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    A trip to my nearest park in Punta Gorda FL

    It's actually a recreational park with a boat ramp and fishing piers but there are some nice walks along the shore and the boardwalk nature path. I wrote up todays walk in my blog at http://birdsnbugs.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/yet-another-trip-to-ponce-de-leon-park/ A shot of an immature...
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    tree ducks

    I saw plenty of them at the Circle B Bar reserve last month. I don't know what march will be like.
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    The one that got away

    This is a Palamedes Swallowtail which appears to have had a near miss with a bird.
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    future Nikon VR lenses

    Why is VR a necessity? Long, fast lenses will need to be on a tripod anyway and proper use will mean that VR is rather redundant. I think that putting it on (and vastly increasing prices on already expensive glass) would be far more of a marketing ploy than technological breakthrough. I like...
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    1.7 Teleconverter?

    I use it quite often with a 70-200mm f2.8 zoom and a 105mm f2.8. It is a great accessory. There are quite a few bird shots taken with it at my Nikongear gallery Here is one.
  6. Limpkin

    Limpkin

    A limpkin brings a freshwater mussel up to the bank for lunch
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
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    Do Hawks hunt at night

    Yes, but Using your pet as bait to take photographs is considered extremely bad form.
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    Comment by 'Saorsa' in media 'Royal Tern at touchdown'

    It's a bit of a crop but, we were coming in through a channel and the Terns were flying around. This one chose to land on a channel marker just as we neared it.
    • Saorsa
    • Gallery comment
  9. Royal Tern at touchdown

    Royal Tern at touchdown

    A Royal Tern makes a landing on a windy day
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • royal tern
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  10. Great Blue Heron Portrait

    Great Blue Heron Portrait

    A Great Blue Heron poses nicely for his picture
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • great blue heron
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  11. Wood Stork in Flight

    Wood Stork in Flight

    The wood stork is the only native north american stork
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • wood stork
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
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    Please help ID two waterfowl

    Found on the pond at the "Shell Factory" near Fort Myers FL The duck Duck The goose http://files.photojerk.com/briangrant/DT1492979.JPG
  13. Peekaboo Cardinal 2

    Peekaboo Cardinal 2

    The female was just as shy
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  14. Peekaboo Cardinal

    Peekaboo Cardinal

    A male cardinal seems a bit shy as I decided not to stay in the stuffy bird hide.
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  15. Red Bellied Woodpecker

    Red Bellied Woodpecker

    Snacking at the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  16. Red Headed Woodpecker

    Red Headed Woodpecker

    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  17. Red-headed woodpecker

    Red-headed woodpecker

    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  18. Red Bellied Woodpecker

    Red Bellied Woodpecker

    A red bellied woodpecker near it's nesting hole.
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
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    Comment by 'Saorsa' in media 'Cardinal Male'

    All right, you've caught me out. Actually, it's a scrub jay but a bit of a trim and a bit of paint and it looks just like the cardinal I wanted to take a picture of. :)
    • Saorsa
    • Gallery comment
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    Some Ospreys live in odd places

    I did try to embed one in the post and failed. If you click on the words Urban Ospreys in the original post, you will link to the photo.
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    Some Ospreys live in odd places

    These are on a light standard in a WalMart parking lot.
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    Some Ospreys live in odd places

    These are on a light standard in a WalMart parking lot. Urban Ospreys
  23. ospreys - urban

    ospreys - urban

    With all the talk on the board of Ospreys and their habitat, I would like to point out that in the US, we have them living rough in car parks.
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  24. Sandhill Crane Family

    Sandhill Crane Family

    A family of sandhill cranes enjoys lunch
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  25. pardon me, do you know where I might find a small lizard for lunch?

    pardon me, do you know where I might find a small lizard for lunch?

    A little blue heron makes a request of a florida alligator
    • Saorsa
    • Media item
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
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