Birds from my Lake Kissimme trip today.

[Canon_Bob]

Did a run through one of my favorite birding areas today....The Southeast side of Lake Kissimme. Tons of Bald Eagle activity, and even some Snail Kites. Here are a few images. All were handheld with the Canon 1DsMII, and the 600mm except the Vulture (used a tripod there):

Male Bobwhite:


Long-Billed Curlew:


Loggerhead Shrike:


Vulture:


And last but not least, a Contortionist Meadowlark


Tomorrow we are heading out at 3 AM deep into the Everglades. Our goal is to capture images of an American Crocodile. Don't know if we'll see any or not, but I'm betting the birding will be fun!

[Jaedon]

I love the shrike shot (on my life list still to see one) and the Meadowlark had me laughing as soon as I translated the word contortionist (yeah I know what it means.. my brain just did a back flip trying to recognize the word lol)

As for your Alligator hunt:

To quote the tour guide when we were at NASA last year....

"Crocodiles live in every lake, river, stream, and puddle in Florida so watch yourselves during your stay"

Shouldn't be too hard to find a few now should it Bob? lol


Have fun and stay safe

[Canon_Bob]

I love the shrike shot (on my life list still to see one) and the Meadowlark had me laughing as soon as I translated the word contortionist (yeah I know what it means.. my brain just did a back flip trying to recognize the word lol)

As for your Alligator hunt:

To quote the tour guide when we were at NASA last year....

"Crocodiles live in every lake, river, stream, and puddle in Florida so watch yourselves during your stay"

Shouldn't be too hard to find a few now should it Bob? lol


Have fun and stay safe

Actually, it's the Alligators that are easy to find. The American Crocodile is very rare and endangered, and only exist in a few places. The Everglades is one of them. I've had several Gator encounters over the past couple years. The closest call was when one came flying out of a small pond at me when I was setting up a shot on a Little Blue Heron. I have the pictues to prove it! He was a big one (12-14 feet). I didn't think I could still move that fast

[Dylan8i]

Alligators are awesome... i wish i still had the pictures of catching one on a class trip... it was only 4.5 feet but boy was it strong.

i still need to get back to the everglades now that im in to photography.


american crocodiles are pretty common in some areas (that power plant cooling pond) and places in central and south america id still like to see one though.


btw i love that curlew shot

[paulnj]

I love that bobwhite and BTW... Black vulture