A day at the beach

Here are a few photos from our weekend "trip" down the street. :) It's very nice, but also very HOT! :eek:

Thanks Penny... I asked my son if he was digging his way to China. :D I couldn't resist!

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Originally Posted by kkraczek

Here are a few photos from our weekend "trip" down the street. :) It's very nice, but also very HOT! :eek:

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These are nice, and number three is hilarious! Great capture!

tell your son.........

that the sea turtles use the REAR legs to dig a hole :D

BTW....they hastched months ago , so HE WON'T FIND EGGS (eapecially so close to the water)

Thanks Paul, but they have the nests marked at this beach... it's a wildlife refuge. :) They actually continue to lay eggs here through September! Here's another photo of Alex in his "tunnel". :D

AH.forgot you were in the ZOO STATE, better known as FLA'DA

the STATE WHERE EVERY wild animal is REAL not THAT WILD :)

you are correct! sea turtle will DOUBLE CLUTCH in warm climates

OMG, your Alex looks *just like* my Micah in that last shot!!!

~Kelly

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Originally Posted by paulnj

AH.forgot you were in the ZOO STATE, better known as FLA'DA

the STATE WHERE EVERY wild animal is REAL not THAT WILD :)

you are correct! sea turtle will DOUBLE CLUTCH in warm climates

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Hey Paul, can I be Canon bird nerd #2? :D

MEMBERSHIP FEE ARE WAVED FOR YOU :D

but you MUST first photograph a BURROWING OWL ;)

when you can FIND and shoot me one(tiny in frame will be FINE) you're an OFFICIAL MEMBER :)

right now your welcome to come to meetings and SAY your a member, BUT the membership card comes with the BURROWING OWL :)

THE BEST places are MARCO ISLAND and CAPE CORAL, but if those are too far.......we(THE CANON BIRD NERDS) can accept a redshouldered hawk(they are everywhere) or crested caracara(hard to find) if your up near disney.

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Originally Posted by paulnj

THE BEST places are MARCO ISLAND and CAPE CORAL, but if those are too far.......we(THE CANON BIRD NERDS) can accept a redshouldered hawk(they are everywhere) or crested caracara(hard to find) if your up near disney.

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Perfect...a buteo lineatus extimus it is... :D (I'm on the East Coast... too far from Marco Island :( )

nope!!!! I want the FLORIDA subspecies , NOT the SOUTH FLORIDA sub species

Buteo lineatus ALLENI :)

But but but... I live in South Florida! :confused: Is the Buteo lineatus ALLENI down here too?

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But but but... I live in South Florida! :confused: Is the Buteo lineatus ALLENI down here too?

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I think so, BUT I was wrong ONCE :)

ok, I NEED sleep BADLY....just got home from shopping, need to GET UP in 4.5 hours

I have the owls on three of my family's property in Cape Coral. Would it be all right taken with a Nikon instead of a Canon.

NIKON is fine(since my f100/80-200f2.8 CAN FILL the frame with one) BUT... your task at hand is

PREENING spoonbills in little estero lagoon :)

I found 15 pairs on FOOT in 20 minutes on CORANADO PARKWAY in CAPE CORAL ;)
you shooting them would be like asking a beach bum to shoot me a shell ;)

shooting nature is all about human nature! we are HUNTER GATHERERS BY NATURE!! you must HUNT DOWN a subject, then GATHER it's image :)


AH...WHO CARES! GO SHOOT ME SOME Athene cunicularia and your in!!!! :D

Kristin,
Great fun shots. really like the last one as well. Didn't know you were such a bird nerd , too. I must admit, I'm an animal lover and was always interested in them and watch all nature shows etc. but was never interested in birds too much. . . . until, I started taking photos of them. It seemed to just open up a whole new world to me and a whole new appreciation for them. And they can really be a challenge to get good shots of, especially the smaller more active ones. Hope to see more