A day at the beach

[kkraczek]

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

[kkraczek]

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

[Speed]

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

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

[paulnj]

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

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

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

[kkraczek]

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".

[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

[opus]

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

~Kelly

[kkraczek]

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

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

[paulnj]

MEMBERSHIP FEE ARE WAVED FOR YOU

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.

[kkraczek]

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.

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

[paulnj]

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

Buteo lineatus ALLENI

[kkraczek]

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

[paulnj]

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

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

[MJS]

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.

[paulnj]

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!!!!

[gahspidy]

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