Daily Archives: January 28, 2025
Florida! Special delivery
Roseate Spoonbill: Orlando Wetlands Park, Christmas, Florida, USA, January 2025 — On a cold dark dank Thursday morning at Orlando Wetlands this Roseate Spoonbill was flying back and forth between a little one tree hummock right by the boardwalk and his nest in the larger hammock, further out, diligently gathering nesting materials. Slim pickings, and already well picked over, but he was finding enough to keep him busy. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds-in-flight and action modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Costa Rica! Night and day
Common Pauraque: Caño Negro Wetlands Nature Reserve, Costa Rica, December 2024 — The last bird we encountered on our Owl Prowl was a Common Pauraque hunting over the road. We tried to find it perched on a fence post, but the best we could do was this shot in the road. The next morning on or boat tour of Caño Negro, we found the second Pauraque on a roost deep in the tangle of the bank. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. (Night shot by the light of a handheld torch/flashlight.) Processed in Photomator.