Hello, fellow #birdwatchers. This week's theme for the #SMaP Contest is shadows of birds. One would think with probably well over 1000 pictures of birds in my collection it would be easy to find a whole bunch of bird shadows, not so. It took me quite a while to find shadows of birds, I guess that when I photograph the birds, I am concentrating on the beauty of the bird, not the shadow.
It was wonderful to find this photo of the winter birds, notice how I make sure there's always enough seed out to keep them full when food is scarce in the snowy winter months.
The winters are long, snowy, and can get really, really cold here in the mountains of New York State. We saw temperatures drop last year to minus 11 degrees in late January. Fortunately, @thebigsweed and I become birds ourselves in the winter, we fly to southwest Florida when the snow piles up here. We are the snowbirds of the north.
After hurricane Ian slammed the west coast of Florida, my heart broke for all the devastation that was left in its wake. Our favorite place is Sanibel Island, well, was Sanibel Island. We would love to go over the causeway and take in the beauty of the glistening water, find a spot to hang out for the day, then enjoy the sunset. The causeway is gone now, as is Fort Myers beach another fav of ours. So sad.
This guy left the perfect shadow last year as we enjoyed the Gulf of Mexico while sitting on the warm sand of the Island.
The birds are very friendly here and are not at all afraid of us humans as we enjoy their company.
A few years back we stopped in to see my sister who lives in Venice Florida, as we took a morning stroll, this long-necked egret tagged along and left a really funny shadow.
As we travel in winter, we enjoy both the west coast and the east coast. This flock of sea birds landed on the shore of Daytona beach which is on the east coast of Florida. A beautiful sight to see, they all left lots of shadows as they rested in the warm sunshine.
I would like to thank our dear friend @nelinoeva for all her efforts in running this contest every week.
@oks2crypto, thanks for doing the hard lifting of judging the contest.
Thank you to our generous sponsors, @melinda010100 and @chromiumone for the support and encouragement.
And of course, a big shout out to the talented and artistic @barbara-orenya for all the creative support.
What a great team and a wonderful community @featheredfriends.
Cheers and happy birding.
all the best for the contest.
when was Hurricane Ian happening ? is it happening now?
I love the birds in the shadows. they keep on working while it is so cold
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Nice birdie shots there, I've never had a photograph of a bird this close much less the shadow of a strolling bird as they're always flying away the moment I get a little close and I'm like "hey you guys! I'm not gonna do you any harm just want us to be friends" but.... Seems they don't listen at all, they just go away. Haha!
I loved your photographs of the birds both in the snow and in the sand. And how nice that you were able to take them up close.
Sorry to hear about what happened in Florida, I hope they recover soon and that you can continue to enjoy the places you love.
Regards @farm-mom
Starting with winter and moving to sunny days, you did make a bunch of nice shadow photos.
I watched the news about the hurricane Ian, it is devastating and such a tragedy. So sad to see your fav places just gone.
Hermosos. Que buena iniciativa mostrar lo que muchas veces a simple vista no notamos, aunque esté presente. Un saludo
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