Friday, November 30, 2012

A Few Recent Scenes from the Wetlands



Excerpts from a short conversation I recently overheard at the wetlands...."It looks dead!" exclaimed the Turkey Vulture.


"It smells dead," replied a Crested Caracara from a neighboring fence post.



"I'll take it from here, Vulture!"


"No, you're not getting any either lady with the camera!"


A beautiful Tricolored Heron.



A very plump American Bittern.


A camouflaged Savannah Sparrow.


 A few Ring-necked ladies were hanging out.


This Red-shouldered Hawk was enjoying something gross.




A beautiful sunset to end the night!

28 comments:

  1. your shots are all beautiful! i'm so jealous of your caracara shots! what i get are so pitiful in comparison!

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  2. Hello Tammy!!!.. Beautiful images of birds and varied .. I really like the raptor .. Also a beautiful sunset as the end. Greetings

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  3. Absolutey wonderful, my favourite is the American Bittern, fabulous.

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  4. Your heavenly twilight image is a wonderful way to end your outstanding collection of bird photos. What a perfect birding day you had at the wetlands.
    Wishing you a wonderful weekend as well, Tammy.

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  5. Hello Tammy, busy day for the birds: scouting, flying, spying, camouflaging, swimming, catching and ewwww, eating! Are those a pair of legs hanging out of the hawk's mouth? I know, everyone's gotta eat. I love your conversation between the Caracara and the Vulture, which is probably exactly how it went :) Thanks for the gorgeous pictures!

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  6. I found your character's interpretation both funny and entertaining. As Rosemary mentioned it was likely spot on. :)

    I don't how you manage to get such great shots in challenging light. Amazing!

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  7. Beautiful shots. Can you read my bed time story please!

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  8. I didn't know you were a bird whisperer!
    What talent!

    Looks like that Red-shouldered Hawk found himself a nice bullfrog. Fabulous shots, as always.

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  9. I love the Caracara's...I wish we had them this far north. The heron is my favorite! The Tri-colored's are beautiful! Fantastic shots!

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  10. A great post! Wonderful images. I'm still chasing Caracaras trying to get a recognizable photo - nice job! Beautiful sunset. Was this Viera Wetlands?

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  11. Lovely shots! Love the Red-shouldered Hawk photos

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  12. Great photos Tammy, the absolute best picture are 3 and 11.
    Have a nice weekend, Irma

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  13. Hi Tammy, Great bit of narration there, and that Bittern brill, as was all the others.
    All the very best Gordon.

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  14. What a great variety, and the Cara cara's!!!

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  15. Love that sunset.. The bird convo made me laugh- great post!

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  16. Love this post Tammy! The conversation of the Vulture and Caracara made me laugh.

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  17. This was some great pictures of exciting birds not to mention the last of the sunset. Like all but the picture No. 10 and 11 is my favorite.

    Ottar

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  18. Hi Tammy, It looks as if the Red-shouldered Hawk has a wishbone in its beak ;>) I bet its wishing for something fishy!

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  19. What a beautiful day... and sunset!
    Gorgeous portraits of all these birds!
    Looks like the hawk enjoyed the toad; a rare sight to see them eating!
    A truly great post!
    Cheers Tammy!

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  20. So many wonderful birds on your blog. The Red Shouldered Hawk is really interesting to me as are the rest but you certainly caught many of them out to lunch:)

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  21. WONDERFUL pictures Tammy...... nice work again.

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  22. Great close-ups Tammy. I really love the heron shot.

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  23. How lucky you are to see the Caracara and American bittern. Cool shots of the hawk having a meal. Fun dialogue and stunning photographs make for a wonderful post!

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  24. Hey Tammy,
    What a great shots!!
    Fantastic to see that special bird in shot 4. It's a very beautiful bird, which I have never seen before. Great that you've photographed him so beautifully.
    Well done!!

    Many greetings,
    Marco

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  25. Been a busy girl.. haven't you, Tammy ~:) Time for you to take some 'me and my camera time'!!
    Have a Happy :)

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