FL Base Camp was great, thanks everyone!
I can’t thank enough my own “personal” videographer Jason for spending so much time making me look good. Look at him, hard to believe this was his first “wildlife” video.
But ….there’s no place like home!
March 2008
Monthly Archive
It was a great morning and we only had literally, a couple of birds. But they performed which is all we needed. This young FL Brown Pelican just kept diving right in front of us, taking of, diving, it was great fun. We had this massive flock of Double-crested Cormorants fly over for hours it seemed like. And we wrapped up with this loan adult FL Brown Pelican giving us a real up close fly by. Wow…it was killer!
Photos captured by D3, 600VR w/TC-17e on Lexar UDMA digital film
American Oystercatcher, Black Skimmer and Osprey were just three of the 21 species we photographed today. And this was on the fly!
Photos captured by D3, 600VR w/TC-14e on Lexar UDMA digital film
We headed out looking for egrets and herons and get treated to Roseatte Spoonbills and
this killer flock of Glossy Ibis. We had a Coops flying about that we think kept the ibis stirred up so they circled for the better part of 30mins giving us the ability to photograph them in flight every way possible, including vertical. I’ve never seen so many giant smiles as those on the Base Camp group as they walked to the cars.
Photos captured by D3, 600VR w/TC-14e on Lexar UMDA digital film
Oh heck, I just had to go down to Venice Rookery again if for no other reason then to just simply watch life go by. Since I had a whole bunch of photographers who have never been there, it made it all the better. This Great Egret is coming in for a landing at the rear of the colony. I was all set to get the final flaps when the tress of the colony got in the way.
And of course, no trip would be complete without Great Blue Heron images. This one is bringing in grasses to his mate waiting in the nest to win some favors. It’s that “birds and the bees” time and they’ll do anything for a little whoppie.
Photos captured by D3, 600VR w/TC-14e on Lexar UDMA digital film
