Pictures from a recent visit to the wetlands

[hal]

I haven't been to my old picture taking stomping grounds for over a year. This is the wetlands area just west of sacramento

and egret


an american coot


an american kestrel (haven't seen one of these in a long time)


pretty sure this is a northern harrier, but it sure is a big bird - may be an eagle - sure is badass!


he took off with a dead coot like it was nothin'


a hawk - I dunno, they all look alike to me...


a kite


a meadowlark


a northern shoveler


I forget what these guys are called...


another egret


red-winged blackbird


llamas in love


the whole family (this is in the middle of suburbia, but you'd never know)

[DP]

Sweet! Always Summer there... It could be a Golden Eagle. My book isn't handy but I'll check it out later.

[hal]

Actually - I think that IS a golden eagle now that I looks at some pics around the net...

[Black]

Wetlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa....

[freeradical]

Nice shots hal.

Llamas in suburbia. Does it stink around there?

[pdq]

It should have been "Llamas in Llove".

Nice pix. Are you able to get that close (to, say, the RWBB) or do you have a big-ass telephoto on a tri/monopod?

[$tevie]

Beautiful, hal! Thanks for sharing these.
I was beginning to feel as if you hadn't posted any bird pics in quite a while
and was contemplating putting in a request.

[Wags]

Good stuff, Hal. You're getting quite handy with your camera.

[hal]

pdq wrote:
It should have been "Llamas in Llove".

Nice pix. Are you able to get that close (to, say, the RWBB) or do you have a big-ass telephoto on a tri/monopod?

I was able to get very close to the blackbird (and meadowlark) because I was in a car. Using my SX50 - no tripod

[hal]

freeradical wrote:
Nice shots hal.

Llamas in suburbia. Does it stink around there?

no, there are two more llamas and 3 goats too