I'm shooting a lot of bird pictures lately. Birds are my new sports photography. Long lenses, fast shutter speeds, moving subjects, trying to stay in focus.
Got a few bird shots on other pages, but I'm starting to get enough to warrant its own page.
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August 11, 2020 - Padilla Bay
I'm new at this bird stuff. I'm having a blast, though. Found a website that has a birding checklist for this area by season. They told me, this time of year, I could expect gulls and herons. That's about it.
And so, dear reader, that's what you can expect as well.
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Bird in flight (BIF)
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Bird On Foot (BOF)
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Bird on watch (BOW)
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Bird on speaker (BOS)
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No birds at all (NBAA)
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How do you like them apples? (HDYLTA?)
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August 24, 2020 - Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge
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Took the 400 out to the Nisqually delta this morning. Pretty slow, wildlife-wise.
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Except for these two little fellas. I think they were waiting for their mom. I watched them for about 15 minutes and they never left their perch.
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They took some incoming, but held their ground.
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More than once. Life can be hard in the wilderness.
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Sometimes you gotta be a little badass. An angry bird. Now where were we?
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