Posts in Category: marsh
Maine! Knot what it looks like
Great Egrets: York County Maine, USA, September 2024 — I spent over an hour sitting at the edge of the marsh a mile inland from the mouth of the river, observing a mixed feeding flock of Egrets and Herons and took several sequences of these two as they hunted close together. They struck this pose a few times. You will have to study the image closely to see that their necks are not, in fact, entwined. It is not a knot…just a trick of perspective and the way the foreground grasses frame the birds. Still, it makes for an interesting photo. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Highlight metering. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! September marsh Egret
Great Egret: York County Maine, USA, September 2024 — I continue to be amazed and delighted by the number of Egrets and Herons we have this year in the marshes and on the sandbars at the mouths of our Southern Maine rivers. This year you find mixed feeding flocks, generally with a few Great Blue Herons, and this month with Greater Yellowlegs, scattered in marsh pools…one day here, another day there, all along the river at high tide. This egret was part of such a flock and flew in, while I was standing on the path, to the small, kiddy-pool sized pool closest to me, perhaps 30 feet away, and proceeded to hunt the grasses and water just at the edge. Add the increasingly colorful September marsh grasses and the light of the early September sun, and it makes for a rare Maine portrait of a Great Egret. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 523mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Animal/bird recognition and Highlight metering. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Great Blue Airways
Great Blue Heron: York County Maine, USA, September 2024 — There seem to be a lot of Great Blue Herons, compared to this time in past years, still hanging out in the marshes at the mouth of the river. There were 3 three together yesterday, with 3 Great Egrets and close to a dozen Snowy Egrets, all feeding in the same area of the marsh. The Herons were more mobile, moving from place to place in full flight and I had a chance to get some decent flight shots of them skimming the grasses and landing. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my action and flight modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Brush stroked marsh
As the angle of the sun lowers in September, I have always liked the range of textures and forms that marsh grass takes, as though a painter has been at work on the canvas. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 81mm equivalent. Program mode (with my bird and wildlife modifications just because that was what the camera was set to). Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Siblings
Bald-Eagle (immatures): York County, Maine, USA, September 2024 — There has often been an immature Bald Eagle down at the river mouth these past few months, but here is proof that there were at least two all along. Clearly siblings, to be sitting so close. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 75mm and 477mm equivalents. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator and assembled in FrameMagic.
Maine! Regal Red
Red-tailed Hawk: York County Maine, USA, September 2024 — This is the last of the perches from that day when I saw this Red-tailed Hawk in three different trees…this time high in a very tall tree at the edge of the marsh. A group of noisy crows drove it around the corner of the forest there and up into this tree, and it waited for me as I walked up the path. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed, cropped, and up-scaled in Photomator.
Maine! September marsh
There may not be as many birds around now that September has arrived in Southern Maine, but the cooling days almost make up for it in the beauty of the landscape. This is along the Bridle Path in Kennebunk, Maine, just on the sea side of Rt. 9. Sony a5100 with the E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape Scene Mode. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! caught tail up
Red-tailed Hawk: York County Maine, USA, September 2024 — The Red-tailed Hawk that hunts the edge of the marsh along the coastal road is very comfortable with passing traffic and, since there is a popular dog walking/jogging trail just there, also with people on foot. Comfortable enough to do some tail preening even though it clearly knew I was watching it. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! First touch of fall
The very first touch of autumn’s brush along the edge of the marsh in Kennebunk, Maine. Definitely fall in the air. Sony a5100 with the E 10-18 f4 zoom at 15mm equivalent. Superior Auto with Landscape Scene Mode. Processed in Photomator.
Maine! Red-tail on the prowl
Red-tailed Hawk: York County, Maine, USA, September 2024 — Are you getting tired of this adult Red-tailed Hawk that hunts the marsh along one of my frequent trike ride/walks? I have seen it there at least a few times a week since mid-August, and, very likely, it is the same bird that frequented the area in spring. For a while there were at least 2, the adult and one or more immatures. Yesterday I saw this adult three times. Once from the road and once on each side of the road on a trail I like to walk, and was able to get photos each time. I like this one with the patchy clouds against the sky behind. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii zoom at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.