Birds!
Osprey are great. Where are those pics from Tony?
The neatest Osprey experience I had was in Baja. We saw one sitting out on a mound of dirt down in Baja - way out on the Vizcaino peninsula. It appeared to be struggling. I thought maybe it was caught in some old fishing equipment or something as we were not far from a fishing village.
So I stopped the van and was going to go closer to investigate. It wasn't caught, but it had caught this huge green fish. So big that it could hardly fly with it. I was not close enough to get a good picture, but I did get something so you could get an idea of it:
The neatest Osprey experience I had was in Baja. We saw one sitting out on a mound of dirt down in Baja - way out on the Vizcaino peninsula. It appeared to be struggling. I thought maybe it was caught in some old fishing equipment or something as we were not far from a fishing village.
So I stopped the van and was going to go closer to investigate. It wasn't caught, but it had caught this huge green fish. So big that it could hardly fly with it. I was not close enough to get a good picture, but I did get something so you could get an idea of it:
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haha, Osprey are great. I used to take pictures of them along the Delaware Bay. Near the point where the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet is a small cape that used to be a military base during WWII. Their nests were always intriguing because they were so huge!
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Those were taken at lake Perris Daiv, the same place that the western grebes on their nests were taken a few weeks ago.Osprey are great. Where are those pics from Tony?
By the way Harriet, I did not see any more birds sitting on nests, but there are little grey fur balls riding around on their parents back out in the middle of the lake.
I did try to get close to snap some pics, but the parents would just freak out and dive, dumping the poor little babies in the process, so I decided to just leave them alone.
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See a bird share a bird...
Or two...
Or two...
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It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
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Serendipity. If I remember correctly the bird was behind a road barrier, which is out of focus in the picture. I liked the effect so I kept the picture.
Here's another 'strange' shot of a Blue Jay gathering nesting material...
Here's another 'strange' shot of a Blue Jay gathering nesting material...
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It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)