Hey everyone!
I'm back from an amazing 3 day weekend. I'll be catching up with blogs again this week. I have a lot of work from the field stuff ahead and can't wait to share with you all some incredible discoveries. But for now, I leave you with the latest with my birding buddy
Kathie! And to be honest, she's not just a birding buddy anymore. She's my buddy. Period. So on with today's outing a little over week ago! Sometimes you have to stare and wonder. How in the world did this bird end up in the middle of the desert?
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| Red Tail Hawk |
But be quick! A magical window for bird spotting happens at the briefest moments of dawn.....when first light and birds meet together to begin the new day.
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| Western Meadowlark |
And if you don't get up, you can sometimes miss some of the most amazing things around you. Today's post was an early morning at 5 AM.
Kathie and I motivate each other to go searching for.....whatever.
And if you think you've figured out the desert, try not to.
So many surprises are hidden and you have to be ready to get it all on camera....
.....because you won't get another chance to film Lark Buntings on a fence line. They'll be in the bushes hiding for the rest of the day!
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| Lark Buntings |
Sometimes the human eye wonders if it is being tricked. But alas, in the quietest of experiences, one can capture the majesty of Mother Nature. And then like a thirsty desert survivor looking for water, a mirage appears and he wonders if he is seeing things correctly......
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| Great Egret |
Ocean birds in the desert!!! Two American White Pelicans with Double Crested Cormorants!
As they fly, an excitement happens and I forget that I'm bouncing on the car while capturing the birds in flight. It takes Kathie to break me from my reverie to keep still so that we both can get the shots:) Sometimes I get so caught up in the moment that I lose track of my surroundings.
But as this Pelican suggests, it's time to go. And at the end of an hour, the birds have also taken the hint and gone into hiding from the nasty heat of the desert. And like that dehydrated human in the desert heading towards the "water", it all disappears!
More tomorrow!!
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So many surprises are hidden and you have to be ready to get it all on camera....
As they fly, an excitement happens and I forget that I'm bouncing on the car while capturing the birds in flight. It takes Kathie to break me from my reverie to keep still so that we both can get the shots:) Sometimes I get so caught up in the moment that I lose track of my surroundings.
But as this Pelican suggests, it's time to go. And at the end of an hour, the birds have also taken the hint and gone into hiding from the nasty heat of the desert. And like that dehydrated human in the desert heading towards the "water", it all disappears!
More tomorrow!!
