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A lot of terrific shots in that post, Kim. I really enjoyed them. The 'v' formation is always an awesome thing to see, and you captured that well.

The geese have been flying over here for about 2 weeks or more. This afternoon, I spent several hours in my birding area and stayed until almost dark. I have some very large owls on the property; one flew into the new birding area last week and it was HUGE.

More birds today with calls I cannot identify. It's shaping up to be an odd fall as far as birds go. I wonder if I hang garlic around my neck if that might keep the bobcat(s) away.
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Jada
 
Hi Kim these are some really nice captures of the birds. I am getting tired of being left is the dust! hehehe Sooooooooo I just ordered an F70 hoping I could compete with rest of you hotshots! ;o))

Wish me luck I am sure I will need it.

Best, Gary N W SFO
 
I say that TIC, mostly. I don't care for gluing the camera to my face, panning or craning my neck to catch BIFs.

Nice grabs, I like the 'V'. Interesting to observe the seasonal patterns of animals.

Used to work in an office campus with lakes and geese galore, mostly Canada Geese. Landscapers hosed down the walkways each morning. They'd (the geese) have goslings...they'd be there on Friday, and be gone on Monday after they had reached a certain age. To control the population of these sh** machines as you stated (or am I paraphrasing) in your blog they'd ship them out. One of the most nauseating things I ever saw was a sick Canada Goose stumbling around, drooling and falling. It was at the same office complex where people walk to the cafeteria. It made me gag seeing it so sick. I checked on it later and it had died. Poor thing, it was sad to see.
 
Velvet Ant said:
A lot of terrific shots in that post, Kim. I really enjoyed them. The 'v' formation is always an awesome thing to see, and you captured that well.
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Thanks Jada ...
Velvet Ant said:
The geese have been flying over here for about 2 weeks or more. This afternoon, I spent several hours in my birding area and stayed until almost dark. I have some very large owls on the property; one flew into the new birding area last week and it was HUGE.
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Very cool ... Owls make some of the greatest images ... they are awesome birds in flight. So what's a birding area?
Velvet Ant said:
More birds today with calls I cannot identify. It's shaping up to be an odd fall as far as birds go. I wonder if I hang garlic around my neck if that might keep the bobcat(s) away.
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Hmmm .... how about a bell, a bear banger and some pepper spray? Those suckers are quick and deadly ...

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Gary N W said:
Hi Kim these are some really nice captures of the birds. I am getting tired of being left is the dust! hehehe Sooooooooo I just ordered an F70 hoping I could compete with rest of you hotshots! ;o))

Wish me luck I am sure I will need it.
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Enjoy the cam Gary ... I think you'll love what 800DR mode can do with those snow-capped mountains ... I'm looking forward to seeing those images.

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dotbalm said:
I say that TIC, mostly. I don't care for gluing the camera to my face, panning or craning my neck to catch BIFs.
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Acronyms tend to CTSOOM ...
dotbalm said:
Nice grabs, I like the 'V'. Interesting to observe the seasonal patterns of animals.
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Thanks, and yes ... it's fascinating stuff.
dotbalm said:
Used to work in an office campus with lakes and geese galore, mostly Canada Geese. Landscapers hosed down the walkways each morning. They'd (the geese) have goslings...they'd be there on Friday, and be gone on Monday after they had reached a certain age. To control the population of these sh** machines as you stated (or am I paraphrasing) in your blog they'd ship them out. One of the most nauseating things I ever saw was a sick Canada Goose stumbling around, drooling and falling. It was at the same office complex where people walk to the cafeteria. It made me gag seeing it so sick. I checked on it later and it had died. Poor thing, it was sad to see.
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We have a small creek near the office and I had the sad misfortune of seeing road kill goose twice in the last few years. These animals are quite attractive, despite their ability to manufacture solid waste ...

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dotbalm said:
Kim Letkeman said:
dotbalm said:
I'm afraid to ask, but what does CTSOOM stand for?
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Confuse the sh*t out of me :-)

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OMILOLSHIC

(Oh man, I'm laughing out loud so hard I'm coughing.)
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Be careful or you'll lose your TIC. :)

I replied several hours ago . . . er, I tried to reply, but after clicking the [Post] button my reply seemed to vanish into the aether. I must have been been so drowsy and addled that I clicked [Cancel] instead. Or not. Anyway, besides a word or two about the acronyms I had a followup to the remarks about the flying fowl cr@p machines. Just a comment that some relatives have a small lakefront home and their lawn that angles downhill toward the lake is a well used target every year for migrating geese. Pretty bold they are too, at times. These obviously aren't geese, not even BIF, just some of their lake-mates busy stocking up on the lake's equivalent of kelp/seaweed.



 
Gary N W said:
Hi Kim these are some really nice captures of the birds. I am getting tired of being left is the dust! hehehe Sooooooooo I just ordered an F70 hoping I could compete with rest of you hotshots! ;o))

Wish me luck I am sure I will need it.
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With that long lens you might really need some luck on overcast days. Or you could use a SteadiCam. I'd love to see a photo of an F70 attached to a big strapped on and counterbalanced Steadicam!
 
dotbalm said:
Nice capture, I like the cool colors. Has a wintry look.
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Thanks, and you nailed it. You can check the EXIF if you wish (replace the image's trailing "-M.jpg" with "-O.jpg" to get the version with EXIF included), but it was shot last Nov. 28 towards the end of the day. There was snow on the ground and maybe a little ice on the lake near the shore IIRC. My cousin saw the photos at the time and was surprised to see that there were a fair number of little duckings swimming with their elders. Daffy for them to be migrating at that time of year she thought. Or maybe that's the way it is in New Jersey. No Exit.
 
Kim, I have an area set up in my woods for the birds and that was the area I was speaking about.

It was in a new area this year to let the old area rest, but alas I finally migrated to the new area. It is so dark in this area. I'll try to take some photos of it and share. It's quite a walk and the area is carved on the rim of a precipice which is so cool because there is now a feeding table that I can view from the overlook. A white-spotted deer was mulling about below earlier today. I kept hoping he would visit the feeding table (stocked with sunflower & millet), but he didn't.

Today, there were two hawks that flew through the birding area. I knew that something was awry because the very few birds that I have right now suddenly disappeared just before the hawks flew in.

What appeared to be a Kite also flew through (this area is like walking into a wooded tunnel of sorts, but I do appreciate the privacy).

Today is the very first day that I've experienced significant activity; but even so, there are only about 50 birds or so coming in to feed. And they are so chicken right now; can't get too close, but soon.....(evil laugh).

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