Pipe Creek Wildlife Area

last one, cant wait for more light and me getting a handle of the weight of the lens with the tripod.

Great flight shots, Burd. I'm sure you'll love that lens.

I like the last goose with its tongue out, as well as the groups of ducks ' riding the waves'.

Nice ones Burd!
Iris, I love it when they stick there tongues out too. I have a photo from Cape May of them doing that and it remains one of my favorites.

Burd...these are really nice shots. Great job with the new lens!

Have been taking trips here and there and average about 45 min. a visit. The 400mm lens works fine when I have the camera set right, but my main issues have been image stabilization. The tripod is not good enough for the weight on the lens/camera. Next time I will try hand held and see how I do, but for now here are some shots that came out ok.

First are Ring-necked Duck's

a cropped shot of the R-n Duck's

Hooded Merganser's

lil closer

Bufflehead Duck

Coot's

Mute Swan

Different one

An immature Bald Eagle came by but I just couldn't nail the shots.

bout the closest shot Ive gotten for a while of an eagle...

Gull harassing the eagle...

Of course getting a little closer to your subject tells you the lens is fine...lol

Red-winged Blackbird

forgot to re-size that last one...

Couple shots of a Herring Gull

2nd

last of the H. Gull...not as sharp as I,m shooting for but..

This Cardinal kind of save's the day/s when it all goes right...

last until the next time...

Great variety of birds there, Burd. I particularly like the shot of the gull harassing the eagle and the ones of the cardinal are wonderful.

Great shots--in flight pictures are difficult. Cardinals always please & I didn't get the ID on the sparow. does the area have an education ID place. the sparrow especially could use an ID print somewhere.

The sparrow is a American Tree Sparrow....which is a great shot! Greta job on all of them!

Yup, American Tree Sparrow...thanks for the comments all, I will get over the hump on the image stabilization issue someday... but my goal is to get some of these Duck Group shots so I can hang a couple framed ones on the wall.

More great photos and what a great variety. Great job.

Great shots Burd!

All of the birds are just lovely!

More Images from Pipe Creek.. Bald Eagle

Canvasback's have shown up...

as have some Green-winged Teal...

Pied-billed Grebe

American Herring Gull

Mallard Pair

Ring-billed Gull