07/12: And even more birds
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
6am, the alarm clock rings and Ed jumps out of bed …. Ok so he grumpily dragged himself out of bed. And what, you ask, was he doing getting up at 6am? Going to watch the snow geese fly just before dawn, yes really and yes it was worth it. Ed, myself and at least 50 other people were standing by the pond with our cameras pointed at the birds anxiously waiting. All at once the hundreds of geese took flight. It was an awesome experience seeing the air suddenly filled with squawking geese. The flock circled us a few times then landed further down in the same pond. We waited patiently for about 15 minutes and the flock flew again all of them taking off at the same time. Even Ed agreed it was worth getting up at 6am.
The camera shutters were busy today as we took over 1700 photos. I did my best and picked only 22 photos for the blog --- some tell the story of the day while others I just like. Sorry there are so many, hope you enjoy them.
Dawn take off.
Ok guys, let go. Cranes lean forward and start to run as they take off.
The firing line …. Lots of photographers with lots of cameras with lots of big lenses.
Not a great picture of a deer but I wanted to show that we did see something other than birds. The preserve has deer, elk, mountain lion, coyote, javelina and other mammals. We only saw deer though I talked to fellow photographer who saw several different animals.
Bald Eagle.
Pin tail ducks.
Sandhill Crane.
Something that's not a bird.
The photographer at work.
Up, up and away!!! A field was filled with Snow Geese and suddenly they just took off in one large wave.
Dogs are not allowed out of vehicles in the main part of the wildlife preserve, so we took a break from bird watching and took Zaph for a walk on the Canyon Trail (dogs are allowed on this trail). Zaph sitting in a natural arch.
Part of the wildlife preserve seen from the lookout on the Canyon trail.
Taking a breather from looking for food.
Coming in for landing.
Watch out!!! Make room, here we come ready or not.
Hit the breaks ........ wow looks like we made a safe landing again.
Just drifting in slowly enjoying the sunset. Kind of reminds me of Mary Poppins.
The sky had turned a pretty pink when this guy returned to the pond.
The camera shutters were busy today as we took over 1700 photos. I did my best and picked only 22 photos for the blog --- some tell the story of the day while others I just like. Sorry there are so many, hope you enjoy them.
Dawn take off.
Ok guys, let go. Cranes lean forward and start to run as they take off.
The firing line …. Lots of photographers with lots of cameras with lots of big lenses.
Not a great picture of a deer but I wanted to show that we did see something other than birds. The preserve has deer, elk, mountain lion, coyote, javelina and other mammals. We only saw deer though I talked to fellow photographer who saw several different animals.
Bald Eagle.
Pin tail ducks.
Sandhill Crane.
Something that's not a bird.
The photographer at work.
Up, up and away!!! A field was filled with Snow Geese and suddenly they just took off in one large wave.
Dogs are not allowed out of vehicles in the main part of the wildlife preserve, so we took a break from bird watching and took Zaph for a walk on the Canyon Trail (dogs are allowed on this trail). Zaph sitting in a natural arch.
Part of the wildlife preserve seen from the lookout on the Canyon trail.
Taking a breather from looking for food.
Coming in for landing.
Watch out!!! Make room, here we come ready or not.
Hit the breaks ........ wow looks like we made a safe landing again.
Just drifting in slowly enjoying the sunset. Kind of reminds me of Mary Poppins.
The sky had turned a pretty pink when this guy returned to the pond.