish it just ate.  I see it in his (just read the facts and this is a HER) throat.  Usually I find these birds with their wings outspread.  They have to dry their wings before they can fly away….if in danger they just [...]

TWO CORMORANTS IN A TREE Before the Visitor arrived

Here is a picture of the two Cormorants in the tree before the ”visitor’ arrived.  You can see what happened when the ‘visitor’  arrived in the picture in the previous post.
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I took this with the Nikon D200 DSLR camera and the Nikon 200mm F2 VR [...]

CORMORANTS SQUABBLING-Nikon D200 and Nikon 200mm VR Lens

This is one of my favorite pictures. This  was  taken at the Water Treatment Area Station #5.  I used the Nikon D200 DSLR and the Nikon 200mm F2 VR lens.  Two Cormorants were sitting peacefully in the tree.  Along came the third one (on the right) and the two were very upset about the ‘visitor’.  [...]

WHITE IBIS taken with Nikon 180mm F2.8 AF and Kenko 1.4 TC

There is still  lots of water in our backyard where the Cypress Trees are.  So the birds come there every day to feed. Yesterday I found about twenty of the White Ibis hanging out in that area.  Here’s one of them.
That’s Spanish Moss hanging from the trees. It’s all over that area and I have [...]

CIRCUS ACT – ANHINGA

This Anhinga was doing an interesting act on the pole.  It seemed to be walking a ‘tight rope’.  I should not have gotten so much in focus but did in my haste to get the shot.  Usually I see the Anhingas standing just on the edge of the water with the wings outspread while drying [...]