Reifel and the babies - May 20th

[martin]

Hi all decided to head out to Reifel to see if the SACR babies had hatched, sad to hear that one didn't make it.

They were all close to the fenced area so I was able to get my shots .
the baby was running back and forth along the path under mom's watchful eye.













While shooting the crane Mrs Mallard brought her youngen's over.








Got my shots that I wanted so headed around the rest of the trails. lots of babies everywhere, M. ducks and C. geese.




These baby C. Geese were resting in the sun.

( oh yawn another loony with a camera)







Did get a RB Nuthatch to feed from my hand cool , quite freindly it was.



Also 3 BH Grosbeaks were seen. Heres one of them.







Walked the outer dyke lots of swallows around Tree and Barns.






Well headed over to see if I could get a shot of the GBH babies, most the nests were too high but I did luck out with this.

Sorry that it's not to clear was using the 500+ 1.4x + 2x and manual focus.







Birds for the day:

4- E.C. doves
Redtail hawks
Bald eagles
Ospreys
GB Herons
A.Goldfinch
H. Finches
Savanah Sparrows
RB Nuthatch
BC Chickadees
B-H Grossbeaks
Sandhill cranes
YR Warbler
Brown Creeper
Towhee
4- LB Dowitchers
Tree swallows
Barn Swallows
Bank Swallows
Wood Ducks
Mallards
Gadwells
C Geese

[kenpossum]

Great shots Martin. That chick is soooo cute! Does it have a name yet? Love the Barn swallow in flight. Very nice! Great caption on the C Geese.

[ian]

Nice set Martin. i love the action shot of the swallow!
Stacked converters eh... ummmm.

[Chris]

Cute series of pictures Martin. I'm jealous of that Barn Swallow picture. I have been trying to get one for years now but haven't got close yet.

[martin]

May 21, 2011 8:05:09 GMT -8 kenpossum said:

Great shots Martin. That chick is soooo cute! Does it have a name yet? Love the Barn swallow in flight. Very nice! Great caption on the C Geese.

Ken, thanks, no I don't think it was named yet. Those C.Geese babies were sleeping right in the middle of the path. I had to walk around them, they weren't moving for anything

[martin]

Ian, Chris thanks for your comments.
I have to use a extension tube to stack my NEW Canon tele's. It seems that when they came out with the new ones they redesigned them so they don't fit togheter now and they charge youy more too.

Another draw back is try to focus, a smige of a turn on the ring and it's way out of focus.