Steve A wrote:
How could anyone, especially an American get tired of our bird
Steve
It is a wonderful bird Steve, absolutely no doubt about that, and I have to admit that I am envious of the opportunities you have to shoot this species. Rather like the guys in Forida, etc, who have Ospreys nesting on platforms in their gardens - we simply do not get these photo-opportunities in Europe. Here in Southern Europe it is not even possible to get garden (back-yard) birds to come to a feeder - they simply do not do it. And the closest I have managed to get to an Osprey which is over-wintering here (and which I see catching fish every day) is about 500 metres. We are not competing on a level playing field!!
Ray DeBosch wrote:
Hey, Doug! My favorites are #7 and #10, where he just caught his lunch!
All are great shots! Where did you take these photos?
Keep shootin', man.
Ray de Bosch
Thanks for the comments Ray, I appreciate it. This were taken on the Mississippi.
weatherman wrote:
Awesome shots. Almost makes me miss home. If you ever want to travel a little ways downstream, you can get some good shots of them in Alton IL.
We use to go watch them every winter, but I never had a good enough camera to get any good pics.
Very nice!!!!
Thanks Weatherman. I used to live in Florissant, Mo., so I'm very familiar with Alton, as a matter of fact, I spent a couple of days over there during Christmas week photographing Trumpeters.
Colin Key wrote:
It is a wonderful bird Steve, absolutely no doubt about that, and I have to admit that I am envious of the opportunities you have to shoot this species. Rather like the guys in Forida, etc, who have Ospreys nesting on platforms in their gardens - we simply do not get these photo-opportunities in Europe. Here in Southern Europe it is not even possible to get garden (back-yard) birds to come to a feeder - they simply do not do it. And the closest I have managed to get to an Osprey which is over-wintering here (and which I see catching fish every day) is about 500 metres. We are not competing on a level playing field!!
I can empathize with you on the lack of subjects to photograph, I feel fortunate to have as many opportunities as I do.
The eagles that I have been photographing migrate down from farther up north during the winter months looking for open water and places to fish. Their stay down here is brief, 8 - 10 weeks, give or take. Still, I drive 3 hours each way to photograph them, on the 2 days a week I can get away, providing it is raining, snowing or cloudy, which during the winter months seems to be about 80% of the time. In other words, if I get 7 or 8 days to shoot, I'm lucky. So I take advantage of the situation when I can.
However the Osprey are a different story, I found out last year that there is a nest about 5 minutes from my house, that drive time is more like it.
You're funny Doug! I like the title of this thread! "It was a good day." Let's see, if it were me, I'd have to title it "It was an un-freakin' believable day."
