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Cormorant_Taking_Flight.jpg
Cormorant Taking Flight1701 viewsThese birds are so primal it's not even funny. Very difficult to shoot except in great light as the image demonstrates. More talented photographers may be able to capture these modern dinosaurs but I am baffled and awed by their expertise.
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381 viewsA couple of friends (one of which is the guru of the hipikats website) and I like to shoot the swallows (Violet Green here) when they go for feathers for play. Yes, they do use them for their nests, but they play for hours grabbing them off the water, taking them up with their buddies, dropping them in flight and letting someone else carry the feather up and drop it, etc. It is one of the most joyous things in all of the bird world. This rivals the mating dances of the Birds of Paradise to me. Way cool.
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Goldfinch_Bee___Thistle.jpg
American Goldfinch4 views
Great_Blue_Accelerates_8_Bit.jpg
25 viewsQuite a profile with his fellow water birds. I liked the highlight where the Blue's toes touched the water.
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Great Egret Bank187 viewsWords are so inadequate to describe egrets of any sort.
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Lesser Yellowlegs Wading Birds Fall6 viewsHammed it up a bit with the water reflection colors but the bird just deserved it.
Morning_Groom.jpg
1 viewsA flock of White Pelicans grooming for their morning flight from their night roost in the Klamath Preserve. Taken in November 2007. These are awesome birds. Grand wingspans and just plain intelligent. Calm does not capture the feel I get when I see these creatures. Serenity is much closer.
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Pigeon Rest3 viewsThese guys left me no choice but to get this shot. I am not embarrassed to show it either!
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