It was bright and sunny here today - perfect weather for a trip to the Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary. All these photos were taken today.
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Ok, check out some of the birds I saw today!
I think I've identified these birds correctly, but let me know if you see an error. All photos were taken by me with a Nikon D750 camera and Tamron 150-600 mm lens. Click on any image to view full-screen.
Male Northern Pintail Duck
Male American Wigeon Duck
Western Sandpipers
another Western Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon, also known as a Rock Dove
Two more... not as sharp as I'd like.
A flight of ducks. Mallards and Pintails flying together.
Black Turnstone
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull with a clamshell. I watched them drop the shells on the rocks to split them open. Often another gull would rush in and steal the prize.
On the opposite side of the road there is a lot of beach art which I really like.
King Fisher. You can see the artist's name on the sign - Brother Paul
Pileated Woodpecker
Anna's Hummingbird
Steller's Jay
Mute Swan
Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Fisgard Lighthouse.
What a great variety of birds there, no wonder you like to photograph them! That pintail duck looks so perfect, it almost looks fake!
Thank you! That Pintail was the prettiest bird I saw today. There were no herons and no bald eagles. Didn't see a swan either come to think of it... Still lots of different birds though, and well worth the twenty minute drive to Ocean Blvd.
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Fabulous photos! You are a master of bird photography! And I adore the art!
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Thank you, Melinda! I'm excited to see what this little guy is all about...
I think he was mad about the weather. He got caught in a late spring snowstorm last year and was at the feeder eating seeds. Their preferred diet is insects and spiders and he was not finding any of those here. That would be enough to make anybody mad. Cold and hungry.
Wonderful bird shots and the art is fantastic. U&R
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Thank so much! I enjoyed seeing your gulls!
Thanks very much, @pixresteemer!
I enjoy shooting with the Tamron 150-600 as well. Mostly for birds, deer, wolf, fox, and coyote!
That's a great selection of animals you're shooting!
I can't take credit... that's what lives near here!
Happy come feather lovers, this is my entrance
https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@maxili63/feathered-friday-beautiful-peacock
Always happy to see a Feathered Friday post from you! On my way to check it out!
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Haha, the beach art is terrific!! Great photos !!!
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Oh, this looks good, I never seem to get any little songbirds. Heading over to your post now.
That would be fun to watch the gulls
busting clams! Wonderful photographs @keithboone!
The beach wood art is really cool to see, love the Steller's Jay!
My Raven & crow for #featheredfriday! :-)
Thank you @shasta, glad you liked the photos! Thanks for entering your own post!
Wow! You've knocked it out of the park again! That first of the two pictures of the glaucous winged gull is particularly great. I want to take a road trip up there just to see the art. Those are seriously cool.
Thank you, I'm glad you like the pics! I was happy to see so many driftwood art pieces on the beach because there had been some vandalism and some birds were broken. I guess the artist must have repaired the damage. I didn't notice a bald eagle, and there used to be one before.
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Hi, my entry of this Friday :)
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Wow! Beautiful birds! My fave is the King Fisher!
Here is my entry...
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Funny post, thanks very much!
Here are mine for this week!
https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@goat-girlz/another-feathered-friday
That was a great post thank you!
Great pics as usual. Loving the bird art you found as well! I've been busy the last couple weeks, but here is a new featheredfriday post from me!
Thanks very much! I'm heading to your post now...
These sparrows are my entry:
https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@schiba/sparrow-for-featheredfriday-by-keithboone
Great post, thank you very much!
Thank you for this awesome tag - my contribution Woolly necked Stork vs Dachschund
This sounds interesting! I'm heading to your post now...
This is my entry:
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wow..howdy sir Keith! What a remarkable selection of fantastic photos today! Love that beach art also.
Thanks so much! Glad you liked the photos, and I really appreciate the resteem. Hope you're having a good day :-)
howdy again sir Keith. Yes sir, it's a fine day here, it's raining and cold, but that will pass because this is Texas, will be in the high 60s each day next week, today's supposed to make it to 53 is all. You are very welcome for the esteem, the photos are stunning!
https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@ellenripley/feathered-friday-a-few-more-photos-from-abbotsbury-swan-sanctuary-uk
Thank you.
More swans, that's great! I'm heading to your post now!
I really enjoyed your post and thank you for getting this all going! I just found out about #featheredfriday today. Here is my featheredfriday post: Feathered Friday - and Attracting Wild Birds
Welcome to Feathered Friday! I'm heading to check out your post now :-)
Thank you! :)
My entry:
Thank you for sharing
Your "art - birds" are superb!
Excellent post, thank you for entering Feathered Friday and leaving your link here!
Another awesome selection of bird images Keith. Your timing for the two shots of the Glaucous-winged Gull was perfect as I love the wing formation in the first one and seeing the clam shell on the second shot. It must have been fun watching them break them on the rocks but very heartbreaking for the one doing all the work and other swooping in to steal them. Nature can be cruel at times.
I also thought the bird beach art was really cool too and very unique. (U & R )
Thank so much, Trudee! Glad you like the post, and thanks for all your support!
Outstanding shots Keith of real birds and bird art that is quite fascinating. Never saw anything like it, but I love it 🙂
Thanks so much, Lena! All that driftwood art is very cool :-)
Beautiful birds - both live and artificial! I chose Seagulls for my post today (they seem to be popular here, probably because they're almost everywhere :D ) .
https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@missladybug/feathered-friday-ridiculous-seagulls
Excellent, I'll go see your post right now!
Amazing photos! And although I'm not an arts guys... the beach art is pretty amazing as well! Can I give a suggestion? Add the scientific names to those great birds if you can, it's a more universal language! ;) Man, #featheredfriday is reaaaallly building up, so many posts now! What a great idea :) And here's another one:
https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@pardinus/psittacine-featheredfriday
Thank you, I can do that next time, good idea. Yes, the tag seems to be taking off... I appreciate you linking your post here. I'll go check it out now :-)
Amazing photography! I especially love the gulls in flight and just look at the one with a clamshell in its mouth. Love it! The bird art is so cool too. : )
Here is mine: https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@whatisnew/mockingbird-learning-to-fly
Thanks very much! I loved your post about the mockingbirds!
Glad you enjoyed it. After seeing your amazing photography and others that use this tag, I wasn't going to post anymore bird photos because mine are no way near as good. But after telling that to @janton, he encouraged me to keep posting. Just thought you would like to know. : )
Well, I'm glad you told me that, and I'm glad you posted. There are a lot of photographers posting their bird photos, and you will see shots at every skill level. The idea is just to do your best and have fun. I hope you will come back again next week.
Thanks for your encouragement. I am not a photographer by any means but I do love taking photos of nature, and I do have much better ones. This is my 2nd year and I can see that I have improved since the first year. And I only have a digital camera so it is a fun challenge. I will definitely be back next week. Thanks again! : )
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Well isn't that cool... thanks for letting me know! :-)