Wildlife Photography

[kcowyo]

Hi Kcowyo, Yeah it is an Elephant Seal. He was about 10 feet long and close to 4 feet across. My wife and I were out hiking at Pt Reyes St Park and came across him on one of the beaches. His bellows were pretty amazing!

Mark

Thanks.

I wish we could've seen one on the beach but they stayed in the water. I couldn't even begin to describe that sound to others. Amazing indeed. We really enjoyed the Monterey Bay area.

Mark, do you still have your FWC?

- KC

 

[\\'anderer]

Big horn sheep, was checking us out after we startled it.

 

[marke]

Thanks.

I wish we could've seen one on the beach but they stayed in the water. I couldn't even begin to describe that sound to others. Amazing indeed. We really enjoyed the Monterey Bay area.

Mark, do you still have your FWC?

- KC

Hi KC, They are amazing. If you are ever in Northern California in late January, check out around Point Reyes National Seashore area. They are often sitting on the beaches sunning themselves.
I still have the FWC and still love it.

Mark

 

[cowboy4x4]

suprise

We came upon this guy while exploring a narrow canyon on the Mojave trail.

 

[DaJudge]

Great shots! Nice to see the little ones.:sombrero:

Thanks!

 

[Nullifier]

THis was from the Galapagos. It's a raw unedited image. I crawled into a tidal pool to get it about 3' witha small Olypus SW 720 pocket camera. We had been snorkeling so I did not have my 10D unfortunetly.

These are from a few months ago I was on the Hillsborough river doing a guided trip. These were a few highlight shots from the day again unedited just raw stuff.

Baby gators

Blue Heron Hunting in the pennywart

Anhinga drying out

Almost clear Limpkin I was bummed this shot didn't come out.

headless Roseatte Spoonbill Just in from the gulf you can tell by the vivid coloration. Brine adds vibrance to the wading birds.

Spoonbill with a head LOL!

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

A skunk......

 

[Nullifier]

oh brave soul you are!!!

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

oh brave soul you are!!!

That is on the walk from my night class.... i see atleast 4 every wednesday night. They seem to have poor eye sight.... so I creep right up on them.

 

[Jacket]

Another cool visitor (or should I say visitors) to the homestead. A group of Cedar Waxwings decided to drop in today - probably the lack of water around the area drew them to our oasis.

An amazing bird really - beautiful colors, and a cool crest (not shown).

And not to be outdone, a clan of grubby Starlings scared them off and drained the watering hole.

A crazy day here at Chez Jacket.:cow:

 

[Ursidae69]

Another cool visitor (or should I say visitors) to the homestead. A group of Cedar Waxwings decided to drop in today - probably the lack of water around the area drew them to our oasis.

An amazing bird really - beautiful colors, and a cool crest (not shown).

Awesome photos of the cedar waxwings. I have never gotten a good look at one other than a glancing binocular view. Very cool photos. :victory:

 

[cybercat]

More traffic on White Rim Trail.

 

[Clark White]

WOW. How did you get them to land on your hand like that?

 

[Ursidae69]

WOW. How did you get them to land on your hand like that?

I'm permitted for bird banding and work in my yard occasionally with mist-nets. :costumed-smiley-007 They are in their winter plumage now and are pretty drab, the finches will be brilliant in a few more months.

 

[Clark White]

Thats cool! I don't think I've ever actually seen anyone hold a little bird like that.